Dave Portnoy fumes on DNC after Joe Biden drops out of 2024 US Presidential race - "They're trying to hijack democracy"
Dave Portnoy gave his latest take on the 2024 US Presidential race after it was roiled on Sunday, July 21, 2024, as Joe Biden suspended his re-election bid despite being the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party. It comes after weeks of speculation following the first debate between the sitting US President and Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump.
Joe Biden had looked frail and frequently mangled answers, leading to widespread concerns about his ability to do the job for another four years. As public polling showed his support cratering, Democratic officials began urging him to quit both in public and private. And that's what led to the announcement on Sunday as he dropped out and endorsed his vide-president Kamala Harris.
Dave Portnoy believes since Joe Biden was the frontrunner and others had to push him out, there must have been some kind of compensation package. The Barstool Sports president said:
"Joe Biden says he is not running for reelection, which will conclude probably the greatest negotiation in the history of America. How much did they have to pay the Biden's? The DNC. What was his retirement package?"
Dave Portnoy also accused the Democratic party of political malpractice for hiding, in his opinion, the apparent mental decline of the US President. He continued:
"They knew what we've known forever if you have two eyes and a brain that he was a lettuce head of vegetable... The Democrats have been hiding it. Then they're like, well, he probably can't beat Trump. So we got to get somebody else in there."
Dave Portnoy concluded by saying that the Democratic Party is hijacking democracy with this move, a charge they themselves have leveled towards former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
The Barstool president said that Joe Biden's condition had been the same since he ran in the primary and secured enough votes to become the presumptive nominee. He concluded:
"How they waited this long, is insanity. And they're trying to hijack basically democracy. They're not letting people vote. It goes to the convention it's insane because he's been this way before he went and ran. So that in itself is f**king crazy."
Dave Portnoy's comments about Joe Biden follow claims that Donald Trump is unbeatable
After the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, Dave Portnoy had posted on X,
"I just landed and missed an assignation attempt. Holy shit. What a bad ass reaction from Trump. The election is over. He's the next president. The Dems should give up. They can't beat him now."
With Joe Biden gone, public polling indicates that the above calculus might change. If it does, the Barstool president's prediction regarding the invincibility of Donald Trump in the 2024 election might go the same way as the current US President's re-election campaign.