• alkbch@lemmy.ml
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    7 hours ago

    Yes there was still time to run a primary.

    Besides, Biden should have dropped from the race many months prior, or better yet not run again at all as he promised during his 2020 campaign.

    Harris and other DNC members shouldn’t have tried to gaslight us about Biden’s health during all that time; they really took us for a bunch of idiots, which most certainly didn’t help their case.

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      7 hours ago

      No, there wasn’t. A primary in 50 states takes roughly 6 months to run. They had ONE.

      Biden bowed out July 21st.

      The convention was scheduled to start August 19th.

      30 days. You can’t run a 50 state primary in 30 days. 1.66 primaries per day.

      Moving the convention wasn’t an option due to state deadlines for candidates.

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        23 minutes ago

        The mistake still lies with the Dems (including Harris) for having prepared for seemingly nothing that is happening despite them writing out in detail what they would do. They did not prepare a good candidate, just assumed that one would appear or that Biden would run. When Biden ran, and his numbers sucked, he didn’t back out. That is all the fault of Dems.