BIDEN REPLACEMENT SYNDROME

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 19, 2024

    IT APPEARS OVER FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN. HE ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY HE HAS COVID AND LOOKS AND WALKS WORSE THAN EVER.

    ON WEDNESDAY, CNN REPORTED THAT FORMER SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI TOLD BIDEN HE CANNOT DEFEAT DONALD TRUMP IN THE FALL ELECTION AND COULD SINK THE DEMOCRATS’ CHANCES OF GETTING THE HOUSE BACK AND HOLDING ON TO THE SENATE.

    THIS COMES AFTER REPORTS SENATE MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER TRAVELED TO REHOBETH, DELAWARE LAST WEEKEND TO MEET WITH BIDEN AND THE HOUSE MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES DELIVERED A SIMILAR MESSAGE.

    WHO WOULD THE DEMOCRATS PICK TO REPLACE BIDEN AT THIS LATE STAGE? SURELY NOT KAMALA HARRIS, WHOSE APPROVAL NUMBERS ARE WORSE THAN BIDEN’S. CAN DEMOCRATS AFFORD TO CAST ASIDE A WOMAN OF COLOR, ESPECIALLY SINCE DEI IS THEIR MAIN THING? NOT CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM. MAYBE MICHIGAN GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMIR.

    THE PROBLEM FOR DEMCRATS ISN’T THE CANDIDATE. IT’S THEIR POLICIES – HIGH TAXES AND SPENDING, OPEN BORDER, CITIES FULL OF CRIME, LAX PROSECUTERS, PROMOTION OF MEN IN WOMEN’S SPORTS, AND ABORTION ON DEMAND.

    MAYBE DEMOCRATS SHOULD CAVE ON THIS ELECTION AND RE-FIGURE WHY THEIR POLICIES ARE NOT WORKING. I’M CAL THOMAS.

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Cal Thomas is America's most widely syndicated newspaper columnist. He has worked for NBCV News, KPRC-TV in Houston and Fox News. 2024 marks his 40th year as a columnist.