Should Biden continue to participate in the race? Everyone has an opinion.
Soon 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 terrible night 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 real-time fact-checking. At times, like when septuagenarians and octogenarians brag about their golf games, it is really hard to see that information.
Biden addressed his confrontation with Trump and talked about his performance at a campaign event in North Carolina on Friday. “Did you see Trump last night? I guess he set—and I’m serious—a new record for the most lies in a debate,” Biden said. 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, a Biden campaign spokesperson, Seth Schustertexted multiple media outlets, “Of course he’s not giving up.”
The mechanism to replace Biden would be difficultTo say the least, though it’s not impossible. Those calling for Biden to withdraw from the race and release all the pledged delegates he has accumulated—3,894 of the 3,937 pledged delegates to date, according to a vote count by AP—fast and stern.
New York Times Editorial board Written“The President appeared Thursday night as the shadow of a great public servant. He had difficulty explaining what he would accomplish in a second term. He struggled to respond to Mr. Trump’s provocative actions. He fought to hold Trump accountable for his lies, failures, and cold plans. More than once he struggled to finish a sentence.”
“The burden is on the Democratic Party to put the nation’s interests above the ambitions of an individual,” the panel continued.
The Time also published two other opinion articles during the debate, one by column Nicholas Kristof licensed “President Biden, I’ve Seen Enough” and another in it Thomas Friedman write“I watched the Biden-Trump debate alone in my hotel room in Lisbon and it made me cry. I cannot remember a more heartbreaking moment in American presidential politics in my lifetime, precisely because of what it revealed: Joe Biden, a good man and a good president, has no business running for re-election.”
Based on Axiosa prominent Democrat who often speaks with the president has said that those around Biden should tell him “the absolute truth about his position” and that “loyalty does not mean loyalty become blind”.
It didn’t take long for Biden’s supporters to step in and try to reassure nervous Americans.
“Bad debate nights happen. Trust me, I know.” former president Barack Obama posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, Friday afternoon. “But this election is still a choice between a man who has fought for ordinary people his whole life and a man who only cares about himself.”
