Why Republicans Would Welcome a Biden Challenger

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Some Democrats, echoing GOP narratives about Joe Biden’s age, are invested in the idea of challenging the president’s renomination. But how would that actually work?

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An Invitation to Chaos

You may have heard the news recently that President Joe Biden is old. This has been a rumor whispered in the hallways of power for some time now, but . Some Democrats, including Representative Dean Phillips of Minnesota, think this means Biden should step aside. “We’re at grave risk of another Trump presidency,” . “I’m doing this to prevent a return of Donald Trump to the White House.”