Biden Finally Called For Impeachment After Complaints From Donors, Slipping In Polls

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the 2020 Gun Safety Forum hosted by gun control activist groups Giffords and March for Our Lives at Enclave on October 2, 2019 in La... Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the 2020 Gun Safety Forum hosted by gun control activist groups Giffords and March for Our Lives at Enclave on October 2, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Former Vice President Joe Biden took two full weeks to finally publicly vocalize his support for Democrats impeachment inquiry– a probe launched primarily over the President’s efforts to pressure a foreign government to investigate him and his son Hunter Biden.

According to Politico, Biden opted to come out in support on Wednesday in order to appease donors and supports, but also to give his polling a boost. Biden reportedly mulled the idea for days with his closest campaign advisers and fielded complaints from donors who pushed the former vice president to go on the offense against Trump.

Biden was also reportedly spooked by recent polling from Real Clear Politics that showed fellow Democratic 2020 candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) showed her polling ahead of him.

“We didn’t want to get ahead of the House and we don’t want to be dragged into the president’s world of lies and false equivalencies where this just looked like two campaigns battling back and forth,” a Biden adviser told Politico.

Biden also reportedly was cautious to speak out to protect his son. The vice president reportedly told friends ahead of his campaign announcement this year that he was worried “they’re going to go after my boy.”

In a fiery speech in New Hampshire on Wednesday afternoon, Biden gave a full-throated endorsement of Democrats’ impeachment efforts, arguing the steps were necessary to protect the Constitution.

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  1. He finally pulled his finger out of his ass, held it aloft and tested the winds.

    BFD.

  2. And if that one thing would make you less likely to vote for him good grief!

  3. Well, as long as he’s doing it for the right reasons.

  4. Avatar for dave48 dave48 says:

    Any time a candidate has to be told that he’s hemorrhaging, he doesn’t have a chance. Biden decided to sleep through this one, and when he finally woke up he was no longer the front runner. From here on he’ll just keep slipping in the polls. I bet he won’t even place in the top three in Iowa. Good riddance.

  5. Avatar for choska choska says:

    A man who takes two weeks to decide to defend his family is not a man you can count on to defend your family.

    Biden thinks his association with Obama helps him. Obama knew the Russians were attacking us, but was too afraid of McConnell to tell us the truth. We are owed the truth.

    Hard pass on Biden. The time for Democrats who are afraid of their own shadow, and terrified of confrontation, has passed.

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