Defying Calls From Voters and Lawmakers, Biden Refuses to Step Aside in New Letter | Common Dreams
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"This is very obviously a letter to voters, not to Congress," said one reporter. "It reads like a campaign speech."

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17363474

“This is very obviously a letter to voters, not to Congress,” said one reporter. “It reads like a campaign speech.”

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    84·
    4 months ago

    Believe me, I know better than anyone the responsibility and the burden the nominee of our party carries," wrote Biden, whose win four years ago provoked some actions for which Trump now faces state and federal charges. “I carried it in 2020 when the fate of our nation was at stake.”

    “We had a Democratic nomination process and the voters have spoken clearly and decisively,” he continued. “I received over 14 million votes, 87% of the votes cast across the entire nominating process. I have nearly 3,900 delegates, making me the presumptive nominee of our party by a wide margin.”

    I honestly don’t know if he’s gaslighting people or so far gone he believes this shit…

    • jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
      4·
      4 months ago

      I can’t speak for other states, but Biden was picked as the winner before my state even got a chance to vote.

    • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
      41·
      4 months ago

      I honestly don’t know if he’s gaslighting people or so far gone he believes this shit…

      The thing about effective gaslighting, is that it to do it right, you have to gaslight yourself first. I mean look at almost all of mainstream media has gone about the coverage on this for the past year. There has been a significant but minority cohort asking for this issue to be addressed whose views have been entirely suppressed/ ignored by mainstream news. But here we are. The entire public has been gaslit on Biden for over a year, but to do so effectively, mainstream media had to gaslight themselves first.