Elon Musk on biden: what the evidence says · JRE #2223
SUBJECT: BIDEN
Not a true/false call. Every claim is logged with its sources; read the exhibits below.
The next thing you know is Sunday afternoon, they're posting on X, that he's resigned from the race. And his staff didn't even know. Like they're reading it on the X platform.
What the evidence says 01 / RECORD
President Biden announced his withdrawal from the 2024 race in a letter posted to social media (X) on Sunday afternoon, July 21, 2024. Contemporaneous NPR reporting indicates a small inner circle, including Vice President Harris, was informed directly beforehand, while the Biden campaign held a staff call in the immediate aftermath of the public post, with campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez and campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon telling staff their jobs were safe. Broader campaign staff, Democratic National Committee officials, and state party chairs largely learned of the decision via the public social media post rather than direct advance notice. The claim that staff "didn't even know" and were "reading it on the X platform" captures the situation accurately for most rank-and-file staff, but overstates it for senior campaign leadership, who were looped in via a call around the time of the announcement rather than learning it purely from the platform alongside the public.