Top Democrats reportedly threatened to use the 25th Amendment to remove President Joe Biden from office if he did not end his reelection bid, according to the New York Post.
The intense “palace coup” began weeks before Biden finally dropped out of the race on Sunday, endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to take his spot at the top of the Democratic ticket.
It started with the June 27 presidential debate between Biden and former President Donald Trump, during which Biden appeared confused and frozen. Democrat leaders actually expected Biden’s poor performance, according to one source, and said it was a “set-up to convince Democrats that he couldn’t run for president.”
Top Democrats, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., then began meeting personally with Biden to urge him to consider what his poor poll numbers could do to down-ballot candidates in November. […]
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