# Biden considering dropping out (Update: Biden drops out)

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
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**Created:** [July 3, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-considering-dropping-out-update-biden-drops-out/1003690 "2024-07-03T16:50:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-considering-dropping-out-update-biden-drops-out/1003690/1177 "2024-07-14T00:35:03Z")

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> [@bordelond](#):
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> > Meanwhile …
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> > [Potentially dozens of Democrats expected to call on Biden to step aside after NATO conference - CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/potentially-dozens-of-democrats-expected-to-call-on-biden-to-step-aside-after-nato-conference/)
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> > > Four Democratic sources with knowledge tell CBS News that **they expect dozens of Democratic lawmakers over the next 48 hours to issue statements calling for President Biden to [step out of the race]** ([Here are the Democratic lawmakers calling for Biden to step aside in the 2024 race - CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-2024-race-democrats-who-want-him-to-step-aside/)).
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> > > **The planning is coordinated, and some of the statements are pre-written** , according to two sources. And it’s not clear that anything Mr. Biden says in his [high-stakes press conference](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-news-conference-2024-campaign/) Thursday night could redirect the expected course of events.
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> I was expecting a flurry this morning. There was a quick three public statements for Biden to step down last night, and then this morning … ???

Welp - we’re at what? Hour 46 or so since the “ **Potentially dozens of Democrats** ” article linked above? I think it ended up being another three or four more Democratic lawmakers (assuming they mean from the U.S. Congress and Senate, not state, county, or municipal legislators). Nowhere near “dozens”, though.

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