• homura1650
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    1 month ago

    From the reporting I’ve read, there have been a lot of meetings between him and leading Democrats urging him to step down; starting with his debate performance and continuing from there.

    He’s probably been considering it for a while. However, in his position, as soon as you acknowledge that you are considering withdrawing from the race your campaign is over, so he needed to look committed until he was ready to pull the trigger and drop out.