How Joe's inner circle's 'calculated' plot to hide his decline backfired
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EXCLUSIVEInside the White House cover-up before Biden dropped out: How Joe's inner circle's 'calculated' plot to hide his decline backfired
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21 Jul 2024 By Nikki Schwab, Chief Campaign Correspondent For Dailymail.Com READ MORE: Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race after debate disaster White House aides carried out a 'calculated' years-long plot to hide President Joe Biden's cognitive decline from the world that failed miserably as a flood of Democrats demanded he drop out of the presidential race in the 24 days after his disastrous debate.
It all culminated when Biden make the seismic decision to withdraw from the presidential race and officially endorse Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee.
Staff closest to the ailing 81-year-old deployed a multitude of tactics to hide his deficiencies - limiting reporter access to him, giving the president smaller stairs for Air Force One and physically surrounding him in public to hide his stiff walk, a former Biden aide tells DailyMail.com.
Biden has also been given large-print notecards with the most basic of instructions written on them for almost every event and kept to a tighter daily schedule so he can get more sleep.
There was even staff charged with devising strategies to keep the president from falling down, the source said.
Now, as one insider told DailyMail.com, those advisers who coordinated the president's protective cocoon should be held to blame for his spectacular fall from grace.
The ex-senior staffer, who spoke on condition of anonymity before Biden announced his extraordinary decision, said the 'guardrails' placed around Biden meant his meandering and mumbling debate performance was amplified to the more than 50 million viewers.
And because his deficits had been shielded from the public by those inner circle aides many Americans were shocked to suddenly see his dramatic decline exposed live on national TV.
Biden's falls and gaffes since he took office in 2021 were highlighted largely by conservative-leaning media outlets but all-but-ignored by more liberal news organizations.
That is, until his primetime car-crash 24 days ago on CNN
"Blessed is he who when facing his own demise, thinks only of his front sight.”
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July 21, 2024, 03:51 PM
kimber1911
It does seem strange that it is announced on X, not on whitehouse.gov and not on Presidential Whitehouse letterhead.
Only half joking when I stated, Joe might not know. It’s surely not Joe posting on X, someone does this for him. Might be possible that this is how Joe is being forced out. With all the infighting within the DNC, I wouldn’t put it past the “leadership”.
“We’re in a situation where we have put together, and you guys did it for our administration…President Obama’s administration before this. We have put together, I think, the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics,” Pres. Select, Joe Biden
“Let’s go, Brandon” Kelli Stavast, 2 Oct. 2021
July 21, 2024, 03:52 PM
Flashlightboy
Biden and Soros endorse Kackles.
Obama and Pelosi don't.
Interesting times coming up in the next 30 days.
July 21, 2024, 03:58 PM
Ronin101
I wanna see her name AOC as her VP lol
July 21, 2024, 04:10 PM
stoic-one
Silly question, how many states are they going to have trouble with going forward, getting someone different on their ballots if they wait until the convention to to certify a candidate? I know they were planning on a virtual convention to nominate FJB to ensure he'd be on the ballot in OH.
I thought I'd heard something about AL and WA? Any other states?
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July 21, 2024, 04:12 PM
Sig2340
I think it prudent to avoid Chicago in August.
Nice is overrated
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July 21, 2024, 04:17 PM
Rightwire
quote:
Originally posted by Ronin101: I wanna see her name AOC as her VP lol
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July 21, 2024, 04:18 PM
GT-40DOC
I think it prudent to avoid Chicago anytime!!
July 21, 2024, 04:18 PM
sse
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Originally posted by frayedends: My wife was just reading a bunch of posts on a certain Facebook page with lots of liberals. The in-fighting has already begun. It's great to see.
There are women saying they don't think the country is ready for a woman and they won't vote. There are others saying they won't vote if it's not Kamala. Others won't vote if it's Newsome. Etc. Etc. Etc.
i just wanna know how many of them will move out of the country when DJT wins
July 21, 2024, 04:19 PM
TigerDore
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Originally posted by oddball:
An I'll bet Obama orders this ticket-
I was thinking she might pick Pete Booty-Judge, but this would be even better.
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July 21, 2024, 04:21 PM
sse
quote:
Originally posted by Ronin101: I wanna see her name AOC as her VP lol
we've got a dancer
July 21, 2024, 04:23 PM
nhracecraft
^^^Needs a Brass Pole to 'really' show off her skillz...Just Sayin'
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July 21, 2024, 04:26 PM
TigerDore
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Originally posted by Rightwire: Harris / H. Clinton
Harris is stupid, but I don't think she has a death wish.
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July 21, 2024, 04:30 PM
Johnny 3eagles
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Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles: 1. Joe has WooHoo flu again (really?) 2. Isolation in Delaware 3. July 22, emerges from his borrow, sees his shadow and announces he is retiring from the race due to "health issues "
So, the fucker saw his shadow today. I was close, but I wish he would have stayed in.
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July 21, 2024, 04:43 PM
TigerDore
quote:
Originally posted by Ronin101: I wanna see her name AOC as her VP lol
There are a couple of really good questions to ask KJP tomorrow:
1. Did the president quit because he didn't think he could beat Trump and if so, wouldn't that be the first time ever? Does that mean the Democrats are forever in favor of dropping the presumptive nominee, just because they are behind in the poll?
2. If the president quit because of ill health, whats the full medical condition that led to that decision?
3. If it's because of declining health, we've previously heard from Kamala that he's engaged and fully part of the daily process. If that's true, how come he didn't bring that in his public appearances and interviews, especially the last 30 days?
4. If the president declining behind the scenes, was Kamala covering up for him and if so, who was the inner circle who decided to keep that from the public, until the debate showed the nation differently?
5. Will the president's day be structured around a 10 AM to 4 PM schedule?
6. Will she rule out that Biden will not pardon Hunter?
There are tons more to ask and KJP will either, 1. lie, 2. "I've got nothing on that for you" or 3. "The president has always been committed t the American people and he's going to continue doing that so long as he's the president."
July 21, 2024, 05:12 PM
Sig2340
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Originally posted by Flashlightboy: ... KJP will either, 1. lie, 2. "I've got nothing on that for you" or 3. "The president has always been committed t the American people and he's going to continue doing that so long as he's the president."
Can you explain the difference in 1, 2, and 3?
Or did you simply repeat yourself? 2 and 3 are just examples of 1.
Nice is overrated
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July 21, 2024, 05:14 PM
V-Tail
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Originally posted by Ronin101: I wanna see her name AOC as her VP lol
Is a VP candidate mandated to meet all of the Constitutional requirements for President? Minimum age?