Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is doubling down on his theory that Democrats will swap President Biden for Michelle Obama on their party’s ticket following the release of the special counsel’s report.
The sweeping findings from Special Counsel Robert Hur focused on Biden’s cognitive abilities, saying he would not bring charges against him in part because jurors would find him to be a “sympathetic, well-intentioned old man with a failing memory,” though. an admission that the classified documents were “intentionally” obtained by Biden as vice president and as a senator.
Ramaswamy, who has been vocal on the campaign trail about his belief that the 81-year-old president will ultimately not be the Democratic nominee, told Fox News Digital the special counsel’s report marks an “easy path” for Democrats to nominate the once-popular former president. women.
“The main obstacle preventing the Democratic Party is that they have the problem of Kamala Harris, which is that if they get rid of Biden, an ordinary person who would normally be the candidate, can be the vice president of the same president. But the vice president was not able, I think, to carry out the task effectively,” said Ramaswamy. “He didn’t make it into the Iowa caucus the year he ran, right, even in his own party, let alone an issue with broader popularity in the country.”
Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is doubling down on his theory that Democrats will swap President Biden for Michelle Obama following the release of the special counsel’s report. AP Ramaswamy says Michelle Obama offered Democrats a way out of the special counsel’s report on Joe Biden. Jay Shetty’s podcast
“If race and gender are your basis for choosing someone for a job, and your party’s identity is tied to the temple of that identity politics, then they would risk looking hypocritical if they ditched it after ditching Biden. And I think Michelle Obama offers them an easy way out of that problem, someone who checks the boxes that they have to check according to their own ideology, while also choosing an alternative to Biden that they might see as more suitable in the general election. . . it looks increasingly like it won’t be Biden as a candidate. And I think it shouldn’t be a surprise to see someone like Michelle Obama take on the role of the nominee,” Ramaswamy said.
When asked about Hur’s decision not to prosecute Biden, Ramaswamy said it signaled Biden’s “willingness” to finally step down.
Key excerpts from special counsel Robert Hur’s report on Biden’s classified documents
- Joe Biden “knowingly retained and disclosed classified material” after leaving the vice presidency in January 2017.
- Classified documents about the war in Afghanistan were found in a box in the garage of Biden’s primary residence in Wilmington, Del.
- Biden repeatedly revealed classified information he wrote in a notebook to Mark Zwonitzer, who ghost-wrote Biden’s 2017 book, “My Promise, Dad.”
- During a February 2017 conversation, Biden told Zwonitzer, “I just found all the classified stuff downstairs” at his then-Virginia home.
- Zwonitzer deleted the recording of his interview with Biden after learning of Hur’s appointment as special counsel in January 2023.
- Biden displayed “significant limitations in memory,” both in a 2017 interview with Zwonitzer and his interview with investigators on Oct. 8-9, 2023.
- Among other mistakes, Biden “doesn’t remember when he was vice president” and “doesn’t remember, even in a few years, when his son Beau died.”
- If brought to trial, Biden “will likely present himself to the jury, as he did during our interview with him, as a sympathetic, well-intentioned old man with a failing memory.”
“I think it coincided in the last few months [of] he said things like, you know, other Democratic candidates can also make it in the general,” Ramaswamy said. “So I think we’re seeing a general trend towards what I predicted. . . i.e. they will move Biden off the street. And I think this is another step in that direction.”
Hur, who was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate Biden’s handling of classified documents, revealed that Biden had a “vague” memory of his previous tenure and when his son Beau died, which happened in 2015.
Robert Hur revealed that Biden has a “vague” memory of when he previously held office and when his son Beau died, which happened in 2015. AP
“In his interview with our office, Mr. Biden’s memory was worse,” the report said. “He doesn’t remember when he became vice president, forgot on the first day of the interview when his term ended (‘if it was 2013 — when did I stop being Vice President?’), and forgot on the second day of the interview when his term began (‘in 2009 , am I still the Vice President?’).”
“She doesn’t remember, even in years, when her son Beau died,” the report continued. “And his memory seems hazy when describing the Afghanistan debate that was once so important to him. Among other things, he mistakenly said that he had ‘significant differences’ of opinion with General Karl Eikenberry, when, in fact, Eikenberry was an ally whom Mr. Biden mentioned approvingly in his Thanksgiving memo to President Obama.”
When asked about Hur’s decision not to prosecute Biden, Ramaswamy said it signaled Biden’s “willingness” to finally step down. Reuters
These revelations, in addition to his recent missteps, continue to fuel concerns among some voters about the advanced age of Biden, the oldest president in US history.
His likely opponent in 2024, former President Trump, will turn 78 in June.
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