If President Joe Biden’s fate is left up to Senate Democrats, he could meet the same fate as Roman Emperor Julius Caesar, figuratively of course, with few friends other than fellow Pennsylvanian, Sen. John Fetterman.
The geriatric leader is under intense pressure to bow out of the race after his CNN debate catastrophe and even though he’s trying to rebound with gimmicks like his “big boy” presser, the knives are still out.
In a grim omen for the 81-year-old and his family, his support in the upper chamber is pretty much limited to his devout ally Fetterman, and a small handful of others.
In an inside glimpse of how the tide has now turned against Biden, Politico dished the scoop on a lunch meeting with Biden campaign staffers Mike Donilon, Jen O’Malley Dillon, and Steve Ricchetti that took place on Thursday and to say that things did not go swimmingly would be a huge understatement.
Citing the usual array of anonymous sources in “five people familiar with the meeting” the outlet described the gathering as allowing senators to air concerns “about the president’s ability to serve for another four years, his path to defeat former President Donald Trump and the effect Biden’s poor polling might have on Democrats running down the ballot.”
According to Politico, “But by the end of the lunch, Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania had enough.”
“You have legacies, too,” the hoodie-clad galoot said, according to the sources, “if you f**k over a great president over a bad debate.”
Then Fetterman asked, “Who was with him — committed to sticking with Biden as the party’s nominee?” Politico reported.
You could count the number on one hand and have fingers left over.
Only Fetterman, Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-MO), and Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) of Biden’s home state of Delaware thought that the embattled president should stay in the race.
While Biden is far from a sympathetic character who deserves support, Fetterman’s loyalty is admirable considering how all the self-serving Dems supported the president when it was convenient for them but are now throwing him to the wolves.
And he’s going to be in Biden’s foxhole until the bitter end too:
Democrats, stop worrying about Joe Biden’s legacy and think about yours.
Abandon a great president after a rough debate or stand with the only person who ever beat Trump’s ass into dust.
All must choose, but we’re headed for assured mutual destruction if we don’t cut the shit.
— John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) July 13, 2024
“Democrats, stop worrying about Joe Biden’s legacy and think about yours. Abandon a great president after a rough debate or stand with the only person who ever beat Trump’s *ss into dust,” Fetterman said in a Saturday post to X. “All must choose, but we’re headed for assured mutual destruction if we don’t cut the sh*t.”
“Not one single person has approached me as a Democrat and said, Joe Biden, we gotta get rid of Joe,” Fetterman told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins during a Friday appearance. “Regular people in Pennsylvania are excited for Joe Biden, and I witnessed that when I was in Philadelphia last week.
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