Biden Basically Admits He Was Forced Out In A Coup

When USA Today asked President Joe Biden if he thinks he could have defeated President-elect Donald Trump, the president replied, “It’s presumptuous to say that, but I think yes.” 

While Biden would not have likely won — considering Trump’s victory in the popular vote and sweep of all seven swing states — the president’s comment suggests he thinks he stood a better chance at winning than Vice President Kamala Harris, who usurped the nomination from him. 

Harris, after all, circumvented the primary process to install herself in Biden’s place as the Democrat Party’s presidential nominee. She still lost, despite Biden’s nearly 57% disapproval rate. But Biden’s suggestion that he could have won suggests he was reluctant to step down — and recalls the “textbook coup d’état” of July 2024.

Ousting The President

While most corporate media failed to ask questions about the events that led to Biden dropping out, the polls were clear. He was losing ground both in battleground states and in blue states, according to Politico. So Democrat Party bosses decided to ditch him.

“Nancy Pelosi dumped him. They all dumped him,” former President Donald Trump previously said in a press call attended by The Federalist. “They said, ‘Either you get out nice or we’re going to go after you.’”

For weeks, top Democrats pressured Biden to drop out, according to the New York Post. “Nancy made clear that they could do this the easy way or the hard way,” one Democrat insider told Politico.

But Biden would not withdraw from the race — even though when USA Today asked recently if the president had enough physical strength to serve another four years, he said “I don’t know.”

Top Democrats set him up to fail in his debate against Trump, in hopes of sinking his campaign for good. Legacy media even turned against him after the debate. But Biden still stayed in the race. 

So party bosses allegedly weaponized the 25th Amendment, threatening to eject Biden from office unless he gave Harris the nomination, the New York Post reported. As The Federalist’s Margot Cleveland wrote at the time, Biden obviously qualified for the 25th Amendment — but instead of applying the law as intended, Democrat leadership used it as blackmail.

“They gave him a chance, and they said, ‘If you don’t get out now we’re going to go after you,’” Trump said in the previous press call. “And that was it. He got out.”

Biding His Time

Since leaving the race, Biden has been serving the rest of his time with few public appearances. But he and First Lady Jill Biden have made a series of moves suggesting contempt for Harris and her silent coup.

Biden donned a Trump hat during a Sept. 11 visit to Pennsylvania. A resident took off his red Trump cap and handed it to Biden, and after others urged him, the president placed it on his head. “Just remember — no eating dogs and cats,” he said. His handlers spun this as a “9/11 unity gesture,” though Biden apparently did this in jest. Still, it called into question how strongly he supported Harris’ campaign. 

During the election itself, the Bidens sent signals Harris may not have had their full support. While going to vote on election day, Jill Biden dressed in bright red — leading some to question whether she was signaling support for Trump instead of Harris. The same night, the president was conspicuously absent from Harris’ watch party. 

More recently, Jill Biden has apparently ignored the vice president multiple times at public events. And last month, she apparently mocked Harris — imitating her mindless speech and flippant repetition of buzzwords like “joy.” 

“I hope that you all feel that sense of, you know, peace and light. And that just for a moment, when you leave here today, I don’t know — that you feel a little sense of joy. I think we all need to feel joy now, during this time of the season, just during this time,” Jill Biden said to laughter. “You’re all reading into that.”

Additionally, Harris’ staffers have frequently been reported to conflict with the Biden administration — even blaming Biden’s team for not helping her campaign enough, according to the New York Post. 

Taken together, these instances imply the Bidens may be fed up with Harris. So Biden’s claim he could have won against Trump is the latest reminder of the silent coup that took place and the feeble president who would not leave quietly.

Logan Washburn is a staff writer covering election integrity. He is a spring 2025 fellow of The College Fix. He graduated from Hillsdale College, served as Christopher Rufo’s editorial assistant, and has bylines in The Wall Street Journal, The Tennessean, and The Daily Caller. Logan is from Central Oregon but now lives in rural Michigan.