After the legacy media were forced to admit the obvious — that President Joe Biden’s mental decline is accelerating faster than a Kennedy approaching a lake — the entire political apparatus flipped overnight. After spending years defending Biden as a deeply qualified, deeply intelligent, and deeply alive political figure, they uniformly dropped their Biden 2024 placards and began sharpening the guillotine.
Biden must be replaced, they declared. The president says he is not quitting the race, but if he were dropped off at a country farm so he could run and play with other politicians who have served their purpose, who would be the next icon of democracy inserted by the Democratic Party as its nominee in November?
The brutal reality is that the options go from bad to worse, and a new candidate could spell different forms of disaster for the country if he or she is able to beat former President Donald Trump.
First, of course, there’s Biden’s vice president, Kamala Harris: a woman who was rushed to the front of the line not because she accused Biden of being a racist sexual abuser during the primary race but because she’s a black woman and therefore historic. Beyond her Shakespearean linguistic skills — who can forget the iconic “when you think about it, there is great significance to the passage of time” — let’s not forget that erstwhile San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown’s former groupie has been (supposedly) at the forefront of many of the Biden administration’s greatest disasters, with the most obvious example being her promotion as border czar.
Then there are a host of Democratic Party governors on the roster, many of whom were responsible for unleashing widespread authoritarian chaos during the coronavirus pandemic. Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer is somehow in the mix, along with Illinois’s J.B. Pritzker and Kentucky’s Andy Beshear. But in the totalitarian-governor category, California’s Gavin Newsom stands alone, and his infamous Cheshire Cat grin has been on full display as he tours the country as a not-so-subtle replacement option.
Newsom has been running a shadow campaign for months, if not years, including his train wreck of a debate with Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) late last year that, despite DeSantis’s masterful use of San Francisco’s poop map, makes Newsom seem like a member of Mensa compared to participants in a certain recent debate.
Hillary Clinton deserves a mention, if she can take time away from writing books, sampling hot sauce, or modeling the latest muumuu gown. Pete Buttigieg is being discussed too. After all, if you’re hired as the nation’s secretary of transportation solely because you’re a gay man who likes trains, why shouldn’t the presidency be the obvious next step? And last but certainly not least, there’s Michelle Obama, who might spark the most concern among Republicans, given polling data.
However, not only has the former first lady repeatedly rejected the idea of running for president, but she and her husband are far too busy raking in millions of dollars from Netflix and hobnobbing with Jay-Z and Beyonce to stoop so low as to move back to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Every one of these possible candidates would represent another dangerous chapter in American history. But while each of them would be catastrophic in his or her own way, the real threat comes from Newsom.
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Newsom has the backing, the funding, and the shameless sociopathic tendencies needed to fly in under the radar and relieve Biden of his dwindling duties. He destroyed San Francisco and was rewarded by being given the opportunity to destroy California. He succeeded, and the Democratic Party can’t wait to reward him again.
The Trump campaign needs to be ready.
Ian Haworth is a columnist, speaker, and podcast host. You can find him on Substack and follow him on X at @ighaworth.
