{"id":2290647,"date":"2024-07-08T15:25:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T19:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/powerful-dems-blitz-primary-plan-to-replace-biden-involves-taylor-swift-oprah-michelle-obama-report\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T15:28:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T19:28:11","slug":"powerful-dems-blitz-primary-plan-to-replace-biden-involves-taylor-swift-oprah-michelle-obama-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/powerful-dems-blitz-primary-plan-to-replace-biden-involves-taylor-swift-oprah-michelle-obama-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerful Dems&#8217; &#8216;Blitz Primary&#8217; Plan to Replace Biden Involves Taylor Swift, Oprah, Michelle Obama: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpowerful-dems-blitz-primary-plan-to-replace-biden-involves-taylor-swift-oprah-michelle-obama-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2290647&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> \u200da \u2063new plan by \u200cpowerful Democrats to replace\u200b President Joe Biden as the party&#8217;s nominee in a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-pitch-condensed-blitz-primary-to-ditch-biden-and-hoist-new-leader-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Democrats pitch \u2018condensed\u2019 blitz primary to ditch Biden and hoist new leader - Washington Examiner\">blitz primary<\/a>&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-appointed-judge-pauses-order-canceling-trumps-business-certificates-wont-postpone-trial\/\" title=\"Dem-appointed judge halts Trump&#039;s business certificate cancellation order, refuses trial postponement.\">involving high-profile figures<\/a> like Michelle Obama, Taylor Swift, \u2063and Oprah. The plan calls for Biden to abandon his campaign and for potential nominees \u200dto run in a fast-paced primary election. Despite calls for \u2063Biden to \u2063step aside, he maintains his campaign, claiming he is\u200c the best candidate to defeat Donald Trump in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">upcoming election<\/a>. Biden&#8217;s refusal to withdraw has led to conflicting messages within the party about his political future.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>Powerful Democrats Plot to Replace Biden via &#8216;Blitz Primary&#8217; That Would Involve Michelle Obama, Taylor Swift, Oprah: Report<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 8, 2024 at 10:52am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>A new plan to give the Democrats a \u201cblitz primary\u201d to replace President Joe Biden as the party\u2019s nominee is making the rounds.<\/p>\n<p>A report Sunday from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/07\/07\/2024\/blitz-primary-could-open-up-democratic-race-if-biden-drops-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Semafor<\/a> said Rosa Brooks, a Georgetown University law professor who was in the Obama and Clinton administrations and advised Biden in 2020, and Ted Dintersmith, a venture capitalist and philanthropist, were behind the concept.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the midst of malaise and crisis, we can forge an uplifting path,\u201d Dintersmith told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>The plan would call for Biden to abandon his campaign in the next few days, according to a memo outlining the idea that was shared with Semafor.<\/p>\n<p>The president, with backing from Vice President Kamala Harris, would announce the new system.<\/p>\n<p>Potential nominees would have a brief period to decide whether to run in the \u201cblitz primary.\u201d The six candidates who received the most votes from delegates would wage a fight for the nomination while promising to run positive campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Weekly forums with A-list moderators such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-poll-shows-michelle-obama-potential-democratic-candidate-beating-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michelle Obama<\/a>, Taylor Swift and Oprah Winfrey would give the candidates a chance to speak on the issues.<\/p>\n<p>Through <a href=\"https:\/\/fairvote.org\/our-reforms\/ranked-choice-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ranked-choice voting<\/a>, a nominee would be selected in time for the Aug. 19 start of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Biden would be hailed as a \u201cmodern-day George Washington\u201d for stepping aside, according to the memo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can limp to shameful, avoidable democracy-ending defeat. Or Democrats can make this Our Finest Hour. While we hope for help from Lord Almighty, the Lord helps those who help themselves,\u201d the memo said, an allusion to the president\u2019s comment that only the \u201cLord Almighty\u201d could make him drop out. \u201cWe need to act. Now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden campaign told Semafor that the president has no plans to abandon his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RitchieTorres\/status\/1810299803114336281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post on X<\/a> that Democrats are hurting themselves by turning on Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWeakening a weakened nominee seems like a losing strategy for a presidential election,\u201d he said. \u201cThe piling-on is not so much solving a problem as much as it is creating and compounding one.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Regardless of where one stands on the question of President Biden\u2019s political future, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-torres-slams-colleagues-for-self-destructive-panic-over-biden-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Rep. Torres slams colleagues for &#039;self-destructive&#039; panic over Biden - Washington Examiner\">intra-party mixed messaging strikes<\/a> me as deeply self-destructive.<\/p>\n<p>Those publicly calling on President Biden to withdraw should ask themselves a simple question: what if the President\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ritchie Torres (@RitchieTorres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RitchieTorres\/status\/1810299803114336281?\">July 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, Biden said Monday that \u201cthe elites in the party\u201d were trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leaked-document-showing-bidens-team-prepares-events-sparks-controversy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">push him out<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRun against me. Go ahead. Announce for president. Challenge me at the convention,\u201d the president said in an MSNBC interview.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cChallenge me at the convention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC Exclusive: President Biden says he is frustrated by the \u201celites in the party\u201d who claim he should step aside. \u201cRun against me. Go ahead.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VGnsfxEY4Q\">pic.twitter.com\/VGnsfxEY4Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MSNBC (@MSNBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSNBC\/status\/1810322849392984327?\">July 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden claimed he had been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-defiant-letter-house-democrats-slammed-breathtakingly-cynical-dishonest-side\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all over the country<\/a> since the debate to \u201cmake sure my instinct was right about the party still wanting me to be the nominee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going anywhere \u2026 I wouldn\u2019t be running if I didn\u2019t absolutely believe that I am the best candidate to beat Donald Trump in 2024,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/live-blog\/trump-biden-election-2024-live-updates-rcna160227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. 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Biden has stated he has no plans to abandon his campaign and has criticized the &#8220;elites in the party&#8221; for trying to push him out<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":2290648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Michelle-Taylor-Oprah.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34179,32618,11015,34249,32394],"class_list":["post-2290647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-blitz-primary","tag-michelle-obama","tag-oprah","tag-powerful-dems","tag-taylor-swift"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Michelle-Taylor-Oprah.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2290647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2290648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2290647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2290647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}