Trump and Biden Win 2024 Presidential Nominations
How do you feel about another Trump-Biden showdown?
Updated March 13, 2024, 10:30 a.m. EST
- President Biden and former President Trump have secured the required delegates to be their respective party's nominees for the general election, guaranteeing a rematch between the two in the fall.
- Tuesday, March 12, consisted of multiple primary elections, bringing home the win for both candidates.
- In response to the win, Biden said:
"Amid [our] progress, we face a sobering reality: Freedom and democracy are at risk here at home in a way they have not been since the Civil War. Donald Trump is running a campaign of resentment, revenge, and retribution that threatens the very idea of America."
- Similarly, Trump said:
"It is my great honor to be representing the Republican Party as its Presidential Nominee. Our Party is UNITED and STRONG, and fully understands that we are running against the Worst, Most Incompetent, Corrupt, and Destructive President in the History of the United States."
Last night was the New Hampshire primary, which brought victories to GOP front-runner Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, despite not being on the printed ballot.
The results
- Trump beat Nikki Haley by a significant margin of 11 points. The former president is the first Republican presidential candidate who is not a White House incumbent to win the nation’s first two presidential contents – the Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire primaries.
- Biden won as a write-in candidate in the Democratic primary, beating Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.). The Democratic National Committee chose South Carolina to hold its first primary of the year on Feb. 3, taking Biden off the New Hampshire ballot. But, a grassroots campaign urged Democrats to write in his name, achieving a win more symbolic than anything for Biden. The results won’t count toward Biden’s official nomination, and New Hampshire delegates won’t be at the Democratic National Convention as a result.
Moving forward
- Despite Trump’s success, he did not secure key groups of swing voters. Haley won over voters who identify as moderates and independents, also beating Trump among those who have a college degree.
- About half of New Hampshire’s Republican primary voters stated feeling very or somewhat concerned that Trump is too extreme to win the general election, according to AP Vote Cast.
- Haley’s loss represents a defeat for anti-Trump GOP forces. Nevertheless, Haley said:
“New Hampshire is the first in the nation; it is not the last in the nation. This race is far from over. There are dozens of states left to go. And the next one is my sweet state of South Carolina.”
- In response to his write-in win, Biden gave thanks to “all those who wrote [his] name in…It was a historic demonstration of commitment to our democratic process.” He continued:
“It is now clear that Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee. And my message to the country is the stakes could not be higher.”
How do you feel about another Trump-Biden showdown?
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This is not the election America wants, but it's the election America deserves.
Until we fix the political system to allow more choices and parties to succeed, we're left at the mercy of these 2 parties and the choices they make.
Until our institutions hold politicans accountable for their high crimes and misdemeanors at the legislative, judicial and executive level, we're left with flawed candidates supported by sycophantic enablers.
I believe in Democracy and I am happy to vote for Joe Biden on his record of legislative wins, but until we make systemic changes to improve our system the choice is to vote for the best you can get because there aren't a lot of choices.
Hoped the Republican primary season would have lasted longer so the general election campaign was shorter as we've heard it all before.
Now we have a whole year of Trump's vitriol to listen to and watch an entire political party line up behind. Only upside is Trump will be easier to beat than Hailey.
"...a Wall Street Journal poll last month that found her [Hailey] beating Biden in a head-to-head match by 17 points."
"Who are the voters who reject Trump but would vote for Haley? The group is too small in our poll to yield precise numbers but large enough to give us some general characteristics. These Haley-but-not-Trump voters identify far more as independents than with any party. And they tend to have college degrees, more so than do voters overall."
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/gop-republican-debate-iowa/card/behind-haley-s-17-point-lead-over-biden-in-wsj-polling-qByTNcx5uHOCTq443PVW
Former President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to blacklist anyone who donates to Nikki Haley's presidential campaign
Really comes down to a simple choice
do you want to end America? With bozo it is the end .... we experienced near death during his first term
Our system of selecting leadership for our country is broken.
We can do better!
My suggestion: the DMC needs to remove Biden & select a younger candidate that can win.
pssst...I have a list, if you need it.
Get your shit together Dems, we CAN'tT do another 4 years of the orange criminal. CAN NOT!!!
unfortunately its the best we have!!in this day and age why would anyone of sane mind want to be president!!
Down ballot races become even more important. Congressional majorities especially supermajorities that can over ride presidential vetoes can check a President.
This is why large donors switched their contributions to down ballot races after Haley was unable to derail Trump in the Republican primaries.
"Billionaire Kenneth Griffin showed interest in DeSantis, the Florida governor, early on and then backed Haley, the former UN ambassador, with a $5 million donation in December, federal records show. But as Trump has dominated the Republican field, Griffin and others have said they’ll concentrate instead on other contests."
"“I am focused on actively supporting exceptional candidates across the country, such as David McCormick, Tim Sheehy, and Larry Hogan,” Griffin said in a statement Sunday. “They share my commitment to promoting economic freedom, ensuring that every child has access to a high-quality education, putting our national debt and deficit on a sustainable footing, and safeguarding our nation’s security at home and abroad.”
"Likewise, the Charles Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity Action said on Sunday that while Haley continues to have its “strong endorsement,” it’s turning toward down-ballot races."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-26/trump-averse-billionaire-donors-turn-to-congress-as-haley-fades
Well now the RNC is considering subverting democracy and rigging the primary to appoint Trump the nominee now and skip the rest of the primary season!
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/25/politics/rnc-trump-presumptive-nominee-resolution/index.html
We knew they didn't believe in democracy and now they're just proving it.
The very fact that Trump comitted Treason, along with various members of the GOP who are also still seated, shows that our Government is no longer working in the way it was intended , nor is it working towards the betterment of the common people.
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
DO YOUR JOBS and start prosecuting these people that are traitors!
I expected this result.
You expected this result.
Everyone expected the 2024 Presidential Election would be a Biden Trump rematch.
There is no one else who has the stature to compete against them.
It's the classic battle of Good vs. Evil.
I'm only half kidding...
Biden is a somewhat flawed protagonist with his mostly unflinching support for Bebe Netanyahu. But Trump completely fulfills his role as Evil Incarnate!
Biden beat him before and he can do it again!
you know what I find interesting is the president is trying to make it like he doesn't want to debate with a criminal bahblah who cares. I think the president knows that he is not mentally stable to defend his position again? See it's scary that we have a president who doesn't care about our country and our troops. Look how he pulled out of Afghanistan and then he went to the family and talked about his own experience of loss?
Trump calls Joe crooked what the hell is he. Lock him up he attacks judges I think all republicans are scared the death of him. Lock him up now. Get rid of that crooked judge in Florida Trump appointed. She stinks just trying to help the dictator. She should be disbarred.
Florida man sentenced to 14 months in prison for threatening to kill Chief Justice John Roberts
But
bozo gets off the hook on every case / hearing threatening the court systems & scotus of consequences ! a gag order is meaningless for this serial criminal ...
he gets instant appeals / delays / reductions in fines / bonds etc
clearly proves a two tier judicial system / corrupt judges / political leanings of scotus etc
shame on scotus
shame on the judiciary
shame on congress
THE WORLD IS LAUGHING AT OUR 'DEMOCRACY' ' RULE OF LAW' ' COUNTRY OF LAW & ORDER'
Trump Sues Truth Social Company Co-Founders to Zero Them Out
they deserve it ... anyone who trusts bozo has to be born stupid
Trump may have a problem, the King of subprime car loans is a collection agency with high interest. Don Hankey may be Trump's biggest nightmare?
You got Trump representing religious groups, can you see a problem with that?
Trump is now losing it because the judge has brought the gag order to prevent Trump from attacking peoples children that are participating in the trial. That's right peoples children that's who Trump has been attacking Trump be any sicker of the human being. How can anybody with any dignity support this idiot.
"Truth Social" losses disclosed Monday are so severe that Trump Media’s accountants warned that they “raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern,” which is Wall Street for: We may not be able to stay in business. L O L I would imagine the people that have invested in this company are the people who can least afford it and once again, Trump has taken them for a ride. But this is truly a ride they willingly went on to give the man their money. How long will this country put up with this complete chill and fraudster It's hard to believe that people aren't smart enough to see it for what it is. It's a con game played out by a con artist. That's really not that sharp at all. Open your eyes and take a look /
As head of the Trump organization, his company has already been convicted in a court of water as being fraudulent, Trump is also a convicted sexual deviant, Trump has been found in 36 courts across this country to be a liar.
and this is all only the tip of the iceberg. Trump is the iceberg and the Republican party is the Titanic heading right for him. Wake up this country can't survive on one party. It Has to have at least two and the Republican party as it stands, today is doomed under Donald Trump and his minions and Congress.
Donald Trump has gone completely nuts.
This is just another example of how Donald Trump has ruined the Republican party and put the country in gridlock. Marjorie Taylor Green is now trying to ask Mike Johnson. Personally, I think Mike Johnson is a waste of space but you have to question Taylor Green's motives at this point it seems like she's more that she doesn't want any government that she wants chaos. Is this woman just plain stupid or is she a Russian agent? Or is this just the Republican party, a party full of idiots.
Smerconish: ‘A mistake’ to ignore or disrespect Trump
will someone tell smurfconish respect is earned by deeds and not demanded or commanded by bullying, shouting, denigrating, lying, cheating, stealing, obfuscating
a serial criminal, convicted rapist CANNOT deserve respect even if 70 mil bozos follow him into jail
What a slimy pig, Trump says he gets no money from the sale of his Bibles but buried in the fine print is this: Trump’s name, likeness and image are under “paid license from CIC Ventures LLC.” CIC Ventures is directly linked to Trump in his 2023 public financial disclosures.
Looks pretty clear that that means he doesn't, get paid for the Bible itself he gets paid for selling the Bible. This guy is nuts he is sick and this guy is the leader of the Republican Party.
Today Donald Trump saw fit to attack one of the children of a judge over seeing one of these cases. That's right Donald Trump attacked one of the children verbally. What the hell is wrong with this man has he absolutely zero morals. This is the same man who is trying to sell Bibles for $60 to profit himself, is a convicted sex offender, is a convicted business fraud, found to be a liar in more than 36 US courts across this country. Why does the Republican party continue to support this man who is either very sick or has absolutely no morals. Personally I think he has no morals whatsoever, I think he is a despicable example of a human being. Wake up republican party look at this man for what he is A complete loser In absolutely every way.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-68069245
its called the reverse midas touch
everything / every person he touches turns to shit - need more proof ? Talk to ALL his attorneys, fake electors, j6 idiots, people who worked in his admin, companies etc
and you want to have him manage this country? for a second time?
YOU MUST BE BORN A MORON!
I just love religion, they bring so much hate to humanity! Unlike liberal Jesus and his teach!
You would think lawyers would be smarter than Trump?
It pay to teach your kid to be a asshole, narcissist and Bully. My kids are holes.
You sort of wonder about senator J D Vance, I am not sure what the requirements are? It's not IQ. Trump would a least have a retirement plan, that more then most Americans have!
And who else is going to pay for the bridge, Mexico?
Republican state representative in Michigan, Rep. Matt Maddock, claimed on social media on Wednesday night that he had photo evidence of “illegal invaders” arriving at Detroit Metro Airport.
The buses were not for “illegal invaders”; they were for the men’s college basketball teams that landed at the Detroit airport to compete in the NCAA tournament known as March Madness!
What does shows you is House sick racist and stupid Republican party and its leaders have become under Donald Trump. This man's not one singular idiot this man is a singular idiot that's part of the Republican party leader ship.