by Alex Isenstadt at Politico
Exactly one month before Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance, a Donald Trump campaign staffer distributed a document to top Trump campaign aides.
The subject line: “Nominating An Alternative Democratic Presidential Candidate.”
The 11-page memo, labeled “CONFIDENTIAL DRAFT” outlined the ways in which another candidate besides Biden could become the nominee. The scenarios included: “Biden step[ping] aside,” an “insider rebellion,” and an “act of God.”
“Something happens and Joe Biden and the [Democratic National Committee] have no choice but to nominate a replacement at the convention or special meeting of the DNC,” the memo says. The memo was first reported by Axios.
The existence of the memo underscores how the Trump campaign has for months been eyeing the prospect of facing a non-Biden opponent. Those preparations accelerated after the June 27 debate, when Democrats mounted a pressure campaign to get Biden to remove himself from the ticket.
The document delved deeply into Democratic Party rules…
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