Gavin Newsom and 2024

The Dream of Biden Retiring

A myth circulating both the media and cable news is the idea that Joe Biden won’t be the Democrat nominee for president in 2024. Given his advanced age, a tendency to fall at public events, and multiple gaffes per week, it’s easy to understand why many would believe this to be true, even though I do not.

What’s more perplexing to me is that if President Biden decides to drop out or passes away, Democrats will magically give the nomination to California Gavin Newsom.

Not to sound like a meme, but that’s not how this works… that’s not how any of this works.

So let’s say that Joe Biden announces he's not running for re-election at some point from today until the first primary in February 2024. Once again, I highly doubt that that’s happening. The primary isn’t canceled, it’s still moving forward, and latecomers can jump on even if they miss the first few contests.