{"id":2304144,"date":"2024-07-21T17:31:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T21:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-oligarchs-just-overthrew-their-own-voters\/"},"modified":"2024-07-21T17:33:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T21:33:29","slug":"democratic-oligarchs-have-just-ousted-their-own-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-oligarchs-have-just-ousted-their-own-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic oligarchs have just ousted their own voters"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fdemocratic-oligarchs-have-just-ousted-their-own-voters%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=2304144&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 article \u2062discusses how \u200cDemocrat oligarchs overthrew the \u200bwill \u2062of 14 million voters after President Joe Biden announced he would not \u2064seek\u200b re-election. Lawmakers like \u2064Rep.\u200b Angie Craig and Rep. Ra\u00fal Grijalva expressed\u2063 doubts about Biden&#8217;s ability to\u200d win against Donald Trump, prompting calls for him to drop out of the race. This\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-touts-bidens-experience-amid-age-concerns-hes-been-around-a-while\/\" title=\"Pelosi highlights Biden&#039;s extensive experience despite age concerns.\">decision raised concerns<\/a> about\u2063 the\u200c democratic process and the power\u2064 dynamics within the\u2064 Democratic \u2064Party. The article \u2064questions the implications\u2062 of removing Biden as both \u2062the nominee \u2063and potentially as president, highlighting the party&#8217;s willingness to prioritize winning over\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-denounce-bidens-use-of-executive-action-to-launch-climate-corps\/\" title=\"Republicans criticize Biden&#039;s executive action to establish Climate Corps.\">upholding democratic principles<\/a>. It \u2064concludes by speculating on the broader implications of\u2062 such actions by the Democratic Party.  <\/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<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2024\/07\/localimages\/File-3AKamala_Harris_-252848004683052-2529.jpg\">  Gage Skidmore \/ Wikimedia Commons <\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/21\/so-much-for-democracy-democrat-oligarchs-just-overthrew-their-own-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=So%20Much%20For%20%E2%80%98Democracy%E2%80%99:%20Democrat%20Oligarchs%20Just%20Overthrew%20Their%20Own%20Voters&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/21\/so-much-for-democracy-democrat-oligarchs-just-overthrew-their-own-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=So%20Much%20For%20%E2%80%98Democracy%E2%80%99:%20Democrat%20Oligarchs%20Just%20Overthrew%20Their%20Own%20Voters&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/21\/so-much-for-democracy-democrat-oligarchs-just-overthrew-their-own-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/21\/so-much-for-democracy-democrat-oligarchs-just-overthrew-their-own-voters\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=So%20Much%20For%20%E2%80%98Democracy%E2%80%99:%20Democrat%20Oligarchs%20Just%20Overthrew%20Their%20Own%20Voters&amp;body=Democrats%20moved%20to%20subvert%20the%20will%20of%20their%20own%20voters%20to%20better%20their%20chances%20of%20retaining%20power.%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/21\/so-much-for-democracy-democrat-oligarchs-just-overthrew-their-own-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Democrat oligarchs overthrew the will of 14 million voters on Sunday after President Joe Biden who announced Sunday he would not seek re-election.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have spent years breathlessly claiming that &ldquo;democracy&rdquo; (in our Constitutional Republic) is at risk if former President Donald Trump wins. But apparently the threshold for risks to &ldquo;democracy&rdquo; depends on the likelihood of winning. When it became clear Biden could not prevail over the consensus that he is unable to carry out the duties of a presidential candidate after his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-urging-biden-to-quit-race-wont-say-he-should-quit-presidency\/\" title=\"Dems Urging Biden To Quit Race Won&#039;t Say He Should Quit Presidency\">frightening debate performance<\/a>, Democrats moved to subvert the will of their own voters to better their chances of retaining power.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-223490b6b86fd5c2706b0721d5d6273f fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-223490b6b86fd5c2706b0721d5d6273f\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/rep-angie-craig-calls-on-biden-to-drop-out-of-2024-presidential-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">admitted<\/a> just that when she said she did not believe Biden could &ldquo;effectively campaign and win against Donald Trump.&rdquo; Rep. Ra&uacute;l Grijalva, D-Ariz., echoed a similar sentiment, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/03\/us\/politics\/raul-grijalva-biden-drop-out.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">telling<\/a> The New York Times that Democrats &ldquo;have to win this race&rdquo; and Biden needs to &ldquo;get out of this race.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Their concerns simply rested on whether their party could win. It&rsquo;s why 17 lawmakers who called for Biden to step down failed to answer when asked by <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/12\/democrats-calling-for-biden-to-drop-out-refuse-to-say-he-should-step-down-as-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Federalist<\/a> whether they also think Biden should resign as president.<\/p>\n<p>In simpler terms, Democratic primary voters who cast a ballot for Biden are now being told by handful of D.C. elites that their votes were simply perfunctory.<\/p>\n<p>As George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said in a post on X, &ldquo;Vice President Kamala Harris will now be in the awkward position of leading the ticket to &lsquo;defend democracy&rsquo; after being made the nominee through succession by defenestration.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-65c39bddb8050ea58d4ae99f6b85a119 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-65c39bddb8050ea58d4ae99f6b85a119\"><\/div>\n<p>Biden gave no explanation for his monumental decision to withdraw from the race after profusely disputing reports that he would not remain the nominee. Of course, a verbal &ldquo;why&rdquo; is not needed: Biden <em>showed<\/em> the American public why he couldn&rsquo;t remain as nominee when he failed to speak coherently during the presidential debate and struggled to exit the debate stage unassisted. It&rsquo;s why Democrats launched a blitz campaign against the incumbent demanding he step down. They knew the chance of Biden beating Trump was shrinking, so they had to do what needed to be done to maintain control of the executive branch.<\/p>\n<p>But for the same reasons that Biden is unable to be the nominee, he is also unable to be the president. No one disagrees that Biden&rsquo;s cognitive decline is a severe impediment to his ability to carry out his enumerated duties &mdash; it&rsquo;s why Democrats want him off the ticket. Removing Biden as the nominee becomes a justifiable usurpation of primary voters&rsquo; will when Democrats also remove Biden as the president. But if Democrats aren&rsquo;t willing to invoke the 25th Amendment, or get Biden to step down, then their justification is simply a flex of their political muscle: &ldquo;We can do whatever we want.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And if Democrats can so easily ice out their own candidate, what else are they capable of?<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-186781beacf729ce968405f04b9e4bf3 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-186781beacf729ce968405f04b9e4bf3\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. Follow Brianna on X: @briannalyman2<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Brianna Lyman<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>             <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Visit on Twitter<\/span>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/briannalyman2\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-decoration-none\" rel=\"noopener\">@briannalyman2<\/a>           <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/briannalyman\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/2024-presidential-election\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">2024 presidential election<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/25th-amendment\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">25th Amendment<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/constitutional-republic\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Constitutional Republic<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/democracy\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">democracy<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/elections\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Elections<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Joe Biden<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Kamala Harris<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/oligarchy\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">oligarchy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic leaders disregarded the votes of 14 million voters on Sunday by pressuring President Joe Biden to not seek re-election. Despite their previous claims about the importance of democracy, it seems that their concern for it depends on their chances of winning. When it became clear that Biden could not win against Donald Trump, Democrats pushed for him to step down in order to improve their chances of retaining power. This move was justified by concerns about winning the election, rather than the well-being of the country. The fact that Democratic lawmakers are willing to remove their own candidate raises questions about their priorities and capabilities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2304145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Kamala_Harris_48004683052-e1721593938984.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4009,35742,6955,35743,4223],"class_list":["post-2304144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democratic","tag-oligarchs","tag-outrage","tag-political-drama","tag-voters"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Kamala_Harris_48004683052-e1721593938984.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2304144","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\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2304144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2304144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2304145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2304144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2304144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2304144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}