It is official: Joe Biden is out of the race. He has declared he will not be running for president of the United States anymore.

This is historic, shocking news, and truly unprecedented in American history. Biden announced it via X/Twitter instead of announcing he would have a press conference or issuing a statement from the Oval Office.

Biden wrote:

My Fellow Americans, Over the past three and a half years, we have made great progress as a Nation. Today, America has the strongest economy in the world. We’ve made historic investments in rebuilding our Nation, in lowering prescription drug costs for seniors, and in expanding affordable health care to a record number of Americans. We’ve provided critically needed care to a million veterans exposed to toxic substances. Passed the first gun safety law in 30 years. Appointed the first African American woman to the Supreme Court. And passed the most significant climate legislation in the history of the world. America has never been better positioned to lead than we are today.

If that were true he would not be dropping out of the race. He wouldn’t have a 32% approval rating.

He continued: 

I know none of this could have been done without you, the American people. Together, we overcame a once in a century pandemic and the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. We’ve protected and preserved our Democracy. And we’ve revitalized and strengthened our alliances around the world. 

Every element of this, of course, is untrue.

More:

It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President. And while it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term. I will speak to the Nation later this week in more detail about my decision.

For now, let me express my deepest gratitude to all those who have worked so hard to see me reelected. I want to thank Vice President Kamala Harris for being an extraordinary partner in all this work. And let me express my heartfelt appreciation to the American people for the faith and trust you have placed in me. I believe today what I always have: that there is nothing America can’t do – when we do it together. We just have to remember we are the United States of America.

There are many things about this message that are shocking. Number one, he says that he is stepping away from his candidacy, but not from the presidency.

Why? That’s the obvious question.

If you are in a state of senility, you need to step away from the presidency because we are about to launch into one of the most dangerous periods in American history. The rest of the world knows that Joe Biden is a lame-duck president. They know he’s totally senile and not in control of his faculties at this point.

The announcement means a couple of big things. It means that Kamala Harris is likely to be the Democratic presidential nominee for president.

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It also means that the primary system just doesn’t exist anymore, that if the party decides that a candidate who is running is so weak against the opposition that they can’t possibly win, they can put the screws to that person sufficiently and that person will step aside.

In this announcement Biden never makes mention of why he’s dropping out. All he says is that it’s in the best interests of his party and the country for him to stand down and focus on fulfilling his duties as president.

The minute the tweet was published people noticed he had not endorsed Kamala Harris for the presidency. 27 minutes later, he tweeted that he, in fact, would endorse her for the presidency, writing:

My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best decision I’ve made. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this. 

This is humiliating for him because he has to admit that Kamala Harris, who is wildly unpopular and terrible at her job, actually has a better shot at beating Trump than he does. It also must be humiliating because we know that Jill Biden does not like Kamala Harris at all. 

Harris put out a statement reading:

On behalf of the American people, I thank Joe Biden for his extraordinary leadership as President of the United States and for his decades of service to our country. His remarkable legacy of accomplishment is unmatched in modern American history, surpassing the legacy of many Presidents who have served two terms in office.

Here’s the trade coming from the Democrats: We’ll have a DNC where we pay homage to the wonders of Joe Biden — and then it won’t be Joe Biden’s fault. If the Democratic Party goes down in flames, it’s the fault of whomever gets appointed next to run against Donald Trump. That is the bargain. Presumably there’ll be a very, very well-apportioned presidential library in Rehoboth Beach or something of that sort for Biden.

Harris continued:

It is a profound honor to serve as his Vice President, and I am deeply grateful to the President, Dr. Biden, and the entire Biden family. I first came to know President Biden through his son Beau. We were friends from our days working together as Attorneys General of our home states. As we worked together, Beau would tell me stories about his Dad. The kind of father—and the kind of man—he was. 

And the qualities Beau revered in his father are the same qualities, the same values, I have seen every single day in Joe’s leadership as President: His honesty and integrity. His big heart and commitment to his faith and his family. And his love of our country and the American people. With this selfless and patriotic act, President Biden is doing what he has done throughout his life of service: putting the American people and our country above everything else.

Let’s be real about this: None of it is true. Joe Biden is a self-interested politician. He has been since he was 29-years-old when he won his first Senate race and immediately started using his senatorial power in Delaware to direct corrupt activities to the benefit of his family.

The idea that Biden is honest and filled with integrity is going to be a serious question for Kamala Harris. Kamala knew he was senile for literally two years and just weeks ago was talking about how the man was reciting Virgil in Latin backwards and upside-down behind closed doors. Thus she was complicit in lying to the American people.

Harris could use the 25th Amendment and oust Biden today; she could lead the way to get the cabinet to get rid of Joe Biden as president because he is senile.

She is not doing this, which means it is all political for these people. They can’t say that Biden should drop from the race because he is senile because then he should be removed from the presidency. Instead they’re going to say that he’s undergoing a massive sacrifice by stepping out of the race.

Here’s the quiet part out loud: The real reason he’s dropping out is because he’s losing to Donald Trump. Donald Trump clocked him so hard in the debate and Biden fell down on the job so poorly in the debate that the combination ended his presidential candidacy. He’s not dropping out because he won’t be able to last through a second term; he believes he absolutely would be able to last through it. 

He’s dropping out because he is losing, and losing really, really badly.

The real question should be: Why is he incapable of defending his record? If the problem is not the senility, why isn’t he capable of defending his record? The answer is that the reason Biden is dropping out is not the senility.

It is the fact that Joe Biden is getting whomped in the polls right now by Donald Trump.

As Biden was issuing his statement, polling showed Trump winning Virginia and the Rust Belt. The Real Clear Politics projected Electoral College showing had him winning 325 Electoral College votes against Joe Biden’s 213.

That is a blowout.

There was a poll that came out deep in the hours before Joe Biden decided to step out showing that Biden was getting clobbered in Michigan. According to Politico, Joe Biden was far outspending Donald Trump even before the debate, and it was having no impact at all.

The real reason he’s getting out is because Trump is destroying him in the polls.