Prominent hedge fund manager Dougie Kass took to X (formerly Twitter) to share an intriguing piece of scuttlebutt: he heard that former President Barack Obama and former Biden White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain will have a sit-down with President Joe Biden today. This supposed revelation adds yet another layer to the ongoing discussions about Biden's political future.
Jill Biden's Determination and Kamala Harris' Frustration
According to Kass, First Lady Jill Biden is adamant that Biden runs for reelection. In contrast, Vice President Kamala Harris is reportedly furious about not being considered as a replacement candidate, while Governors Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Gavin Newsom of California are in the conversation. (RELATED: Biden's Debate Blunders Were Bad, Jill's Actions Were Worse)
Not a meme.
— drefanzor memes (@drefanzor) June 28, 2024
A month ago, Jill Biden was on The View and said that Trump can't "put a sentence together" and that the American People deserve to see the two men who are running for this office because, "your choice is going to be clear". pic.twitter.com/5shqXwwVMH
I can't stop watching this. pic.twitter.com/NLhScCwI3D
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) June 28, 2024
A Key Event to Watch: Saturday's East Hampton Fundraiser
Kass noted that his neighbor in East Hampton, New York, is hosting the Bidens tomorrow. He highlighted that it will be significant if the fundraiser is canceled last minute, implying that such a move could indicate a shifts in Biden's reelection plans.
Unverified but Noteworthy Claims
While Kass' claims have yet to be corroborated, his status as a wildly successfully hedge fund manager with connections to the upper echelons of power lends weight to his statements.
What I am hearing regarding Joe Biden. Ron Klain and Barack Obama are having a sit down with the President today. Jill Biden is insistent that Joe runs. Kamala is furious that she is not being considered as a replacement (Whitmer and Newsom are). Interestingly my neighbor in…
— Dougie Kass (@DougKass) June 28, 2024
Millions of Democrats, who believed the narrative that Biden was in top form, are now scrambling to reassess the situation after Thursday night's debate. (RELATED: Report: CNN Facing Upwards Of $1 Billion Payment In Defamation)
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski's on-air tiff about Biden's disastrous debate😂
— Eddie (@Eddies_X) June 28, 2024
Mika: "Everybody calm down, it's fine to not spin what happened last night."
Joe: "By the way Mika, everybody's calm here, you're the only one raising your voice…I said these were questions… pic.twitter.com/vTyPQoQWQH
Media and Political Reactions
On Friday morning, three New York Times columns were published in quick succession, urging Biden to reconsider his options.
NY Times headlines … did the order go out from the people who really run the country?
— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) June 28, 2024
Who gave the order? pic.twitter.com/ooFEbyS6YI
Around the same time, David Axelrod, the chief strategist for Obama's presidential campaigns, was seen nodding in agreement on CNN as Scott Jennings compared Biden's struggling campaign to the Titanic's maiden voyage. Jennings expressed deep concern about Biden's fitness for office and the potential consequences for the Democratic Party.
“I don't think they're [Democrats] going to replace him [Biden]. I was thinking, I didn't sleep much last night because I'm so worried about the president,” Jennings began. He criticized the misleading information provided by the White House regarding Biden's fitness.
Jennings then dove head first with the grim historical analogy: “I was staying up overnight thinking about the movie ‘Titanic' and specifically the string quartet that was playing on the deck. They're going to ride it out, and they're going to play the music, the people around him, and this ship is going to sink, and they're going to have no one to blame for Donald Trump coming back but themselves. It is squarely on their shoulders.”
Axelrod, nodding throughout, added that John Williams' score from “Jaws” might be more fitting. He continued, “This is something he needs to consider and those around him need to consider: What does he want his legacy to be? He has a record he's proud of, I think justifiably so. He did save the country back in 2020 from Trump, and we saw what happened in the aftermath that underscored how important that was. But the question is: If he then becomes a vehicle by which a very unpopular Donald Trump, who, by the way, did not do particularly well last night, becomes president again, what does that do to his legacy?”
Conclusion
As discussions about Biden's capabilities persist in the coming hours and days, we will closely monitor the actions and decisions of important Democratic figures.
Donald Trump's newest ad is just Joe Biden talking at the debate last night. Trump doesn't say a word: pic.twitter.com/GXMfLFk8tg
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) June 28, 2024
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