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Biden's Kamala snub on election day: Joe leaves the election party while Jill makes a bold statement in her election outfit


Biden's Kamala snub on election day: Joe leaves the election party while Jill makes a bold statement in her election outfit

Joe Biden will not attend Kamala Harris' election night party after being largely excluded from her campaign as she came in first place.

Instead, the president and his wife, Jill Biden, will watch the voting from home.

“Tonight, the President and First Lady, along with longtime advisers and senior White House staff, will watch the election results at the White House Residence,” a White House official revealed.

“The president is regularly updated on the state of races across the country.”

The brutal snub comes as the first lady made a bold statement in the voting booth on Tuesday, donning a bright red pantsuit and hoping the electoral map stays blue.

But some wondered if the Republican's red outfit was a secret sign that she had turned around and voted for Donald Trump.

Biden's Kamala snub on election day: Joe leaves the election party while Jill makes a bold statement in her election outfit

Jill Biden was spotted voting in a bright red pantsuit, which jokingly led some to wonder if she had flipped and voted for Donald Trump

Joe Biden will not attend Kamala Harris' election night party

Joe Biden will not attend Kamala Harris' election night party

“Jill Biden wore an all-red suit and gold shoes to vote. #Trump2024,” one person wrote, referencing Republicans' traditional allegiance to the color red and Trump's love of gold.

“As the wife of a Democratic politician there is no way she knows what this looks like,” another added. “Joe and Jill are mad.”

Yet another said, “Jill Biden knows exactly what she did. “Her outfit was intentional.”

One used the hashtag #DemocratsForTrump and suggested that Biden was “sending us a sign.”

The president, in particular, fell out of the spotlight after a massive gaffe in which he called Trump's supporters “trash.”

On Sunday, as the Democratic candidate made her final campaign, Harris assembled a star-studded group of political bigwigs and sent them into the most difficult swing states.

Barack Obama attended a rally in Wisconsin. Bill Clinton was on the trail in North Carolina. Even the current first lady, Jill Biden, came out for Harris and greeted voters in Pennsylvania.

But Joe Biden was nowhere to be seen.

Social media jumped on the red dress and suggested that Jill Biden might turn to Donald Trump

Social media jumped on the red dress and suggested that Jill Biden might turn to Donald Trump

He was holed up in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware—a cozy blue state—enjoying a long lunch with an old friend at his golf club.

Days earlier, Biden embarrassed Harris with another faux pas – he appeared to call Donald Trump's supporters “trash.” Publicly, the White House insisted that he had not actually said what everyone had heard.

But behind closed doors, the Harris campaign's message to Joe was clear: Stay away.

To be sure, Biden's life has changed dramatically in the last three months. After insisting earlier in the year that he was fit enough to run again and beat Trump, Biden ultimately dropped out of the race on July 21 and endorsed Harris as his successor that same day.

Within hours, the 81-year-old Biden had become what he – and his extremely ambitious wife – had always feared: a lame-duck president.

After four years at the center of the political universe, Biden was suddenly out of the spotlight – as the world turned its focus to a younger, more vibrant candidate.

This rapid descent into the political periphery appears to have been actively – perhaps even brutally – encouraged by Harris' team.

According to a report from Axios, the Harris campaign last month rebuffed the president's repeated offers to help her on the trail.

Both the president and first lady - who have largely been sidelined from the campaign since Harris took the top job - will watch the return from home

Both the president and first lady – who have largely been sidelined from the campaign since Harris took the top job – will watch the return from home

The response from Team Harris every time: We'll get back to you.

Privately, Jill Biden has described the situation for her husband as “difficult.”

In early October, Jill left her husband to campaign for Harris in five key states. As she left the White House, the president stood alone outside the Oval Office and waved goodbye as her motorcade drove away.

The First Lady, for her part, is busy. She still teaches English two days a week at Northern Virginia Community College. But when she campaigns for Harris, it's noticeable that she barely mentions her husband.

Harris has always emphasized that her presidency will not be a “continuation of Joe Biden’s.”

Harris has tried to awkwardly distance herself from Biden's record on the immigration crisis, inflation and foreign wars, although she also insisted she had been an active vice president.

The wait for Donald Trump and Kamala Harris is almost over as millions of Americans flood polling stations across the country to take part in what could be the closest election in history.

Meanwhile, an NBC poll found that 51 percent of voters trust Trump on the economy, compared to 47 percent for Harris. Seventy-two percent of voters said they were “angry” or “dissatisfied” with the state of the nation — a bad sign for the vice president.

In early October, Jill left her husband to campaign for Harris in five key states. As she left the White House, the president stood alone outside the Oval Office and waved goodbye as her motorcade drove away.

In early October, Jill left her husband to campaign for Harris in five key states. As she left the White House, the president stood alone outside the Oval Office and waved goodbye as her motorcade drove away.

It's the first indication of what voters were thinking as they cast their ballots across the country.

Previously, technical problems hit Indiana and the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania, where voting hours were extended in Cambria County after voters were instructed to place their ballots in ballot drop boxes following a software glitch.

In Georgia, the foreign minister said implausible threats from Russia briefly disrupted voting at two polling stations. And the FBI confirmed that there had been threats from “Russian domains” in several other states.

Meanwhile, Trump's team doesn't believe the country will know the election results tonight, CNN reported.

All eyes will be on the seven swing states that will be crucial to victory: Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Arizona, Michigan and Nevada.

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