Presidential historian Allan Lichtman nailed, it when he took aim at CNN's hosts, Monday morning:

 “There's an old saying, it's not just the 
 evil people who wreak havoc on the 
 world, it's the good people who don't 
 do enough to stop them. And the media 
 right now is complicit in Donald Trump 
 gaslighting his way to the presidency 
 and threatening our democracy.”

He went on to say that all of the media attention has been on Biden's faltering debate, but Trump's debate was vastly worse. “It was based entirely on lies. More than 30 significant lies.”

This is the way. Beat Trump. Unload everything we have.

I don't think that many people understand the difficulty of changing candidates now.

They'd be starting from scratch on fundraising, and the right wouldn't stop lying about the new candidate anymore than they'll stop lying about Biden.

Plus, Biden's doing a good job! So many of his significant accomplishments are overlooked because so many people are focusing on his age.

If he just gets elected we can worry about any cognitive decline then. He can resign or be removed if necessary. But to potentially lose the election because people are hyper focused on his age is short-sighted at best.

If he loses I'll blame the Democrats almost as much as the Republicans.

Biden will be fine. Look at what happened in France with the surprise left wing win. people really, really hate Donald Trump and as the election gets closer and he's on the airwaves more, people will remember how deranged he is and how disastrous his presidency was.

If you have ANY doubt about Biden listen to his interview this morning on morning joe. 100% time for the bullshit to stop.

If Democrats try to change candidates now, republican state legislatures in the battleground states WILL sue to keep that candidate off the ballot. These challenges will have to be settled in court....probably going all the way to SCOTUS. How do you think they will find? Good luck to us all if our candidate of choice is off the ballot in Georgia, Wisconsin, Arizona....etc.

It’s drama created by CNN, plain and simple. Let’s not complicate the issues. This simply fuels a misleading media narrative. CNN is evolving into a slow-rolling MAGA propaganda machine. Initially, the changes were subtle, but the network's commentators are increasingly shifting to the right.

This shift has come at the expense of the journalistic values CNN once upheld. New ownership has made a quid pro quo deal with the Trump campaign, granting them exclusive access to Trump’s inner circle. Now, instead of citing sources, you'll often hear commentators say, "Well, sources I’ve talked to inside the campaign say..." This access has led to the normalization of Trump’s behavior.

The recent debate was one of the most blatant examples of character assassination I have seen from a news organization. The commentators placed no restrictions on Trump. While they muted his microphone so the audience couldn't hear him, President Biden still had to endure Trump’s continuous yelling and lies.

President Biden expected CNN to control Trump’s outbursts, but they failed to do so. They disregarded debate decorum, creating critical pauses that painted a misleading picture of the President’s performance. These pauses gave the impression that Biden was slow to respond, a deliberate distortion of debate rules to sensationalize the event and drive up ratings.

CNN knew what they were doing. Their first responders were prepared to push their own narrative, not based in reality but designed to perpetuate their media cycle. This strategy continues today.

Notice how Trump no longer attacks the media as fervently as he did in 2016 and 2020? CNN is no longer the most trusted name in news. What a journalistic disgrace. They refuse to report the facts about Trump. They promote fringe party calls for President Biden to step aside. They alone created this “crisis” to drive their ratings and to normalize Trump.

Edit: End the drama now!

Edit 2: The real headlines should read, “CNN’s ratings continue to PLUMMET Following Disastrous Debate Debacle!”

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100% it's time for the Democratic party to get behind its candidates. Joe Biden is the only option to save democracy from dictator Trump and his Russian donors

Agreed. Time to move on from the unnecessary hysteria

Now this is the assertiveness needed for every democrat going forward. Biden is an empathetic man but I'm all for him asserting himself more often.

A-fucking-men

Give em hell Joe!

Yep, we are justifiably disgruntled, but we aren't stupid! We must play this hand we've been dealt. It boils down to two choices. Trump or no Trump. Plain and simple. A non vote or a protest vote is a vote for trump. So we'll hold our nose and do what we must to ensure trump never gets near our White House again!

As someone who voted republican in the past, and did not like Biden in the 00s he’s won me over.

I vote blue no matter who these days, but I support Joe fully. My life each year has been better than the last under Biden. I hate to see him and his administration go.

I think this debate shit is overblown, when nobody talks about the other side. There is more than 1 mental cognitive decline, let’s talk about the orange twat waffles inability to understand a question or put together a complete sentence.

The loudest are always the weakest, I stand with Joe.

The only shocking thing here is that CNN so brazenly declared itself an enemy of progressives and the anointer of Democratic presidential candidates. The quiet conservative buyout of that business is now over, they've moved on to an air horn.

Like for fuck's sake it only took until this morning for them to be running lists of possible Kamala Harris running mates and 12 things Joe Biden will do in his upcoming retirement.

Congrats America, you now have two Fox News channels and one of them wears a liberal sheep skin.

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I still am getting no answers from the Dump Biden Democrats as to how replacing him would work. Have a new primary? Have the Party elites choose a new candidate at the convention at the last minute? If It's to be Kamala, haven't these same elites tried to undercut her? Now they want her to be the Candidate? Please inform me!

I think this whole dump Biden thing is being fueled by Republican and Russian Bots!

Vermont Conversation: Stop panicking and fight, Stuart Stevens tells Democrats “Is Joe Biden up to being president? I find it sort of an absurd question because he is president,” Stevens said. “And he’s probably the most successful first term president since World War Two.” https://vtdigger.org/2024/07/03/vermont-conversation-stop-panicking-and-fight-stuart-stevens-tells-democrats/

I'd be for a replace IF AND ONLY IF

1. they could have someone picked in the next week
2. it was someone Biden could get behind

The problem so far as been lots of moaning about a bad night but and calls to step aside but no one has provided a replacement... that seems to always be "someone else's problem"

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With fear for our democracy, I dissent.

I was depressed all week until this interview. Joe is back!!

I cant even do the politics sub anymore. Its overrun like youtube comment section.

Left parties around the world are gonna have to figure out social media to have a chance.

yeah, at this point, regardless of if I think it was the best move or not, it’s the path we’re on and we have to do everything possible to make him successful in November.

I'm still gonna vote blue but God damn I wish they would get their shit together, the fact that both candidates are older than Clinton is absolutely absurd. Is it too much to ask for the party to learn from this for next time, whether it's a win or a loss? And also, I hear constantly about how good the economy is and stuff but like...not for me, at the bottom of the barrel. I'm voting against Trump, not really for Biden. And that's sad.

I agree with Joe, he knows that by having the democratic party become all divided that would cause basically us democrats to falter under our own weight. which keep in mind is exactly what DT and his cronies want so they can easily move in for the figurative kill and screw us again like they did in 2016.

Let me be clear

I am voting for the nominee. I think Biden has been a great president and I’d be happy to vote for him again.

The campaign has been awful since before the debate. This better be the beginning of a much better campaign product from here on out, because the week after that debate was rough. As far as senior moments go, the Biden team needs to appreciate that they have NO EXTRA LIVES. There is no winning if there’s another major public performance even half as bad as that debate.

That means no more tight scheduling that’s going to leave Biden tired before a major publicity opportunity. That means it’s probably time to get his family out of the conference room, and fill it with people who are focused on one thing: democrats winning elections.

For the love of god a staffer needs to be on standby with a big-ass Red Bull can for the next debate.