{"id":2299605,"date":"2024-07-18T16:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T20:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sununu-celebrates-possibility-of-biden-withdrawal-i-told-you-so-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-18T16:03:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T20:03:57","slug":"sununu-celebrates-biden-withdrawal-i-told-you-so-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sununu-celebrates-biden-withdrawal-i-told-you-so-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Sununu celebrates Biden withdrawal: &#8216;I told you so&#8217; &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fsununu-celebrates-biden-withdrawal-i-told-you-so-washington-examiner%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=2299605&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>Governor\u2063 Chris Sununu \u2064of New Hampshire celebrates the possibility of \u200dJoe \u2062Biden\u200c withdrawing from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-desantis-beats-trump-in-2024-straw-poll-at-top-conservative-summit\/\" title=\"BREAKING: DeSantis Beats Trump In 2024 Straw Poll At Top Conservative Summit\">2024 presidential race<\/a>, saying he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lets-go-brandon-song-soars-to-no-1-spot-on-itunes-hip-hop-chart\/\" title=\"Let\u2019s Go Brandon\u2019 Song Soars To No. 1 Spot On iTunes Hip Hop Chart\">feels vindicated<\/a> for his previous \u2062comments. Sununu had predicted that Biden would not \u200dbe \u200dthe Democratic nominee,\u200b and now believes he was\u200c right\u2064 as calls for Biden to step aside grow within his party. Sununu expressed \u2064confidence in Republicans&#8217; ability to beat Biden \u200band advised preparing to campaign against Vice President\u200c Kamala Harris instead. He also stated that he had personally witnessed \u200da decline in \u200cBiden \u2064over time\u2063 and emphasized the \u2062importance of family in\u200b giving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walsh-a-baby-sleep-training-expert-was-doxxed-and-boycotted-because-she-donated-to-trump\/\" title=\"WALSH: A Baby Sleep Training Expert Was Doxxed And Boycotted Because She Donated To Trump\">good advice<\/a>.  <\/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\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Sununu celebrates possibility of Biden withdrawal: &lsquo;I told you so&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1706800\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>If bets were placed a year ago about who would be at the top of the Democratic ticket, Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chris-sununu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Chris Sununu<\/a> (R-NH) believes he would be cashing in.<\/p>\n<p>During the short-lived 2024 Republican presidential primary cycle, Sununu often said he believed his party would not be facing President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> come November. While many wrote off his comments because Biden was far and away the favorite in the Democratic primary, the governor said he now feels vindicated as Biden faces <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3088885\/rumors-swirl-biden-opening-up-to-exiting-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>growing calls within his party<\/a> to step away from the race.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No one likes an &lsquo;I told you so&rsquo; moment as much as a politician,&rdquo; Sununu said at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/07\/18\/rnc-live-updates-coverage\/chris-sununu-joe-biden-drop-out-00169400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Politico<\/em>-CNN Grill<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rnc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican National Convention<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been saying this for well over a year,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s real. It&rsquo;s happening.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Joe Biden is greeted by Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH) as he arrives on Air Force One at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, in Manchester, New Hampshire. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He said Biden would &ldquo;be really easy to beat&rdquo; and advised Republicans to begin preparing their campaign to run against Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>. Sununu also suggested Republicans should begin testing messaging against Harris and a separate running mate.<\/p>\n<p>Sununu also said that as a governor, he had personally witnessed a decline in Biden over time.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Running for president is not what this gentleman should be doing right now,&rdquo; Sununu said. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s a responsibility of the family to give good advice, and I just don&rsquo;t think they&rsquo;ve been giving him some very good advice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sununu broke down Biden&rsquo;s options of staying in the race or exiting in terms of his political legacy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s got a legacy decision to make,&rdquo; Sununu said. &ldquo;He can be the Democrat that everyone remembers for moving [former President Donald] Trump off the ballot in 2020 or the Democrat that everyone remembers that overstayed his welcome and handed it back to Republicans &mdash; which is fine by me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the New Hampshire governor backed former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley during her run this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-more-democrats-want-someone-other-than-biden-in-2024\/\" title=\"Poll: More Democrats Want Someone Other Than Biden in 2024\">presidential cycle<\/a> and was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/21\/opinion\/governor-sununu-republicans-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>vocal critic<\/a> of Trump, Sununu has now switched to backing the former president.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think a lot of it will bear out tonight, to see where the [former] president&rsquo;s speech goes,&rdquo; Sununu said. &ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s about unity &mdash; not of the unity of his base &hellip; or just even unity of the Republican Party. &hellip; Former President Trump now has to talk about the unity of America.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1706800\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1706800\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sununu is pleased that Biden may withdraw from the race, as he had predicted this outcome for over a year. He believes Biden would have been easy to beat and advises Republicans to prepare to run against Vice President Kamala Harris. Sununu also criticizes Biden&#8217;s family for not giving him good advice and suggests that Biden needs to make a decision about his political legacy. Despite previously supporting Nikki Haley and criticizing Trump, Sununu now backs the former president and emphasizes the importance of unity in America<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2299606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Sununu-Biden-RNC.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,20652,32076,8050],"class_list":["post-2299605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-sununu","tag-washington-examiner","tag-withdrawal"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Sununu-Biden-RNC.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299605","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2299605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2299606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2299605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2299605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2299605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}