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Joe Biden regrets having pulled out of this year’s presidential race and believes he would have defeated Donald Trump in last month’s election – despite negative poll indications, White House sources have said.

The US president has reportedly also said he made a mistake in choosing Merrick Garland as attorney general – reflecting that Garland, a former US appeals court judge, was slow to prosecute Donald Trump for his role in the 6 January 2021 insurrection while presiding over a justice department that aggressively prosecuted Biden’s son Hunter.

With just more than three weeks of his single-term presidency remaining, Biden’s reported rueful reflections are revealed in a Washington Post profile that contains the clearest signs yet that he thinks he erred in withdrawing his candidacy in July after a woeful debate performance against his rival for the White House, Trump, the previous month.

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[-] TheFin@leminal.space 19 points 4 days ago

then he's still dreaming but sadly would have been the better alternative to what's coming

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[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 28 points 4 days ago

Fuck's sake. As deluded as he was when he stayed in despite internal polling showing him losing in a landslide. Fuckwad very well may have handed American democracy over to its execution.

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[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 19 points 4 days ago

I just hope they don't think Harris lost because she didn't have enough time and then run her again in 2028, either without a primary or with a heavily one-sided primary like in 2016.

[-] Eezyville@sh.itjust.works 16 points 4 days ago

You know they will. They don't care what people want.

[-] pachrist@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago

Nah, they'll pivot back to a white guy.

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[-] Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago

Fucking wanker. Let him eat megashitdicks.

[-] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 23 points 4 days ago

Not even American and I know that's BS lol

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

The statistics and composite polls predicted the Trump victory, and they predicted it even before Biden dropped out by a larger margin, so he is incorrect.

But, given how people chose Trump over Kamala, I can't blame him for thinking that way. Clearly the USA does have reservations about electing a women and a minority.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Oh no he doesn't get to say anything about it. He shit the bed, and his team shit the bed. Then when they were staring at polls showing Trump would take 400 electoral college votes they doubled down. They didn't start a hand off in the background like everyone assumed. No they wasted nearly a month and then called up Kamala Harris one day and told her she was the candidate now, with no warning.

If anyone is responsible for Trump winning it is Biden and his team. They hid how bad Biden was aging instead of getting a ton of grown-up points by having him retire or get removed by the 25th amendment. That would have given Kamala Harris a year or two of time in office to get the incumbent advantage and set up a real campaign. No they played this like little boys who don't want to come home because then the party ends.

[-] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 days ago

It's weird to say, but Harris was like the third most responsible person for her loss. She still is responsible, but Biden and Garland set her up for failure.

[-] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 17 points 4 days ago

no. any idiots that did not vote for kamala to avoid a second trump term would likely not have voted for him. win for gaza or something.

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[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 days ago

Who cares at this point.

[-] pack@sh.itjust.works 19 points 4 days ago

Anyone who figured out messaging beyond "Look how bad Trump is, even Bush republicans won't vote for him" probably wins that election. No one had a broad vision to latch for sale, and no one did anything inspiring.

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 4 days ago
[-] dukeofdummies@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

On the bright side, centrists are getting split between Biden and Kamala.

Let them bicker amongst themselves for once. The rest of us can unite for once.

[-] SarcasticMan@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago

This feckless fuck over here, I am starting to think Ol'Corn Pop beat the dog shit out of him back in the day.

End Citizens United, force retirement at 65, and term limits for all governmental appointments and elected officials.

As my old granddad used to say "If one stinks of shit you best believe they all stink of shit."

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