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[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 25 points 5 months ago

You can't expect a sitting President to not re-run for office. Of course Biden is going to run.

In Trump's mind, and in the minds of a lot of his supporters, he is the "rightful" sitting President, so of course he's going to run too.

Are they the BEST choices? Of course not. But they are THE choices.

[-] delaunayisation@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

And you know what should happen? There should be actual primaries. But they're not even pretending at this point.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

You don't have real primaries for a sitting President. You just don't. See any previous election ever. Trump 2020, Obama 2012, Bush 2004, etc. etc. etc.

They lead the party for a reason.

On the Republican side this year, they TRIED to primary Trump and, well, you see how well that worked out.

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