• assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    He came out and said multiple times that he wasn’t going anywhere

    This was always going to be one of those things where “despite saying 8 hours ago that he was committed to the election and was not going to drop out, he has now dropped out”. You’re never going to see someone in these situations say “eh might drop out, not sure”

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      3 months ago

      Exactly this. I knew all along that if Biden dropped out, it would be going from “I’m in this 100%” to “I’m out for the good of the nation” without anything in between. You can’t do anything but that in politics, because a wishy-washy ‘we’re evaluating what’s best for the country’ would be the death of his campaign, and he’d have no choice besides “I’m out” at that point. Might as well just rip the bandaid off and go straight to “I’m out” without any intermediary steps. Be fully invested until you make the decision you can’t be anymore.

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      3 months ago

      You see it in sports all the time. “I’m dedicated to finding a good contract to stay in this city” then they sign a new contract with a new team.