I'd say Cori Bush is on the verge of joining the "Biden should step aside" contingent

[brooklynite]

Link to tweet

[Blue Full Moon]

1. Phone calls

How would they know it wasn’t republicans calling?

[JohnSJ]

11. They don't.

[DemocraticPatriot]

38. So we should do nothing to support our nominee,

for whom *most* of us here voted in the primaries?


The picture is beginning to become clearer to me---
"words matter more than post counts" and all that....

"How would they know it wasn’t republicans calling?" INDEED!

[regnaD kciN]

2. Not anymore...

I just callled her and told her to GET BEHIND JOE!

[JustAnotherGen]

3. Who?

[brooklynite]

12. "The Squad"

[Mister Ed]

28. AOC and Ilhan Omar, two "squad" members, are firmly supporting Biden in this.

Despite the nickname, it would appear those reps are not a monolithic block.

[Cha]

31. Not on this.. GOOD!

[JustAnotherGen]

75. Oh that's right!

She's the one who always has snacks.

[sheshe2]

48. 😆

[Keepthesoulalive]

4. Why is it important ?

If she does think he should quit who should replace him. Without a viable option it is just noise and attention seeking.

[brooklynite]

8. It is important because Biden hasn't stopped Congressional Democrats from saying he should step aside.

If he can’t get the House and Senate Caucuses to coalesce around him, his chances of winning are greatly reduced.

[Keepthesoulalive]

15. If they don't have a replacement

They are just making noise. They should stop asking Joe to quit and they don’t have anyone who can beat sick f

[sheshe2]

50. Exactly.

[shrike3]

16. Not if what we saw in Detroit is any indication.

But the little people don't count. Only activists, donors and congresspeople, right?

[Cha]

41. That's what they think... Pres Biden Knows Better!

[brooklynite]

74. The rally is with base voters...

Those aren’t the voters people are worried about.

[The Magistrate]

78. Their 'Issues' With Biden WILL Cost Support From Presently Unconvinced Voters

All these people are doing is making campaign ads for Trump: look at poor old fumbly Sleepy Joe....

I cannot believe these people do not know two things.

First, disparaging their incumbent aids the other side in the general election campaign.

Second, Mr. Biden is not going to withdraw and there is no mechanism by which they might compel him to do so.

Personally, I am accustomed to ignoring what people say about the intention behind their actions, and look instead to the predictable consequences of their actions. I assume anyone much over primary school age is aware of the likely consequences of their actions, and intends them. The only alternative is that they are simply stupid.

[shrike3]

80. Why? They vote.

I get it, you're only into donors and activists. That's what interests you. But do you really think the average voter is getting excited by this awful mess they see on their TV every day. If they're even watching. I hang out with normal people and NO ONE cares about the debate. NO ONE. Granted, I'm one person, but it seems to me the only ones having a tizzy are your donors, activists, insiders, media types and people who haven't met a normal person in years.

[Blaukraut]

17. It's becoming apparent that nothing he does will change their minds

They had them made up a long time ago. Likely even before the debate. Biden is doing everything they demanded he do to prove he is still able to run a campaign and run the country. But nothing will be enough for these people now. They never had any intention of letting him prove himself. That much is clear by now.

[edisdead]

30. More of this crap?

Seriously?

What should he do? duct tape their mouths?


I have had it with your ridiculous nit picking of our president.

Please stop.

[Cha]

34. TY! Hey.. I just asked him the same thing.

[Lifeafter70]

59. But he knows soooo many political insiders

Yeah and I once stayed at a Holiday Inn.

[DemocraticPatriot]

39. I would like to duct-tape the mouths of James Carville and

David Axelrod, for sure--- and duct tape is being kind.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

73. No shit. What is the point?

Probably sitting back with a whiskey watching the fuse ignite.

[Cha]

33. Cori bush doesn't like him anyway.. Please STOP with ALL your

NEGATIVITY on Pres Joe Biden.

[DemocraticPatriot]

40. "weak hands and watery bowels" among some elected Democrats

are doing plenty to damage the campaign of our likely presidential nominee....


They should buck up and display an ounce of political courage,
rather than going for their "fifteen minutes of fame" with the media wh****...

[edisdead]

51. Wait... Wait wait wait wait wait....

Hold up wait a minute back it up…. Something just ain’t adding up.


Well actually it is.

Tell me more about all these donor calls you sit on.

I want to know more about them. Because.

Now we know that the investor and donor class is withholding $90M from Dem House Reps unless Joe steps down.

Interesting.

And so Biden has indicated he intends to fulfill hos promise of letting Trump Tax Cuts die off…..

Shit is getting a WHOLE LOT CLEARER NOW!!!!

A whole lot of shit is getting a lot clearer.

[BComplex]

60. Nailed it!

You're absolutely right about that!

[brooklynite]

65. What does this have to do with Cori Bush?

[emulatorloo]

81. Kinda bizarre that you think Cori Bush is some kind of "kingmaker" now.

But ok. Thanks for posting.

[brooklynite]

82. When did I say she was a Kingmaker?

I'd say Cori Bush is on the verge of joining the "Biden should step aside" contingent

That would be another voice in Congress asking Biden to step aside. That’s data to be considered.

[emulatorloo]

83. Meaningless data, as Cori Bush has never supported Biden. Surely this is not news to you.

[choie]

52. THEY do not decide who becomes president

WE do. Your peeps who are democratic operatives better get with the program, because the democratic base will not forget.

[edisdead]

54. Fuckin A!

[sheshe2]

58. Name the replacement that your 'financiers' have in mind, brooklynite.

You never answer questions you just post OP's about calling for his resignation. You are not always so reticent with informing us about what your group is thinking, you posted a full transcript of your phone conversation the other night.

So please inform us here at DU the name of the person your group will be submitting at the convention. We Democrats deserve to know this so we can be ready for it.

Thanks in advance.

[The Magistrate]

64. There's An Odd Note Here, Sir

Surely the Democrats in the House and Senate can coalesce behind the Party's nominee all on their own?

They don't need anything from Mr. Biden to do that, just their own mother-wit, and loyalty to our Party. And perhaps a bit of courage, spiked with a resolve to say nothing more than fuck off, I support our Party's nominee to journalists sniffing for dirt....

[MorbidButterflyTat]

69. Well definitely keep your fingers crossed!

How should President Biden stop Congressional Democrats from saying he should step aside? His successful record isn't enough? His multiple public appearances before and since the doomed "debate" aren't enough? Our foreign allies supporting him isn't enough? His landslide wins in the primary aren't enough? The fact that the KGOP is running a GD criminal felon pathological lying psychopath rapist traitor?? Not enough?

Maybe he should bribe them back? Threaten them? Hold a gun to their heads under a blinding spotlight while tied to a chair? Water boarding?

Cori Bush didn't say anything.

President Biden has said plenty, and HE'S NOT RESIGNING. HE IS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT. THE END.

JC on a cracker, let it go. This place has become unreadable with all the never ending bullshit.

LET IT GO.

[Indykatie]

5. Cori Bush Faces Challengers in Her August Primary Race.

She is already vulnerable to an upset in the primary and if she says Biden should step aside that should seal her fate.

[Cha]

43. Wesley Bell. Hope he WINS!

[JohnSJ]

6. I will let you know after the Democratic primary for her district whether the plurality in that district actually

supports that position.

Calls into a politician's office are not necessarily a consensus, and seeing that election in Rep. Bush's district is a dead heat, are definitely not necessarily representative of that district.

[jmbar2]

7. You are my Sunshine

[shrike3]

18. LOL

[SalviaBlue]

9. Who is her "funding group?"

Are they threatening to withhold funding if she doesn’t fall in line?

[Sympthsical]

10. To be fair

She may be waiting to see what the Chief Rabbi of Gaza says about all this.

(it's an amusing story to those unfamiliar)

[betsuni]

36. I forgot about that! Hilarious and so very very Cori.

[ColinC]

13. Sounds like she can use more calls

[CivicGrief]

14. Since when do you care what a member of "The Squad" says, except to bash them?

You don't seem to be bashing Bush here. Do you relish bad news for Biden? I know, you report and we decide.

[DemocraticPatriot]

42. Perhaps the rumor is enough of a 'bash' without personal comment by Brooklynite.

If it turns out that it comes to pass, then I won't be any fan of Cori Bush, either---
and I am pretty far left....

Plenty of us here have posted negative stories, ESPECIALLY about Trump and the maggots---
it doesn't mean that we agree with the 'point of view' of the subjects of those stories,
or that we are cheering on any negative stories about President Biden...

It maybe sometimes be demoralizing to hear 'bad news',
but I would rather know about it than remain in ignorance about it.
That is his viewpoint. Unfortunately, there's been a lot of 'bad news' lately...

Everyone here is pretty well 'dug in' on their positions,
and unlikely to change their mind based upon any posted materials...

[choie]

56. His viewpoint is not that of the Democratic base

it's of the democratic operatives and donors. And they are cowards and self-serving.

[LisaL]

19. Doesn't matter.

Biden is not going anywhere.

[Gore1FL]

20. If she does, I'll vote for Wesley Bell, her primary opponent.

It's a pretty safe Democratic seat. Whoever wins the primary is pretty much getting the job.

[oasis]

21. Claims she got 100% calls for Joe to go.

I’m 100% not buying it.

[Cha]

44. Neither Am I.

she doesn't even like PJB.

[maxrandb]

22. Doesn't DU have a rule against "fighting the last presidential primary"?

[Polybius]

23. This isn't about the last primary

It's about Cori Bush talking about what's currently in the news. For the record, I'd take Biden on his worse day over her.

[TwilightZone]

25. What does this have to do with the last presidential primary?

[maxrandb]

26. President Biden has won the last presidential primary

calling for him to step aside is absolutely "fighting the last presidential primary".

[TwilightZone]

29. No, it isn't.

Nothing that is happening now has anything to do with the primaries. It was triggered by the debate, months after the primaries were effectively over.

[Deek1935]

35. You're splitting hairs. He won the primaries. Now the handwringers want to change that result. And it is SHIT.

And all over one FUCKING debate! It is sickening and disgusting. Look at that speech in MI today. Look at the NATO summit. Look at the GREAT press conference last night, a MASTERCLASS on foreign policy. About 25 events of all kinds since the debate.

For christ sake.

[yorkster]

55. That Detroit speech should be the damn

turning point. Enough of this. I'm angrier now than I was listening to MSNBC right after the debate.
I said on another post that we have a terrific Pres. and an excellent VP with a helluva background.
So, get behind Joe and Kamala.

[W_HAMILTON]

61. Bullshit.

The primary was held and the voters have spoken.

Trying to overthrow our democratically nominated candidate for the presidency is absolutely fighting over the last primary. I can see why you wouldn't want it to be, because you have repeatedly attacked Biden and can't seem to come to grips with the fact that he is OUR NOMINEE -- period.

[Polybius]

24. Is she even going to win her own primary?

Last I heard, it was competitive because of what she did.

[Cha]

45. I Hope Wesley Bell WINS!!

[Celerity]

49. The latest poll shows Bell +1. Unlike many of the 'let's take out the Squad' primary opponents over the years,

Wesley Bell is very progressive, so I shall not shed a single tear if Bush goes down.

Now, that poll was put out by a pro-Israel], anti-Bush advocacy group and PAC (but, and it is a BIG but, unlike AIPAC, it has never supported or endorsed any Republicans, especially not the 109 traitorous, insurrectionist Rethugs that AIPAC supported in 2022).


Cori Bush, challenger Wesley Bell locked in dead heat: Survey

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4740969-cori-bush-challenger-wesley-bell-locked-in-dead-heat-survey/

Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) and her primary challenger, Wesley Bell, are locked in a dead heat in what is expected to be a competitive primary in August, according to a poll released this week.

The survey, conducted by the polling firm The Mellman Group for the organization Democratic Majority for Israel showed Bell, the St. Louis County prosecuting attorney, ahead of Bush by 1 point — 43 percent to 42 percent — a difference well within the margin of error. This is a notable improvement for Bell from January, when a poll by the firm found Bush leading by 16 points.

The survey this month also found that 11 percent of respondents were undecided, and 4 percent said they supported another candidate. But the pollsters found some signs that may benefit Bell as the Show Me State’s Aug. 6 primary date approaches. Among the most consistent primary voters — those who voted in three of the most recent primaries — Bell led Bush by 10 points, 49 percent to 39 percent.

He also has an advantage in job approval and overall favorability, according to the poll. The survey found that 61 percent of respondents said they approve of Bell’s job performance, while 27 percent disapprove, compared to 49 percent who approve of Bush’s performance and 45 percent who disapprove. Both candidates are viewed favorably, but Bell has the slight edge, with 64 percent viewing him favorably compared to the incumbent’s 60 percent.

[OAITW r.2.0]

27. How are your bundler's doing Brooklynite?

Hating on Biden?

[edisdead]

32. Right?

[W_HAMILTON]

62. Biden, Big John, Beto...

...the Killer B's that didn't need to kiss the ring for a few bucks and a certain segment of the donor class is upset because of it.

They didnt bend the knee and feed their narcissistic egos.

They have no control over them and they absolutely DESPISE it.

[DemocraticPatriot]

37. In a paraphrase of words often attributed to President Lincoln,

but now acknowledged to be a line spoken by many of the time, with no clear original author,

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and to remove all doubt."

Any elected officeholder who wants to continue to be thought of as a 'loyal Democrat',
should know when to keep their mouth shut,
if they want to be thought of as a 'competent Democratic politician'.

As far as I am concerned, all those who call for President Biden to 'step aside'
shall be known hereafter by me, as the
"weak hands and watery bowels" gang....

... and I have a long memory for some things

[krawhitham]

46. She's already losing in her primary, doing that would pretty much end her being a Rep.

[FHRRK]

47. Rough night? Need a hug?

Those high dollar donors got a message tonight.

And that is, STFU, the fighters in the Democratic Party got this!

[Prairie Gates]

53. Cobble Hill Faction in a snit, fasho

[brooklynite]

68. Care to explain how insults help obscure the facts?

Currently more than 10% of the Hpuse Caucus have asked Biden to step aside. That has to be dealt with or we’ll lose in November whether Biden or Harris or someone else is the nominee.

[choie]

76. You know how you deal with it?

The constituents of the 10% traitorous reps need to call/email/tweet/visit their offices and let them know that they have no right to take away their votes.

That's how. Not by collaborating, conspiring with or enabling them.

[FHRRK]

79. Currently more than 90% of the responses here say stick with Joe

State school education but I think 90>10!

And, once again, not about you!, Not an insult either. Report back to your "elite" and tell them, the base is fucking pissed off and done with the lame assed bullshit. Get on board or get run over.

[ret5hd]

57. Biden's gonna win...

and you will pay more in taxes.

Deal with it.

[tritsofme]

63. I'm glad she is speaking candidly about what she thinks, and sharing her constituents thoughts. That's the only way

we get through this and win.

Cori Bush and I don’t generally agree on matters of party strategy, but I appreciate how she and others are respectfully approaching the situation.

[LisaL]

72. Sure. Her primary is upcoming.

It's good to know what she thinks.

[Demsrule86]

66. Primary her all of them need to face a primary.

And who gives a fuck the what she says.

[LisaL]

70. And she has not actually won her primary yet, it's upcoming.

So it can be done now.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

71. 25 whole "likes" on that tweet.

Anybody can be a podcaster. Seems important, though.

[gulliver]

77. That should help Biden! nt