Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate • Hacker News Board

Re: Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate

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Post by deafpolygon » Sun, Jul 21, 2024, 6:06 PM UTC

It was probably the right decision on Biden's part.

My main right now is who are they going to position in opposition to Trump? This is too little, too late. Four months until the Election... and I don't feel like the Democrat party has a strong candidacy showing at this point.

Re: Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate

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Post by bilekas » Sun, Jul 21, 2024, 6:06 PM UTC

This is wild. It seems super late in the game but okay. I'm super interested to see what will become of his chips act etc. The push he has tried to do to remove dependencies on TSMC is very forward thinking. Hopefully the next candidate takes up the momentum.

Edit : Typo in TSMC

Re: Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate

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Post by sidcool » Sun, Jul 21, 2024, 6:06 PM UTC

nailer wrote: post #19

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Per the HN guidelines the rules for the site are whatever hackers find interesting

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Re: Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate

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Post by gumby » Sun, Jul 21, 2024, 6:06 PM UTC

caminante wrote: post #9

Shouldn't he resign and let Kamala step in?

Then the senate would refuse to approve a VP replacement. Remember that leading up to counting the electoral votes loose-lipped GOP senators were saying that Pence (the VP) wouldn’t be counting the days electoral votes? How do you think that would proceed?

Re: Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate

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Post by Sajarin » Sun, Jul 21, 2024, 6:06 PM UTC

> It’s a miracle, folks. Donald told the truth for once. It’s the most important election of our lifetimes. And I will win it.

Curiously, his tweet from just 18 hours ago seemed like he was still in the race. I wonder what changed.

Re: Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate

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Post by sidcool » Sun, Jul 21, 2024, 6:06 PM UTC

TestingWithEdd wrote: post #16

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It does however effect the global markets, probably visa access to U.S. schools and companies including YC, etc…

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Re: Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Jul 21, 2024, 6:06 PM UTC

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Re: Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate

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Post by echelon » Sun, Jul 21, 2024, 6:07 PM UTC

Dang, this shouldn't be flagged. This is hugely important and relevant.

Re: Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate

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Post by readthenotes1 » Sun, Jul 21, 2024, 6:07 PM UTC

strangelove026 wrote: post #8

Dannnnnng. I think it's definitely for the best (probably never should've come to this, reminds me of RBG). And that said I really, really liked his presidency, but, he is undeniably really old.

The problem isn't just his age, it's his decrepitude, both physical and mental. I know people in their 90s who are able to speak clearly at any hour of the day...

Re: Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate

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Post by BadHumans » Sun, Jul 21, 2024, 6:07 PM UTC

I actually think this loses Democrats the election. I don't know who the nominee is going to be but if it's Kamala I think they REALLY lose the election. People may be lukewarm on Biden but they despise Kamala for her shady history as a prosecutor.