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The Boy That Never Was?
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Starts Sunday, September one and ort E one and orty player.
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You are listening to a Fonts Media Network production.
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Take my SENUSSII like can you just let me eat
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my way?
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Hello? Hello, Hello, World of Blaze listeners, and welcome to
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World of Blades with yours truly George Fonts. As I
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was sitting outside in my beautiful backyard this morning smoking
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an Olmec cigar by Foundation Cigars, which has well become
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one of my go to cigar manufacturers. Haven't had a
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bad stick from Foundation Cigars, to be quite honest. But anyway,
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as I was thinking about this show, going over things
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in my head and what I was going to do
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and how to put this together, I realized how much
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trouble the Democratic Party really is in this time. On
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today's show, I will be discussing the Democratic Party and
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their donors being in full disarray, and they also seem
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to be in complete disagreement on the direction the party
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is to take during this presidential race. Now, the one
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thing that some of them can agree with, some of
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them seem to agree with the fact that it's time
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to move on from Joe Biden. What has led to this, Well,
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we can all recall, I'm sure just about everybody saw
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the debate between Biden and Trump. Biden's performance, I would say,
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is evidently being nice about it, extremely lackluster. It was
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extremely lackluster. He was looking off, staring into space, like
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I don't want to rehash everything I already did a
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breakdown on the debate, many other people have, but it
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was very clear that he lacked the mental faculty to
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be able to keep up with Donald Trump, and it
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made him and the Democratic Party just look bad. And
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because this was such a public event where you had
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two opposing top tier candidates, the presidential nominees for the
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Democratic Party and the Republican Party, going head to head,
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toe to toe on public television for the world to see.
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Now everybody can say that while Joe Biden may be
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in trouble, he may have may have I'm saying, may
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have mental issues or mental impairments. So there has been
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real talks of replacing Joe Biden. Now, I know you're
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listening to the show and you're saying, well, George, you're
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just a right wing conservative. Let me correct you on that.
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I'm not a right wing conservative. I may be conservative,
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but I'm definitely not far right. And I'm sure that
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that's an easy thing for any Democrat out there who's
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listening to the show to say. They can all say
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that while you're just you know, support of the Republican Party,
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and you'll say anything to make the Democratic Party look bad.
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All right, fair enough? The problem is, I'm not the
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one saying it, and most Republicans are absolutely not saying it.
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In fact, the Republican Party themselves, they were smart, wasn't
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even address trying to replace Joe because this just makes
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it so easy for Trump to win the election. So
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who are saying this? Well, to be quite honest, senators
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and House representatives of the Democratic Party themselves, donors themselves
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are stating that they will no longer support the Democratic
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Party if Joe Biden remains the presidential nominee. Still don't
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believe me, I know it's hard. Well, let me play
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this clip from a CBS news affiliate. Why don't you
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listen to this and then tell me what you think.
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According to a Washington Post article released late Friday, Virginia
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Senator Mark Warner is trying to organize a group of
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Democratic senators to go to the White House on Monday
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and ask President Biden to drop out of the race,
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blaming his performance at the bait. Warner's office would not confirm,
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but if true, he wouldn't be the first to express concerns.
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I think people want to make sure that this is
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a campaign that's ready to go and win, that the
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president and his team are being candid with us about
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his condition, that this was a real.
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Anomaly, that was Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse from Rhode Island
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on Monday. Democratic donors also weighing it.
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I think if Biden stays in the race, I think
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it's likely that he loses, perhaps by a wide margin,
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and he takes down Democrats down the ticket.
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Okay, so after hearing that clip, I'm sure you may
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be saying, you know, that was just a few people,
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that that's just a few dissenters, so to speak, that
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are not necessarily aligned with the Democratic Party. Well, here's
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another clip from ABC News where Democratic Representative Quigley has
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something else to say.
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I think you'll see more members talk as I have
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about the concern here. I'll tell you, though, the thing
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that frightened me the present, and it said today was
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as long as he gave it the best. That's what Matt.
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That's all that matters. No, all that matters is being
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Donald Trump, And it's not about that team effort or
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that spirit. The whole reason I'm talking about this is
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the specter of a second term for President Trump and
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what that means. President Biden is absolutely right to and
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justify to talk about an historic record of what he
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brought us from the edge of autocracy, what he's done
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on climate change, what he's done about issues of choice,
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and so many other things.
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It's a proud record.
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But if he continues in this vein, I don't think
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he wins. And I'm very concerned of the impact that
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we'll have on down ballot races. And as you know,
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the House and Senator decided by a handful of votes
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and seats, and those are a handful of votes, so
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of course top of the ticket is going to be
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absolutely critical.
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So interesting another Democrat calling for Biden to step down
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because if he remains in the race, he will lose
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and Trump will win. And according to Quiley, the only
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thing that matters is beating Trump, and there's no confidence
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that if Biden remains in the presidential race at the
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Democratic Party will be able to do so. That Biden
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literally doesn't stand a chance. So if you're still listening
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to me and you're a Democrat, I'm sure you're saying
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that's still not enough. Fair point, Sure may not be enough.
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Maybe you need to look some of this up on
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your own. But let me play yet another clip. This
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one from the Hill, and here's.
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Freshman Congresswoman Marie glosen count Perez.
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That's the.
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Truth I think is that Biden is going to lose
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to Trump. I know that's difficult, but I think the
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damage has been done by that debate and.
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It gets worse.
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Democratic Congressman Jared Golden similarly wrote an op ed for
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the Banger Daily News titled quote, Donald Trump is going
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to win the election and democracy will be just fine,
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even for former President Barack Obama. He's now privately expressing
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to allies. Quote. Biden's already tough path to reelection grew
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more challenging after his shaky debate performance on Thursday. That's
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according to new reporting from the Washington Post. The Post
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also reported that Senator Joe Manchin had planned to break
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with Biden on Sunday, but was dissuaded from doing that
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by senior Democrats and take a listen to what CNN
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is now reporting.
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But other party leaders we talked to are already floating
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the idea of opening it up to all contenders, having
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let's call it a five week speed dating primary, maybe
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having debates between now and the convention, and then leaving
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it up to the convention. Their number one concern who
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can beat Donald Trump Anderson.
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So, as we said, the dam is breaking. Democrats, including
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prominent Democrat Julene Castro, now saying that he should step aside.
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I think we're expecting to see more of that in
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the coming days. We're going into this kind of holiday
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ish weekend stretch where I know a lot of people
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in the political media world are at this point expecting
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him to drop out.
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So how much more do you need there? How much
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more do you need there? Everywhere you look, the Democratic
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Party is fighting themselves. Some side with Biden, some say
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we must support him at all costs. The others, who
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are now seeing things with their eyes wide open, are
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realizing Biden was never the answer. Biden was never the
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person to represent the Democratic Party or to be quite blunt,
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be the president of the United States. You see, the
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whole time he's been in office, the world is just
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now noticing how bad he is because he was next
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to another presidential candidate that was more poised, more polished, smarter,
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and had more composure than Joe Biden, and I am
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talking about Donald Trump.
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Now.
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It didn't even have to be Donald Trump. It could
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have been any other leading Republican nominee, and they still
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would have made Biden look bad just by being themselves.
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Because Biden is done. It's not an ageis thing. He's
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just done. He doesn't possess the mental faculty to move
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the Democratic Party forward. So that being said, what about
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the donors. You see, it's not just the Democratic Party
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representatives that are calling for Biden to step down. It
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is also the Democratic Party donors. We're talking about big donors.
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We're talking about donors such as Abigail Disney, the Disney
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Empire heiress, and also Christy Walton, the Walmart heiress. Let's
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play this clip here from CNBC about this situation.
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Netflix co founder Reid Hastings was one of the first
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to come out and say Biden needs to resign. Abigail
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Disney joined in yesterday. The screenwriter Damon Linloff is calling
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for a dem bargo, no checks for any Democrats until
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Biden is gone, and Whitney Tilson is warning that Biden
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will lose to Trump possibly, he says in a landside.
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I also want to add that just before I came
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out here, the New York Times is reporting that a
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coalition of one hundred and sixty eight business leaders, including
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Christy Walton the Walmart Air are calling on Biden to
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step aside as well. So it's just drip, drip, drip,
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and we're seeing this grow.
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Forbes also reported Walmart heiress Christy Walton and crypto investor
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Michael Novograts headlined a high profile group calling on President
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Joe Biden to a and his reelection bid in a
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letter to the White House. Multiple outlets reported as billionaires
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previously solidly in Biden's camp joined the growing chorus of
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the eighty one year old Biden to step aside in
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November's presidential election. Walton, the tenth richest woman in the
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US according to Forbes calculations, was among the one hundred
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and sixty eight prominent figures who signed the letter calling
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for Joe Biden to pass the torch of leadership to
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the next generation of Democratic leaders by ending your re
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election bid. The note, organized via the Leadership Now Project group,
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was delivered to senior White House officials by an anonymous source.
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Also in this article, it says other signatories of the
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letter to Biden include at least one other billionaire, Novograts,
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CEO of the five billion dollar cryptocurrency firm Galaxy Digital,
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along with former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabau and Scott Galloway,
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the New York University professor and host of the popular
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Professor g pod podcast. Now those are some pretty heavy hitters.
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These are people with real influence and real money that
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are publicly stating that they will no longer support the
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Democratic Party if President Joe Biden remains the current presidential nominee. Now,
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I'm not sure what's going to happen next, but there
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have been more talks about, well, if this happens, who
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will replace Joe Biden? Who will replace Joe Biden. Everyone
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says the logical person should be Harris, because well, she
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is the current sitting vice president. The only problem with
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that is Harris's approval rating is barely barely even, and
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some may say may even slightly edge out Donald Trump.
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But what would happen once they're on the debate stage together.
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Trump will tear her apart. She will not last once
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she gets up there to debate Donald Trump. The house
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of cards just falls apart, It falls away and beyond
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what would be some of the worst footage ever taken
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of a live debate between two presidential candidates. If Kamala
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Harris becomes the new presidential nominee, her past will also
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come into question. Many people don't really know everything about
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Kamala Harris, but hey, being from California, I was happy
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to pull that up. You see, Kamala Harris, she really
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didn't start her political career until about nineteen ninety four.