Last Updated on March 6, 2024
Joe Biden became the first incumbent to lose a presidential primary since Jimmy Carter when voters in American Samoa supported Jason Palmer on Super Tuesday, with Palmer defeating Biden in the Samoan Caucus by 12 points.
The corporate media has sought to minimize Biden’s loss in American Samoa, with pro-Biden CNN and MSNBC anchors mocking the people of the small island territory as the results came in, and minimizing their role in the Presidential nomination process. But despite the media’s damage control efforts, the loss for Biden in American Samoa, which came by a double-digit margin, makes him the first incumbent since Jimmy Carter to be cast aside by his own party and lose a nominating contest – and in Carter’s case, the primary loss was the writing on the wall for the general election, which he lost to Ronald Reagan, rendering him a 1-term President.
“This is the message that Joe Biden needs to hear,” Palmer told the media after his win. “That the American people want to pass the torch to the next generation.”
“And so I thank the people of American Samoa for stepping up to make that statement for the rest of America,” he added.
It is rather important to note, however, that Palmer is not some grassroots candidate, but rather a former employee of Bill and Melinda Gates who also worked for the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York.
BREAKING: Joe Biden has lost the Democrat Caucus in American Samoa pic.twitter.com/r65rYu5Lqh
— Frankie Stockes (@realStockes) March 6, 2024
But while Palmer’s success is expected to stop in American Samoa, disdain among Democrat voters for Joe Biden is being felt nationally, and record levels of voters (in states where they’re able to) are selecting the “uncommitted” option on their primary ballots.
Super Tuesday, was no exception to this, as Biden lost a sizable number of votes to “uncommitted” in every state where it was an option.
Joe Biden doesn't have the support of his own party. pic.twitter.com/qyIhg3GCW6
— Frankie Stockes (@realStockes) March 6, 2024
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