Behind the Curtain: Committee to Unelect the President
Posted on AllSides July 12th, 2024
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President Biden beat back the initial public campaign by Democrats to oust him from the party's presidential ticket, swiftly and decisively. But very-connected Democrats, mostly veterans of the Obama and Clinton administrations, are plotting hourly to get him to withdraw quickly.
They're commissioning polls, lobbying former presidents, back-channeling Democratic leaders, organizing donors and taking the fight to Biden in a very public way.
They're the unofficial Committee to Unelect the President. The mission: Push Biden out of the presidential race — the sooner, the better.
This loose anti-Biden network is growing...