{"id":2305053,"date":"2024-07-22T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/does-biden-even-know-hes-not-running-for-president-anymore\/"},"modified":"2024-07-22T09:00:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T13:00:33","slug":"is-biden-aware-hes-no-longer-running-for-president-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-biden-aware-hes-no-longer-running-for-president-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Biden aware he&#8217;s no longer running for president?"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fis-biden-aware-hes-no-longer-running-for-president-5%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=2305053&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\u200c article discusses \u2063the surprising announcement made by President\u2064 Joe \u2063Biden&#8217;s\u2062 social media account \u200bthat he will not be running for reelection in 2024. The post raised\u2063 questions about \u200dwhether\u2062 Biden himself was aware of the decision.\u2064 Speculations arose due\u2063 to the\u2062 lack of\u2062 public appearances by Biden, particularly \u200csince the announcement was\u200b only \u200cmade through a social media \u200cpost. The article also\u2063 highlighted the role of Biden&#8217;s staff in managing the communication around the\u200c decision. The post promised a further address from \u2062Biden\u200c later in the week, leaving \u2062the public to wonder about the President&#8217;s awareness of the situation.  <\/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.flickr.com\/photos\/whitehouse\/53531228866\/\">The White House \/ Flickr<\/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\/22\/does-biden-even-know-hes-not-running-for-president-anymore\/\" 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=Does%20Biden%20Even%20Know%20He%E2%80%99s%20Not%20Running%20For%20President%20Anymore?&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/22\/does-biden-even-know-hes-not-running-for-president-anymore\/\" 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=Does%20Biden%20Even%20Know%20He%E2%80%99s%20Not%20Running%20For%20President%20Anymore?&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/22\/does-biden-even-know-hes-not-running-for-president-anymore\/\" 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\/22\/does-biden-even-know-hes-not-running-for-president-anymore\/\" 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=Does%20Biden%20Even%20Know%20He%E2%80%99s%20Not%20Running%20For%20President%20Anymore?&amp;body=During%20the%20debate,%20unnamed%20staffers%20hit%20'send'%20on%20more%20than%2020%20posts%20from%20Biden's%20account.%20Who%20sent%20this%20one?%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/22\/does-biden-even-know-hes-not-running-for-president-anymore\/\" 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>It wasn&rsquo;t until Joe Biden&rsquo;s X account posted a statement Sunday afternoon that some of the president&rsquo;s staff found out he would not be running for reelection, Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/07\/21\/joe-biden-drops-out-election\/biden-team-calling-delegates-drop-out-00170032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>. But are we sure the post wasn&rsquo;t news to Joe too?<\/p>\n<p>A few minutes before 2:00 p.m., Biden&rsquo;s X account <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1815080881981190320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted<\/a> an image of a letterhead document announcing he would &ldquo;stand down&rdquo; from the 2024 campaign. The note said Biden would &ldquo;speak to the Nation later this week in more detail about my decision.&rdquo; Half an hour later, a post <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1815087772216303933\">offered<\/a> his &ldquo;full support and endorsement&rdquo; to Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democrat nominee.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4c292445305f7a3f52debc3751e2faee fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4c292445305f7a3f52debc3751e2faee\"><\/div>\n<p>Biden, who is supposedly dealing with a Covid infection, has yet to be seen alive, much less conduct a press conference. His public <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/factbase\/biden\/topic\/calendar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">schedule<\/a> indicates he&rsquo;s been at his Rehoboth Beach house in Deleware since Thursday. Biden&rsquo;s last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8VhE4NduUb0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">address<\/a> to the nation was one week ago, after former President and Republican nominee Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt.<\/p>\n<p>The only communication America has ostensibly received from the president about his bombshell news is via a social media post. Of course, we all know Biden isn&rsquo;t actually writing his own tweets. (And not just because they&rsquo;re coherent sentences.)<\/p>\n<p>During last month&rsquo;s presidential debate &mdash; at which Biden displayed his mental inability to govern the country right now, much less convince Americans to let him stay in the White House for four more years &mdash; Biden&rsquo;s X account made more than 20 posts. Obviously, Biden wasn&rsquo;t composing messages from the stage. No one was trying to hide the fact that some unnamed staffer was hitting &ldquo;send&rdquo; on each corny post while the president withered at the debate podium. <\/p>\n<p>But that raises the very important question: Who hit send on Sunday afternoon&rsquo;s announcement? No one believes it was actually Joe. Sure, the letter included a signature, but coming from the office that probably owns more signature stamps than any other executive in the country, you can decide what that&rsquo;s worth. Does Joe Biden even know he&rsquo;s not running for president anymore?<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3b4b072de4aee1aa58c010a0b447e512 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3b4b072de4aee1aa58c010a0b447e512\"><\/div>\n<p>Biden wasn&rsquo;t the one who broke the news to his own Cabinet on Sunday. Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/07\/21\/joe-biden-drops-out-election\/biden-drop-out-decision-00170115\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that Biden&rsquo;s chief of staff, Jeff Zients, &ldquo;has managed much of the communication across an anxious administration, holding calls Sunday afternoon with both the Cabinet and senior White House staffers.&rdquo; Zients will also &ldquo;hold an all-staff White House call on Monday morning.&rdquo; (Supposedly, Biden called Zients, Harris, his campaign chair, and other advisers.)<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s not like the announcement was made at 8:00 p.m., after the president had been tucked into bed. If Joe Biden is coherent enough to govern a global superpower for another six months, he can tell Americans about his decision to their faces. The last we heard from Biden, on camera, he was clearly intending to remain the Democrat nominee. <\/p>\n<p>The post from Biden&rsquo;s X account promised he would address the country &ldquo;later this week&rdquo; about the decision. Until he does, the country will be forced to wonder if he even knows it was made.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-00c978e7390eef9570f2b1f6729ec433 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-00c978e7390eef9570f2b1f6729ec433\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">   Elle Purnell is the elections editor at The Federalist. Her work has been featured by Fox Business, RealClearPolitics, the Tampa Bay Times, and the Independent Women&#8217;s Forum. She received her B.A. in government from Patrick Henry College with a minor in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @_etreynolds.<\/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\">Elle Purnell<\/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\/_etreynolds\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-decoration-none\" rel=\"noopener\">@_etreynolds<\/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\/ellenreynolds\/\" 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\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/2024-election\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">2024 election<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/biden\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Biden<\/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\/president\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">President<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">White House<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Politico, some of President Joe Biden&#8217;s staff only found out he would not be running for reelection when his X account posted a statement on Sunday afternoon. It is unclear if Biden himself was aware of the post. The post, made a few minutes before 2:00 p.m., announced Biden&#8217;s decision not to run in 2024 and expressed support for Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee. Despite supposedly dealing with a Covid infection, Biden has not been seen in public and has not held a press conference. His last address to the nation was a week ago. The announcement of his decision not to run for reelection was made via social media, leading to questions about who actually wrote and posted the message. Biden&#8217;s chief of staff, Jeff Zients, was responsible for communicating the news to the Cabinet and White House staff. The post from Biden&#8217;s X account stated that he would address the country in more detail later in the week, leaving many to wonder if he is aware of the decision that was made<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1353,"featured_media":2305054,"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\/53531228866_25063fef93_o-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2305053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/53531228866_25063fef93_o-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305053","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\/1353"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2305053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2305054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2305053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2305053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2305053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}