It wasn’t until Joe Biden’s X account posted a statement Sunday afternoon that some of the president’s staff found out he would not be running for reelection, Politico reported. But are we sure the post wasn’t news to Joe too?
A few minutes before 2:00 p.m., Biden’s X account posted an image of a letterhead document announcing he would “stand down” from the 2024 campaign. The note said Biden would “speak to the Nation later this week in more detail about my decision.” Half an hour later, a post offered his “full support and endorsement” to Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democrat nominee.
Biden, who is supposedly dealing with a Covid infection, has yet to be seen alive, much less conduct a press conference. His public schedule indicates he’s been at his Rehoboth Beach house in Deleware since Thursday. Biden’s last address to the nation was one week ago, after former President and Republican nominee Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt.
The only communication America has ostensibly received from the president about his bombshell news is via a social media post. Of course, we all know Biden isn’t actually writing his own tweets. (And not just because they’re coherent sentences.)
During last month’s presidential debate — at which Biden displayed his mental inability to govern the country right now, much less convince Americans to let him stay in the White House for four more years — Biden’s X account made more than 20 posts. Obviously, Biden wasn’t composing
