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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton says Biden's re-election bid cost Democrats the 2024 election [View all]LymphocyteLover
(10,343 posts)32. "So did Biden promise or pledge or signal that he would be a one-term president? No, not explicitly."
Some one-term truthers also cite a March 2020 speech in which Biden called himself a bridge to a new generation of Democratic leaders. Heres what he said specifically: Look, I view myself as a bridge, not as anything else. Theres an entire generation of leaders you saw stand behind me. They are the future of this country.
So did Biden promise or pledge or signal that he would be a one-term president? No, not explicitly. A bridge can be short, like the worlds shortest international bridge, or long, like various other bridges. As I said Tuesday, its really most appropriate to say that the president floated serving one term before backing away from the idea.
So did Biden promise or pledge or signal that he would be a one-term president? No, not explicitly. A bridge can be short, like the worlds shortest international bridge, or long, like various other bridges. As I said Tuesday, its really most appropriate to say that the president floated serving one term before backing away from the idea.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/06/biden-president-trump-rematch-one-term-promise-nate-silver.html
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Hillary Clinton says Biden's re-election bid cost Democrats the 2024 election [View all]
ForgoTheConsequence
19 hrs ago
OP
He should've announced he wasn't running again, right after the (fairly) successful midterms...
68er
19 hrs ago
#2
I very openly advocated that he should be running in 2020 expplicitly as a one-term President.
Bluetus
15 hrs ago
#20
Agreed. He would not have had to keep any "powder dry" for a second term, in that case...
68er
15 hrs ago
#21
File in the "no shit" file. He said in '20 he'd likely NOT run for a 2nd term.
Callie1979
19 hrs ago
#5
Biden never promised that or committed to that. There's no reason to bring all this crap up.
LymphocyteLover
19 hrs ago
#9
She could've answered that without dumping so harshly on Joe Biden, a totally decent man and good president
LymphocyteLover
8 hrs ago
#33
"So did Biden promise or pledge or signal that he would be a one-term president? No, not explicitly."
LymphocyteLover
8 hrs ago
#32
She's not wrong but it's still a little bit weird that she's made a statement like that in public All Things Considered,
msfiddlestix
18 hrs ago
#13
She was interviewed, and someone asked if it was a mistake that he ran again (initially)
Polybius
17 hrs ago
#15
I absolutely assumed, when I voted for Biden in 2020, that he would serve a placeholder role
Prairie Gates
17 hrs ago
#16
I agree with Clinton. Biden was losing stamina and credibility, but his staff held on too long.
Martin68
17 hrs ago
#17
If Trump weren't stealing so much money for the family syndicate from our tax dollars
Akakoji
14 hrs ago
#28
Sadly, he undid what should have been a brilliant legacy. He could have been among the best one-termers, instead...
johnnyplankton
17 hrs ago
#19