{"id":2307678,"date":"2024-07-24T22:38:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T02:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-celebrate-biden-for-being-big-as-the-moment-while-trump-trolls-great-embarrassment-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-24T22:41:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T02:41:27","slug":"democrats-celebrate-biden-for-being-big-as-the-moment-while-trump-trolls-great-embarrassment-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-celebrate-biden-for-being-big-as-the-moment-while-trump-trolls-great-embarrassment-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats celebrate Biden for being \u2018big as the moment\u2019 while Trump trolls \u2018great embarrassment\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fdemocrats-celebrate-biden-for-being-big-as-the-moment-while-trump-trolls-great-embarrassment-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=2307678&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 discusses reactions to President Joe Biden&#8217;s decision not to seek \u200creelection and his endorsement of Vice President Kamala \u2062Harris. Democrats praised Biden for his decision, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-to-tip-scales-in-primaries-to-ensure-gop-wins-senate-what-i-care-about-is-electability\/\" title=\"McConnell To Tip Scales In Primaries To Ensure GOP Wins Senate: \u2018What I Care About Is Electability\u2019\">top strategists<\/a>\u2062 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-approves-aid-to-taiwan-in-first-advancement-of-foreign-aid-package\/\" title=\"House passes Taiwan aid as part of initial progress in foreign aid proposal\">party leaders commending<\/a> his leadership and impact on the country. However, Republicans, led by former President Donald Trump, criticized\u200d Biden&#8217;s \u200cspeech, calling it &#8220;barely understandable &#8221; and accusing him of abandoning his supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats defended Biden&#8217;s decision, \u2062highlighting his accomplishments in office, including passing the American Rescue Plan and implementing a successful\u200d COVID-19 vaccination campaign. They \u2063also expressed confidence in\u200b Vice President Harris, \u2064praising her\u2062 competence and leadership abilities.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Republicans seized \u200cthe opportunity to criticize\u2064 Biden&#8217;s presidency, claiming that his decision not to seek reelection was a sign of weakness.\u2062 Former President Trump, in particular, lambasted Biden, claiming that his\u200c endorsement of Harris was a ploy to maintain power within the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>reactions to\u2062 Biden&#8217;s announcement were largely divided along <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-debate-future-infrastructure-bills\/\" title=\"Lawmakers debate future infrastructure bills\">party lines<\/a>, with Democrats\u2063 praising his leadership and Republicans questioning his \u200cmotives. The\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-sheehy-secures-endorsement-from-veterans-group-in-montana-senate-race\/\" title=\"Veterans group endorses Tim Sheehy in Montana Senate race\">2024\u200d presidential\u2064 race<\/a> is already shaping up to be highly contentious, with both parties gearing up for a fierce battle for the White House.  <\/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\">Democrats celebrate Biden for being &lsquo;big as the moment&rsquo; while Trump trolls &lsquo;great embarrassment&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_1711220\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Reactions from both sides of the aisle rolled in after President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> gave a highly anticipated speech from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Oval Office<\/a>, with Democrats praising the historic moment and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republicans<\/a> mocking it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Biden&rsquo;s public address to the nation came as his first since he suspended his reelection campaign on Sunday and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him. In a roughly 10-minute speech, the 81-year-old focused on why he dropped his reelection bid, explaining that &ldquo;there&rsquo;s a time and a place for new voices, for fresher voices, and, yes, for younger voices, and that time is now.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 24, 2024, on his decision not to seek reelection. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s party immediately lauded Biden for being, in top Democratic strategist David Axelrod&rsquo;s<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/davidaxelrod\/status\/1816267884483731810\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> words<\/a>, &ldquo;as big as the moment.&rdquo; In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpeakerPelosi\/status\/1816279451052703789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>post<\/a> to X, former House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nancy-pelosi\/\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a> (D-CA) added, &ldquo;Tonight, we saw President Joe Biden &ndash; one of America&rsquo;s most consequential presidents &ndash; show that he is not only on the right side of history, but on the right side of the future.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) agreed as he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepJeffries\/status\/1816266960222503109\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>praised<\/a> the president for &ldquo;run[ning] a great race and le[aving] our country a better place.&rdquo;&nbsp;In the upper chamber, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was also quick to voice his gratitude for Biden&rsquo;s leadership. &ldquo;Thank you, President Biden,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>However, led by former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>, Republicans had an opposite take on the speech.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3098080\/trump-unleashes-against-harris-as-he-adjusts-campaign-after-bidens-withdrawal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>rally<\/a> he held in North Carolina, Trump watched Biden&rsquo;s address on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dougmillsnyt\/status\/1816269657587777870\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>his plane<\/a>. The Republican presidential nominee offered a scathing assessment of the speech.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Crooked Joe Biden&rsquo;s Oval Office speech was barely understandable, and sooo bad!&rdquo; Trump wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112844294440574656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>post<\/a> to Truth Social.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> watches President Biden&rsquo;s address to the Nation, from his plane following a rally in Charlotte, NC. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ohDhsqtVqC\">pic.twitter.com\/ohDhsqtVqC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dougmillsnyt\/status\/1816269657587777870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The former president <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112844304922148061\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>also said<\/a> Biden and Harris are a &ldquo;great embarrassment&rdquo; to the country and &ldquo;there has never been a time like this.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Biden stumbled a time or two in his address, something of which Fox News host Sean Hannity took note. Hannity <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Acyn\/status\/1816278346822737954\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> his audience that Biden&rsquo;s &ldquo;mumbling bumbling stumbling fumbling to the American people&rdquo; showed his &ldquo;cognitive decline.&rdquo; However, Biden fared relatively well in his live remarks as he expressed gratefulness that he led a country where &ldquo;a kid with a stutter&rdquo; could sit behind &ldquo;the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>CNN&rsquo;s Van Jones <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Acyn\/status\/1816267454622097787\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>celebrated<\/a> &ldquo;the kid with a stutter&rdquo; as &ldquo;a good man.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You asked, &lsquo;Does character still matter?&#8217;&rdquo; Jones said in addressing his colleagues. &ldquo;Well, it does tonight.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <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_1711220\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1711220\"}});<\/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>The article discusses reactions to President Joe Biden&#8217;s decision not to seek \u200creelection and his endorsement of Vice President Kamala \u2062Harris. Democrats praised Biden for his decision, with top strategists\u2062 and party leaders commending his leadership and impact on the country. However, Republicans, led by former President Donald Trump, criticized\u200d Biden&#8217;s \u200cspeech, calling it &#8220;barely &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2307679,"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\/Joe-Biden-Oval-Office.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,3685,5894,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2307678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-democrats","tag-politics","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Joe-Biden-Oval-Office.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307678","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2307678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2307679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2307678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2307678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2307678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}