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365: Rick Wilson on the Breaking News: Biden is Out

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🗓️ 21 July 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Rick Wilson weighs in on Biden dropping out of the race and what happens next.

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0:00.0

Obviously, it's a pretty slow news day. We were actually reorganizing the office area where I usually

0:07.2

film these when the news broke. So I am here. I have no cats. I have no normal backdrop.

0:13.8

It feels very weird to have this different view in place. But we get some things to talk about

0:20.4

today, as you might have heard.

0:22.0

Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped, and battle-hardt.

0:28.1

There is not a liberal America and a conservative America. There is the United States of America.

0:36.4

Good night and good luck.

0:38.5

All right, folks, here it is.

0:40.2

The moment you've been fearing, dreading, or hoping for has come.

0:44.0

Joe Biden has said that he will not be the Democratic nominee for the year

0:46.8

2024 in the race against Donald Trump.

0:49.1

I am here today to tell you that Joe Biden is an honorable man.

0:53.8

He has given this country his entire life. He has

0:57.5

served with respect and honor in the White House. He has given us an example, a counter example

1:06.0

to Donald Trump for the last three and a half years that we should treasure. He should be honored for this decision and he should be praised because he understood the stakes.

1:16.6

At the end of this, he decided he understood the stakes were too high to let personal ambition stand in the way of victory against Donald Trump.

1:25.6

That, my friends, is a patriot. That, my friends, is a patriot. That my friends is

1:30.4

love of country. Joe Biden is 81 years old. He has borne a heavy burden. It is showing.

1:39.9

He made the right decision for himself, for his family, and I think for the country.

1:44.4

Now, I want to say something about the campaign ahead.

1:49.5

Number one, Donald Trump and his people, and I mean every part of his organizational structure,

1:55.0

from Fox News on down to the Russian bot farms, on down to all the propaganda networks that serve and service

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