It took less than a week for the president of the United States to end his re-election campaign and for Democrats to replace him as their presumptive nominee. U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo. 6th District, questions whether President Joe Biden ended his candidacy willingly.
“I was just very surprised, very surprised that the President decided to pull out,” Graves told Missourinet affiliate KFEQ in St. Joseph. “One day, he said he was in and there was no getting him out, and he said his cognitive ability was as good as it’s ever been. And then the next thing you know, he’s pushed out and they’ve crowned a new candidate.”
Graves supported his statement by pointing out that Biden had insisted he was staying in the race.
“And then he meets with a few, you know, party leaders and the next thing you know, he announces he’s quitting the race,” he said. “There’s nothing other, no other explanation than he was pushed out.”
Graves called the switch from Biden to Harris hypocritical.
“The other side likes to claim that President Trump is a threat to democracy,” he said. Yet they threw…the democratic process completely out and did not have an open, you know, an open forum.”
That said, Graves suggested the switch might actually help the GOP in November.
“I think ironically that it’s better for, you know, maintaining the majority in the House and taking the majority in the Senate,” he said. “So, it’ll be interesting to see.”
Meanwhile the Democratic National Committee said the party will “undertake a transparent and orderly process to move forward as a united Democratic Party” to defeat Donald Trump in November.
Brent Martin of KFEQ in St. Joseph contributed this report.
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