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Biden reportedly regrets ending re-election campaign and says he’d have defeated Trump
(www.theguardian.com)
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I think the whole premise is wrong. It's becoming clearer that the reason he insisted on running (despite much internal push-back) was to hold onto power for himself. It had less to do with the stakes than it did with his self-serving desires. You'd have to be completely senile to think you could beat Trump after that debate performance and all of the context surrounding it. He's STILL insisting that he could have won. On what planet? Let's assume he knows what's at stake.
Is that easier for you than "he's a good person who tried his best and failed"?
Tried his best to... what? Drop out and let someone else more likely to win try for it? Doesn't seem like he wanted that. And nobody here thinks Biden would be worse than Trump. But that's not how American politics work. This is a reality show.
I'm very much not willing to say "he's a good person", whether or not he could have won again. Supports genocide, breaks strikes, and throws trans people under the bus after promising to protect them. He's an evil shitty person, whose interests sometimes aligned with helping the general public.
It sure is easier to sit on the sidelines than it is to actually lead. He absolutely wasn't perfect, but I absolutely believe he tried to represent the American people to the best of his ability.
Like Biden!