Biden Delayed Stepping Down as He “Doubts Kamala” as Senior Democrats Fail to Back Her

President Biden delayed stepping down in part because he doubted Kamala Harris was up to the challenge of an election battle with Donald Trump, sources have said. The Telegraph has more.

The 81 year-old President dramatically withdrew from the race on Sunday and endorsed his Vice President after weeks of calls for him to stand aside over growing concerns over his age and declining health.

However, the reason Mr. Biden and his senior advisers’ hesitated for so long was a lack of faith in Ms. Harris, 59, due to her occasionally rocky tenure, three Biden aides familiar with recent talks about his plans told Axios.

Trouble is, delaying it and then backing her only made it worse.

It comes as Harris fails to secure the backing of senior Democrats after she announced her bid for Presidential nominee.

There has been telling silence from both Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi, the former Speaker who wields significant power. Neither Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, and Hakeem Jeffries, the minority House leader, have backed a Harris coronation.

However, Ms. Harris has won the support of Gretchen Whitmer, the Governor of Michigan, and Gary Newsom, California’s Governor, who had both been touted as possible contenders for the nomination.

The Clintons also endorsed the Vice President, saying on Sunday they “fight with everything we’ve got” to support her run for Oval Office. Mr. Biden’s campaign has already been renamed “Kamala HQ” on social media.

“My intention is to earn and win this nomination,” Ms. Harris said in a statement shortly after Mr. Biden’s dramatic exit from the race. “I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic Party — and unite our nation — to defeat Donald Trump.”

It’s almost as if refusing to admit the transparently incapable Biden is unfit for office until the very last minute, and then switching to his unpopular Vice-President in a blind panic — and hoping you can rely on censorship and a compliant media to cover-up the problems — is a bad electoral strategy!

Because Harris is on the Biden ticket she is entitled to use his $100 million campaigning war chest. Thus the official social media account for Joe Biden’s former Presidential campaign on X has wasted no time in rebranding as @KamalaHQ.

Kamala is notorious for her word salads in public speaking, using lots of verbiage to communicate little, while giggling apparently uncontrollably. A lampooning from Left-leaning satire show the Daily Show sums up for many the reasons why she is not a serious candidate for President.

Stop Press: Lionel Shriver, writing in UnHerd, describes Harris as “Biden’s idiotic diversity hire” and points out that even a large proportion of Democratic voters can’t stand her. Worth reading in full.

Stop Press 2: Pelosi has belatedly backed Harris.