Should Biden stay in the race? Everyone has an opinion.
Immediately after that of first presidential debate On Thursday night, an old question resurfaced with new urgency: Should Biden drop out of the race?
The 90-minute debate was hosted by CNN and moderated by the organizations Jake Tapper And Dana Bashas if Vanity fair‘S Bess Levin Written“a night of horror that left everyone who cared about the fate of the country/world/universe lying on the floor in a fetal position from which no one could get up.”
Chairperson Joe Biden‘S efficiency was filled with moments Democrats had hoped to avoid; he looked old and tired. His opponent, former president Donald Trumplie after lie—about abortion, taxes, immigration, etc. CNN does not provide a real-time fact-checking service. At some times, like when seventy- and eighty-year-olds brag about their golf game, it’s really difficult to see that information.
Biden addressed his showdown with Trump and referenced his performance at a campaign event in North Carolina on Friday. “Did you see Trump last night? I guess he set – and I mean that honestly – a new record for most people lying in a debate,” Biden speak. He continued, “Guys, I don’t move as easily as I used to. I no longer speak as fluently as before. I don’t argue as well as I used to. But I know what I know: I know how to tell the truth.
After the debate, according to a report from The Daily Beast, Biden’s campaign spokesperson, Seth Schustertexted multiple media outlets, “Of course he’s not giving up.”
The mechanism to replace Biden will be difficultto say the least, though not impossible. Those calling for Biden to drop out of the race and release all the pledged delegates he has amassed—3,894 of the 3,937 pledged so far, according to a tally by AP—very quickly and harshly.
New York Times Editorial board Written“The president emerged Thursday night as a shadow of the great public servant he once was. He struggled to explain what he would accomplish in a second term. He struggled to respond to Mr. Trump’s provocations. He struggled to hold Mr. Trump accountable for his lies, his failures, and his cold agenda. More than once he struggled to finish his sentences.”
The burden is on the Democratic Party to put the interests of the nation above the ambitions of one individual, the board continued.
The time also published two other opinion articles during the debate, one by the columnist Nicholas Kristof licensed “President Biden, I’ve Seen Enough” and another in it Thomas Friedman write“I watched the Biden-Trump debate alone in a Lisbon hotel room, and it made me cry. I cannot remember a more heartbreaking moment in American presidential campaign politics in my lifetime, precisely because of what it revealed: Joe Biden, a good man and a good president, has no reason to run again.”
Based on AxiosA prominent Democrat who often speaks with the president has said those around Biden should tell him the “absolute truth about where he stands” and that “loyalty does not mean blind loyalty.”
It didn’t take long for Biden supporters to jump in and try to reassure worried Americans.
“Bad debate nights happen. Trust me, I know,” the former president said. Barack Obama posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, Friday afternoon. “But this election is still a choice between someone who has fought for ordinary people all his life and someone who only cares about himself.”
