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President Joe Biden was humiliated this week by a new poll that shows nearly half of Democrats want to remove him from their party's 2024 ticket, with the leading choice to replace him being former first lady Michelle Obama.
Poll is bad news for Biden
A new Rasmussen Reports poll released earlier this week shows that 48% of Democratic voters surveyed said they approve of the party “finding another candidate to replace Joe Biden before the election in November.” While 38% rejected it. However, 33% of Democrats predicted that such a ballot change was unlikely.
As far as the question of who will replace Biden is concerned, Obama came out on top with 20% support and earned the number one spot on a list of other potential candidates, which also included Vice President Kamala Harris, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, California Governor Gavin Newsom and others. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. “None of the above” and “not sure” were also options listed in the poll.
Harris was second behind Obama with 15% support and Clinton was third with 12% support. Newsom, who some have claimed is running a “shadow campaign” for the presidency in case Biden decides to leave office, came in fourth with 11% of Democrats polled, while Whitmer had only 9%. Came in fifth place with % support.
Obama 'terrified' about 2024 elections
This comes after Obama spoke about his fears about this year's presidential election in January.
“What is going to happen in the next elections? “I'm terrified of what could possibly happen, because our leaders matter,” Obama said, according to CNN. “Who we elect, who speaks for us, who gets that bully pulpit.” “It affects us in so many ways, I think sometimes people take it for granted.”
“The fact that people think that the government – 'Eh, does it really do anything?' — and I say, 'Oh my God, does the government do everything for us, and we can't take this democracy for granted,'” she continued. “And I worry sometimes that we .Those are the things that keep me going.”
Although she never mentioned Donald Trump by name, she avoided accusations against him while surprisingly trying to bring race into it as little as possible.
“The bars are different for people in life. That’s something I’ve learned,” she said. “Other people can be convicted multiple times and still run for office. Black men can't. You just learn to be good. And in the end, you benefit from that added flexibility.”
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Ted Cruz's warning about Obama
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) warned last September that Obama could run for president in place of Biden.
“I think this scenario is probably the most likely and the most dangerous,” Cruz said at the time, according to The Hill. “In August of 2024, Democrat kingmakers oust Joe Biden and parachute in Michelle Obama.”
“Michelle Obama, because she was the first lady, has the ability to parachute in on all four of them and say, 'Hey we're not picking any of you. You guys can tackle it next time,'” he Said. “I think about a solution that would unite the Democrats. There is no such thing.”
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Michelle claims she doesn't want to run for office
Liberals have been trying to get Obama to run for president for years, but he has repeatedly claimed that he has no interest in running for any kind of office.
“I have never expressed any interest in politics,” he said. she said in April last year, according to Rolling Stone. “I mean, I agreed to support my husband. He wanted to do it and he was good at it. But I never said, 'I think I want to run.' Sometimes, So, I'm just wondering: does what I want have anything to do with anything? Does this have anything to do with who I want to be?”
He added, “Politics is hard.” “And people who are involved in it – it's just like marriage, it's just like having kids – you have to want it. It must be in your soul, because it is very important. it is No in my soul. Service is in my soul. It is in my soul to help people. working with children? I will spend my entire life trying to make children feel and find their light. I will do that. “I don’t need to hold office to do this.”
Obama concluded, “Actually, I think I'm actually more effective outside of politics, because sadly, politics has become so divided.” “The moment you announce a party, you alienate the other half of the country. Now, maybe some people who don't agree with me politically may still find some tools that can help them. “Maybe I can help a kid who is a Republican, because maybe they will listen to me.”
Obama is so overwhelmingly and astonishingly in style that he would in all probability defeat any Republican candidate if he ran for president. With Biden extra unpopular than ever, it actually wouldn't be a shock if Democrats tried to get Obama into the race on the final minute.
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