The news that President Joe Biden would not run for re-election caused a stir not only in America, but also in Russia, where pro-Kremlin propagandists are kicking up a fuss about what it would mean for their beloved Donald Trump.

Appearing on Mondayā€™s broadcast of a state TV show 60 Minutes, State Duma member Oleg Matveychev complained that Bidenā€™s move is a disaster for Trumpā€™s election chances. ā€œHe is left without any trump cards!ā€ Matveychev said. ā€œPreviously, he could easily attack Bidenā€™s health, now he has nothing left to attack. More than that, attacking Biden at this point would be seen as inappropriate and rude.ā€

ā€œNow theyā€™re switching to [Vice President Kamala Harris] and are trying to attack her, but nothing new will stick to her,ā€ Matveychev added. ā€œBringing up the fact she is not quite white will only activate her electorate.ā€

Russian state TVā€™s coverage of Harrisā€”which is a carbon copy of what is playing on Fox Newsā€”was largely limited Monday to attempts at mocking her laughter.

Matveychev said that Bidenā€™s departure from the race rendered the previous agenda obsolete. Discussing the age of the U.S. president or an assassination attempt against Trump is now yesterdayā€™s news, he argued.

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    4 months ago

    As bad as it is for Democrats to have had their strategy built up around Biden this whole time, Republicans are also going to struggle changing up their message.

    Republicans have been talking about how Biden is unfit for office and needs to resign. Guess what? Heā€™s out. So now what? Are Republicans willing to talk about how a 78 year old demented and borderline schizophrenic Trump sees enemies around every corner and caters to conspiracy theories?

    Or does age suddenly not matter now that Trump is the oldest one? Obviously Republicans can pivot, but it will take them several weeks to come up with new avenues of attack vs whoever the Democrats choose (even if everyone knows its like 90%+ likely to be Kamala Harris)

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      4 months ago

      Because of the 2 party system, it is much more effective to make your opponent look bad rather than make your candidate look good.

      The GOP have wasted so much money on campaigning against Biden, that they lost a lot more than the Democrats did.