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With the Democratic Party struggling to find a new direction, former President Joe Biden and former first lady Jill Biden have offered to jump in and help with fundraising and rebuilding. (www.nbcnews.com)

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[–] TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 91 points 3 days ago (2 children)

No, no. It’s worse. They did more than nothing. They specifically held back from prosecuting him because they wanted to run against trump. So Biden could attempt to stay in power by saying “oh it has to be me I’m the only one who’s beaten him.”

[–] AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Do we have proof or is this conjecture that fits what we can observe?

[–] TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It’s been a while and searching for old news including the words Biden and trump is basically impossible, but I do remember seeing a like DOJ memo or something to hold off on persecuting. While it did not say the reason I listed above, I can’t imagine much other reason to do so and it’s not like they’ll come out and admit it was for that reason.

Edit: and post I remember commenting on about it two months ago was deleted from politics…. so… can’t find it that way.

[–] AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 days ago

Thanks for the added context. If they did intentionally delay prosecution (plausible considering how much time they had to do it but didn’t) then that’s pretty hard to excuse regardless of the reason.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 42 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The hubris is just absolutely infuriating

[–] meowMix2525@lemm.ee 13 points 2 days ago

It's not hubris though. They know what they are doing and they don't care because they won't be the ones hurt by it. They would legitimately rather Trump be president than win by having to adopt any kind of actually progressive policy. This is what all of their actions have shown us. Don't give them a pass for incompetence, they are just as culpable for the situation we find ourselves in today.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 28 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Agreed.

It's wild that Biden's arrogance and conceit was a more important concern than winning the election. Everyone around him knew his brain was fucked.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

He's probably more like a young child emotionally right now from mental decline, shouldnt have been allowed to be president.