The following is the text of the Daily Mail article (date: June 17, 2024), referenced by Steve Bannon on a warroom pocast (see GAW post: Bannon : On the 17th of June, 2024, candidate Donald Trump has officially defeated Joe Biden in the race for President
A short note on the author is below the text, as well as points for potential discussion
Sauce of text: Daily Mail : https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13481849/democrat-plot-biden-replacement-clinton-obama-pelosi-schumer.html
Secret Democrat plot to replace Biden revealed: How Clinton, Obama, Pelosi and Schumer would topple the aging President… and when they'd do it
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Nearly every time President Joe Biden appears in public these days, he fuels the chatter: Will aging Joe bow out of the 2024 race? Will he be forced to step aside?
In the latest incident, former president Barack Obama was seen on Saturday reaching for Biden's hand and seemingly guiding the 81-year-old Commander-in-Chief off the stage at a Los Angeles fundraiser.
And that came after Biden stood motionless and stared blankly for a full minute at a Juneteenth celebration at the White House on Monday, as others sang and danced around him. Eventually, Philonise Floyd, brother of the late George Floyd, noticed Biden's concerning pause and wrapped his arm around him to help.
White House spokesperson Andrew Bates is denying that Biden froze in the viral video, calling it a 'cheap fake memo' being spewed by the media.
But it seems no matter how much cold water the Biden campaign or Democratic Party throw on this raging fire of speculation, Americans will not be put off the Great Joe Biden Replacement Theory.
It's the idea that somehow, some way the President will be swapped out as the Democratic Party's candidate ahead of the 2024 election.
'Dropping out would be a big risk. But there's some threshold below which continuing to run is a bigger risk,' polling guru Nate Silver wrote on social media last week. 'Are we there yet? I don't know. But it's more than fair to ask.'
Last week, Biden stood motionless and stared blankly for a full minute at a Juneteenth celebration at the White House, as people around him sang and danced to the music. Last week, Biden stood motionless and stared blankly for nearly a full minute at a Juneteenth celebration at the White House, as people around him sang and danced to the music.
Silver, founder of the website FiveThirtyEight, noted that Biden's average approval rating had reached a new low of 37.4 percent. And chief among voter concerns is Biden's age, which Silver concluded to be, 'an extremely understandable concern, [as] Biden looks/acts his age and is a huge outlier to ask for the job until 86 [years old].'
Atlantic columnist Mark Leibovich cruelly stamped the President 'Ruth Bader Biden' earlier this month.
That's a reference to the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who once angered some liberals by refusing to retire during Barack Obama's presidency and subsequently passed away during Donald Trump's term, allowing the Republican president to nominate a conservative justice.
And James Carville, the political mastermind behind Bill Clinton's presidential campaigns, said flat-out this month that Biden should not have run for re-election.
Now, a last-ditch effort by Biden's backers to silence his critics inside the party may prove to be his ultimate undoing.
According to Democratic bigwig, Obama campaign guru David Axelrod, the Biden team scheduled one of the earliest presidential debates in history (June 27 on CNN) to prove to naysayers that Joe's not going anywhere.
But the gambit carries tremendous risk.
While an efficient debate performance by Biden could help rally Democrats behind him - a significant misstep would only stoke more replacement chatter.
Former Clinton advisor and polling expert Mark Penn suggested the CNN debate will be Biden's last chance to reassure voters he's fit for the job.
On Saturday, video of former President Barack Obama reaching for Biden's hand and seemingly guiding the 81-year-old Commander-in-Chief off the stage at a Los Angeles fundraiser went viral.
While an efficient debate performance by Biden could help rally Democrats behind him - a significant misstep would only stoke more replacement chatter. (Above) President Trump and Joe Biden during the first presidential debate in Cleveland, Ohio on September 29, 2020
'They have deliberately thrown down the gauntlet for an early debate,' Penn said, 'and I think that's gonna be the point at which Americans judge: is he ready for another term or not.'
Now DailyMail.com has learned that if Joe stumbles in that first face-off with Trump or if his polling numbers keep falling, it'll take a united front of the liberal grandees to make Joe throw in the towel.
'The only people who could force him out would be Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer,' one Democratic strategist told DailyMail.com. 'It would have to be the four of them collectively.'
And the process would be high risk.
One consultant theatrically described the difficulty level of replacing their candidate as similar to trying to turn that doomed container ship that careened into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore in May.
That sad story ended with a total collapse and six deaths.
But other party insiders concede that the candidate swap could work if everything was carefully planned and executed.
Political columnist Joe Klein theorized in a recent newsletter that if Biden were to stand down, 'a vigorous young candidate — don't ask me who — could win over the country with a single convention speech' in August.'
In Klein's scenario, the Democratic party savior would deliver an Obama-esque inspirational speech, akin to Barack's famous 2004 Democratic Convention address, that would quickly bring together disaffected Democrats and moderate independents.
Plus, wrote Klein, the Democratic Party's prodigious dislike of Trump would unite any disaffected factions behind a new nominee.
However, there's another potential complication.
As the recognized leader of the Democratic Party, a stubborn Biden could refuse to step down and fight on to Election Day, even as the party grows more exasperated with his performance.
Biden is fiercely proud of his first-term accomplishments, which he – dubiously – boasts are more significant than other modern president's triumphs. Though to be fair, Biden was the one who beat Trump in 2020.
Additionally, while Biden respects former House Speaker Pelosi, Bill Clinton, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, his growing resentment of Obama has become painfully clear.
The former president famously backed Hillary Clinton in 2016 over Biden in the Democratic primary and even reportedly tried to stop his vice president from running in 2020.
Ironically, both Barack and Michelle Obama appear to have intentionally kept their distance from the Biden White House - knowing that their public appearances trigger nostalgia for the days when voters liked their nominees.
Barack Obama made a brief appearance at the White House state dinner for the Kenyan president in late May and Michelle was nowhere in sight.
Mrs. Obama, who has no close personal feelings for the Bidens, according to one well-connected Democratic source, flat-out ignored the invitation.
That troubling incident at the Democratic fundraiser held at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday night only underscored the concerning optics for the Biden campaign.
The video shows Biden giving the audience a thumbs up before rigidly staring out over the crowd. Obama, still smiling and waving, takes Biden by the wrist and gives him a gentle tug to walk off stage.
On Monday, in response to this article, a spokesman for Nancy Pelosi reiterated her support for the President, telling the Mail that, 'Speaker Pelosi has full confidence in President Biden.'
The Democratic party machine has now elected to hold an online nomination, complete with a 'virtual roll call,' to formally select Biden as their nominee ahead of the DNC convention in Chicago in mid-August.
Part of the reason to go 'virtual' is to ensure a more controlled process should the party decide to select a replacement candidate.
In that case, top Democratic leaders would quietly draft the substitute nominee in advance.
That person would not be Vice President Kamala Harris, according to sources, who observed that Harris has already had to fend off a push to replace her on the ticket.
'It doesn't just become Kamala. Kamala only becomes the nominee if Biden dies,' one blunt consultant said.
Another Democratic political insider believes that Harris has failed so badly as vice president that she has made it nearly impossible for Biden to step aside – because the party would have to contend with progressive blowback over passing over the potential first black woman president.
But if not Harris, then who?
Democratic leaders would quietly draft the substitute nominee in advance. That person would not be Vice President Kamala Harris, according to sources.
Strategists theorize that Democrats would have to hold a public event to symbolically transfer power to the new candidate. Biden, Obama, Clinton, Schumer, and Pelosi would publicly introduce and endorse the anointed nominee.
They would also have to convince Harris to throw her support behind the substitute, which would be a painful experience for someone so fiercely protective of their political future.
And the Biden Replacement would also be a risk for the replacement nominee. If he or should took up the party banner and then lost to Trump in November, their political careers may never recover.
All Democrats may have some painful decisions ahead.
Biden has said that American democracy is on the line in the 2024 election.
If his party becomes convinced that he'll lose, they'll feel compelled to take drastic – perhaps even unimaginable – action. Share or comment on this article: Secret Democrat plot to replace Biden revealed: How Clinton, Obama, Pelosi and Schumer would topple the aging President… and when they'd do it
About the Author: CHARLIE SPIERING, SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER, WASHINGTON, DC
Charlie Spiering began his career as a political journalist in Washington, DC fifteen years ago as a reporter for Washington Post columnist Robert D. Novak.
He was a political writer for the Washington Examiner before moving to Breitbart News as a White House correspondent.
He joined the Daily Mail as a senior political reporter for their Washington, DC bureau in 2024.
Discussion
The "Switch of Batter" has been bandied about for years among anons and q patriots, even before Biden was elected. What is the impact of dropping a narrative that preemptively hits the enemy before they can do the move?
What are the impacts of the "Switch of Batter" narrative going mainstream?
Does this exposure make the situation MORE difficult for the Dems, or easier?
Are such deployments as this article meant to be actual predictions? Or are they narrative deployments that preemptively cutoff the enemy's options and drive them into more and more difficult corners?
This is a good analysis. Here is what I have been predicting for a while now.
Trump and "Biden" are a team as many Anons here have figured out by now. They are going to make it increasingly hard for anyone to rally behind "Biden" BUT at the same time, also make it impossible to replace him.
This is all part of the trolling that is necessary before the Great Awakening. Night has to be absolutely pitch black before the dawn. Things have to be ABSOLUTELY ABSURD before the Awakening.
Ultimately its not whether something is more difficult for Dems or not. Level of difficulty is irrelevant in an impossible task. Its all about whether it makes it more likely for people to wake up and take note or not.
Believe me - during the debate Biden will be just enough functional so they cant throw him under the bus. Trump will claim he was on drugs. Liberals will have no choice but to claim that he beat Trump in the debate, no matter how absurd it would sound, and they will keep limping.
I think this sums it all up. The closer the precipice, the more absurd (they) seem.
One other thing to consider is fundraising. It is a crime to try to transfer political donations from one candidate to another (and pretty easy to catch).
They could not use any of the money they have raised for Buy-din. They would have to start fundraising for a new candidate starting from zero... or maybe get caught trying to illegally transfer donations to the new candidate... who knows.
Newsom has been raising money with PACs and Super PACs. He's been sneaky going around the country shilling for Joe and raising $. Article is from last year.
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2023/08/02/waiting-in-the-wings-gavin-newsom-sets-up-presidential-fundraising-sweep/
I have also heard he is heavily funded by the Getty’s.
Are they really on a team? Or, does the Trump core team war game so well they can predict what key players will do? So much so, the moves and countermoves appear to be scripted and give the impression they are working with POTUS?
There are lot of players who are allowed to do their actions organically but nudged into where they need to go.
Biden, on the other hand, is perfectly scripted and perfectly executed. To me, there is no doubt he is up there in the operation. (Clearly, I am saying its not the real Biden - its an actor in a mask or something)
Not even a very convincing mask
I think we are being allowed to see that it is a mask. Plus all the references to "central casting". Those are crumbs for those of us that understand we are watching a "movie"... a story being told to wake up all the zombie sheep who are still oblivious to all of it.
Yeah, because we are now reaching troll level 100
Def not a fan or proponent of the "actor in a mask" theory, for the reasons that zerodelta outlines. IMO, it would be unethical, antithetical to 'law and order' and would undermine public support if ever revealed. Not to mention that I have never found an argument or evidence that convinces me.
Random occasional substitute for legitimate reasons? Sure, possible. Planted actor replacing the real Joe Biden? Nonsensical on too many levels for me.
I had replied to this yesterday, but the browser window got closed before posting. Hate it when it happens, but let me try again.
There are many layers at which you can look at this. If we assume that celebrities and politicians are simply "actors" for the Cabal to control us, it would then be a standard procedure for the Cabal to "replace" any of these people for whatever reason.
If this is the case, the WHs dont have to replace Biden with an actor and directly control him. That would never work and has too many problems. Instead, they can let the Cabal do what they do best. Cut off all other options and make "Biden" the most lucrative. Make it the best option for all the Cabal factions to agree on a puppet actor to be the president while they all believe that this would give them a way to get rid of Trump and escape their reckoning.
Then they would do what they do best without the WHs having any direct role in it. All they need is give the motivation for the DS to do it, and then take control as necessary - assuming they have dirt on everyone, it should be easy.
More importantly, believing that real Biden - the one with all the connections and who has been key to all the criminality for the past 5 decades or so - is being put in the position as a president - thats just extremely hard to believe. The number of ways he can blow up the whole thing is just too much.
There is some debate on this point. However, considering Biden's actions and behavior, it is not unreasonable to theorize that he is actually cooperating with the Trump plan.
In other words, through Hunter, the WH having everything they need to completely take down and destroy the Biden crime family, but that Biden and Hunter were given an opportunity to play their role in order to avoid the harshest of penatlies (i.e. death).
Nothing that Biden is doing is actually helping the Cabal Deep State. And when you look at the policies he is executing, including certain Executive orders, he is actually continuing DJT's agenda on a lot of points.
Here is the big sticking point for me:
If President Trump and his team are controlling Biden, then they are directly responsible for everything that is happening. They would be directly responsible for vaccine mandates, damaging energy policy, inflation, the mass invasion of illegal aliens, the rapes and murders committed by illegals, the list goes on. . .
It would also mean President Trump is actually staging the lawfare against himself. That, through his control of Biden, he is using the DOJ to orchestrate the actions of Bragg, Willis, and Smith to make him appear to be a political martyr. And, in turn, raising hundreds of millions dollars on the contrivance of being persecuted.
If President Trump (and his team) are controlling Biden, and that became public knowledge his support would collapse instantaneously. The vast majority of people would not be able to accept that it was necessary to put them through this painful experience. MAGA would fall apart and the DS would prevail.
Please, study Q posts to gain insight in the manner of what Q calls: control, as your thinking is flawed.
In a chess game, your opponent will make his moves. Which move are beyond your control. Even in a situation where there is "Zugzwang", you do not necessarily control which move is made. The only outcome of such move is the same. Your game strategy pays off.
There is eventually a situation where "zugzwang" leaves the opponent only one or two options. It does not mean the responsibility for such a move lies on your shoulders. Because, beyond the one or two moves available, there is a third: yield.
And that, TSearch, is the only viable moral thing to do. But the dems do not contemplate such a move. Instead, they are contemplating which move they will make, thinking they can still win. The moral culpability rests squarely on their shoulders. It is them who devise and implement these measures. And so, have to bare the consequences of them.
Consider the sequence of these posts:
u/#q4281
u/#q2816
u/#q2788
u/#q2604
u/#q816
u/#q3906
I 100% agree with TSearch. The whole "great awakening" could fall apart if it's found that someone's child, Mom, Dad, or other family relation was killed and Trump/white hats are in control. I have a friend whose Mother passed away during "covid". She didn't have much contact with her Mom during the 'rona since her Mom was very sick and she was always afraid she would pass something to her, and didn't want to be responsible if it was the 'rona. The funeral, I did child watch for the "attendees" of which there was only allowed to be 6 people.
My neighbors died alone in their 90's, afraid to get sick. I was going to interview them since they are long term residents of this valley, and I knew that since they were in their 90's they wouldn't last. I never got to interview them, they only saw their great-grandson once since he was born right before the lockdowns.
My friend's Father passed away in July of 2020, after he found out he had stage 4 cancer at the beginning of March. Only ONE person was allowed at the hospital with him, his wife. She was NOT allowed to leave, otherwise she would have to stay away for 10 days to make sure she didn't bring the 'rona back with her (arbitrary, yes). So his wife was dealing with a husband who was dying, a prisoner at the hospital. His kids were not able to go see him, since if one of them went to see him, they would be prisoner of the hospital for 10 days while his wife was home. His wife didn't want to leave his side, his kids didn't want to take her from him, and him from her while she was away.
If any of them find out Trump and the white hats were in charge while they suffered, had loved ones die alone, and had to miss out on saying goodbye, they will lose all faith in the movement. Admittedly, I would too.
These are good points, and I am generally in agreement with you on this aspect, except that I think that the lawfare is the DS actually thinking they can take down or block Trump. It need not (and very probably is not) Biden actually directing or controlling that, despite DJT's narrative exclamations.
How do you destroy an enemy? Let them loose and undermine themselves. Middle level / lower level minions like Braag, Willis and Smith don't need to be orchestrated by 'those in control' to go after Trump. They really only need to be let loose, or told by a higher level of DS to do it. In other words, and clearly, the lawfare is an example of a DS out of control, not in control. They keep making losing moves.
Biden however is a separate matter (as I wrote, I don't see Biden as actually directing the lawfare or the DS for that matter.) One possibility is that he is corralled. He is cutoff from his original puppet masters. And, through devolution, his ability to act may well be curtailed. He do X things but not Y and Z things (which a potus could normally do if there was no CoG or devolution in place).
So if Team DJT maneuvered and tricked the DS to go with Biden, then implemented devolution as a necessity because the election was stolen and the country could not deal with it properly at that time, so that the Biden admin was restricted in how much damage they could do, then team DJT could not be held morally responsible, because they took the best steps they could to limit the damage from the fraudulent administration and to preserve the country.
Also, if there was some deal arrangement in place, stipulating only that Biden cannot do X, Y and Z, and must do W, would this make DJT team responsible for Biden doing A, B, C, D, etc, etc.?
I think the real answer lies somewhere out there but that none of us really knows exactly what is going on. We have some clues, and some reasonable theories, but ultimately, none of us knows. Your point about culpability on the part of Trump and Team in the case of (this case) and (that case) are well taken. (It's one reason I do not subscribe to the theory that 'Biden' is an actor in a mask or a replacement controlled by the WH.)
But I'm not sure. My own thinking is probably a lot closer to u/redtoe-skipper 's thinking than anything else. But I wonder about Hunter, and I wonder about how and in what manner Biden may be 'controlled'.
If they are a team, when did it happen? At the funeral, the Bidens seemed genuinely surprised at the letter.
" They are going to make it increasingly hard for anyone to rally behind "Biden" BUT at the same time, also make it impossible to replace him. "
CORRECT!! They 100% want him out, but that's not part of the plan. Keeping "Biden" in the race is an engineered move. "Biden" is ramping up the crazy and It's driving the left batshit crazy.
Also, more importantly, Biden's had is behind almost all the big Cabal moves over the past decade. I do think the real Biden was much higher in the totem pole and was Obama's handler - not the other way round.
So when the curtain closes, we need to have "Biden" at the helm, otherwise the ending won't be so impactful.
Trump said: " the 25th will haunt Biden" .
We are not yet at the 5th. My guess is, the Dems will try everything to NOT have to use the 25th. SO, there must come a position where the 25th hangs as a sword of Damocles above his head. They have to. This brings us to the question: what possible event or prospect of event could establish this haunting specter?
A lot of things Trump says are eliminating forced moves. By saying "25th will haunt him", he will make sure that they are well prepared to thwart the 25th hence eliminating that move. If it was something you wanted to do, you wouldn't telegraph it so directly.
But at the same time, Trump saying that had a very powerful impact. Everyone has it in the back of their mind, even when we first saw Biden fall down the stairs. Its like "Is this it? Is this the dementia?"
These kind of moves are very typical of Trump and we have seen it all along.
I'm expecting to see a Biden double for the debates, like we've seen before. They won't risk another freeze or a walk-off.