Ep. 627 - Joe Biden should NOT run for reelection
The Breakdown with Shaun King
The North Star
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2022
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Right now, potential candidates for the Democratic and Republican nominations for President of the United States are all working through what it's going to look like for them to run for the nomination. Privately, teams are being formed, decisions are being made, and the waters are being tested.
On one end, dozens of Republicans are considering whether or not they run - regardless of Trump's role in the race. If Trump does run, it will indeed scare off most candidates, but some are already telling their teams they are running one way or the other.
On the other end, dozens of Democrats are privately considering whether or not they will run. But the major elephant in the room is the fact that Joe Biden, who is 79 years old, and will be 82 if he runs again, and will be nearly 90 years old if he won a second term, might run for reelection. In fact, this week the White House has said that he will.
In my opinion, they HAVE to say that. If they said otherwise, he'd immediately be a lame duck president and lose some of the power he currently has.
But he absolutely should NOT run. Yes, he's too old. And not nearly as capable as you'd hope the President of the United States would be. But also, he's just not that great of a President.
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| 0:00.0 | Joe Biden absolutely, completely, should not run for reelection as president of the United |
| 0:09.0 | States. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm going to unpack and explain why I think is pretty obvious, but I want us to be very, |
| 0:16.7 | very specific. |
| 0:19.0 | What he did in defeating Trump was very important. |
| 0:23.9 | He has done as president and what he could potentially be and do as president in a second |
| 0:31.4 | term is a very different value proposition. |
| 0:36.1 | It's not too early to be talking about this. |
| 0:39.4 | Candidates for president are already lining up and Democrats are really in a lot of ways |
| 0:44.2 | just waiting to see if Joe Biden is going to run for reelection. |
| 0:49.4 | He shouldn't. |
| 0:51.0 | I'm going to be very honest here and just give my raw feelings. |
| 0:59.8 | Joe Biden should not run for reelection. |
| 1:02.4 | This is Sean King and you are listening to The Breakdown. |
| 1:09.8 | The Breakdown. |
| 1:24.1 | No, that's my answer. |
| 1:26.8 | No, absolutely not. |
| 1:29.7 | Joe Biden should not run for reelection. |
| 1:34.0 | I have a lot of reasons on why he shouldn't run and there's really no beating around |
| 1:40.1 | the bush. |
| 1:41.1 | I encourage you to Google this because there are very good articles. |
| 1:46.0 | There was a massive article in the New York Times four days ago. |
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