• krashmo@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Why doesn’t anyone call him out on lying about running for a second term? I very vividly remember hearing him say in 2020 that he would not seek reelection and yet here we are.

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      5 months ago

      Why doesn’t anyone call him out on lying about running for a second term?

      never saw this. citation requested thanks

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              5 months ago

              Just went ahead and Googled it and I can find no credible source that he actually said these words at any time. So, if you’d like to bandy out that source, I think we’d all appreciate it.

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                  5 months ago

                  from the hill article:

                  So Biden never explicitly made a one-term promise during the campaign

                  ok. Look I’m not trying to pick a fight, I just never heard biden say that and wondered what I’d missed. The Hill article goes on to state:

                  but he certainly implied it with the language of “transition.”

                  yeeaah, uh, I’m going to vote for him because < HAHA FUCKING HELLSCAPE PROJECT 2025 > either way

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                  “It’s been memory holed”

                  No, your own source states that that was never announced. It was talked about within the party. There was never a public announcement to the American people stating that he would not run as an incumbent. Every source reporting on that was and is reporting on unsubstantiated hearsay never set into stone.

                  If you’d like to compare, Trump is tagged at 30,573 verified lies only during his time in office, not even counting statements made on either campaign trail.

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      5 months ago

      I dunno about you guys, but I didn’t believe it for a second when he said he was going to be one term. Shame on him for lying, even if it was obvious.

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      Yeah, I don’t get it. I was confused and not happy when I saw he was running again. He could’ve gone out like a heavily watered down LBJ, instead he’s going to be forever remembered as the lost nursing home patient who wandered onto the debate stage. This is an unmitigated disaster, and the only way forward I see now is have Joe step down and let Kamala be the president. I’m not excited for that prospect, but I assume she can at least win a debate against a potted plant.