President Joe Biden’s team fought back. New York TimeHe accused Trump’s editorial board of telling him to drop out of the race following his embarrassing debate performance.
It was the first major news organization to call on the president to not run for reelection. The New York Times Published of Opinion articles, On Friday, he delivered a speech titled, “To serve the nation, President Biden should withdraw from the election.”
“Biden is not the same person he was four years ago,” the editorial board wrote.
The magazine complained that another term for former President Donald Trump would be disastrous for the country and said Biden’s withdrawal would be “our best chance to save the soul of the nation.”
In response to this Times Biden campaign co-chairman Cedric Richmond, in a review of the incendiary debate, said the magazine’s endorsement meant nothing to him.
“The last time Joe Biden lost The New York Times “The editorial board’s approval worked out pretty well for him,” Richmond says. Said CNN on Friday.
Speaking to an audience in Raleigh, North Carolina, for the first time since the debate, Biden acknowledged that he was “outdone” by Trump in Thursday’s debate.
“I can’t walk as easily as I used to. I can’t speak as smoothly as I used to. I can’t debate as well as I used to,” the president said. Said Friday. “As millions of Americans know, I know that when you get knocked down, you can get back up.”
Even former President Barack Obama admitted that his former vice president’s debating skills were poor. write X: “There are bad nights at debates. Trust me, I know.”
Despite this, Obama continued to voice his support for Biden.
Sometimes debates go horribly. Believe me, I know. But this election is a choice between someone who has spent their whole life fighting for the common man and someone who only thinks about themselves. Someone who will tell the truth, who knows right from wrong, and tell the people that.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 28, 2024
meanwhile of Times The first major US newspaper to tell Biden to back out The Wall Street Journal I quickly followed suit.
of Journal Editorial Committee Published Late Friday he published a scathing opinion piece titled “Democrats Can’t Avoid the Biden Problem.”
“The debate clearly demonstrated that the President cannot survive another four years in office,” the subtitle stated succinctly.
The editorial board was unsparing in its portrayal of Biden’s debating skills, focusing on his “weak voice” and “vacant gaze.”
This is not a partisan idea, it’s a patriotic idea. Democrats across the country were saying the same thing privately last night, and some were saying it not-so-privately on television. Biden lost the first 10 minutes of the debate because he spoke inarticulately, with a weak voice, and at times unable to finish a coherent sentence. Biden’s blank stare as Donald Trump spoke suggested a man struggling to remember something he’d spent weeks preparing to say but no longer had the memory to say it.
Atlantic Ocean Columnist Mark Leibovich I have written One piece, In a speech titled “It’s Time to Go, Joe,” he argued that “Mr. Biden must step down, for his own dignity, for the sake of his party and for the future of our country.”
“Biden’s voice was choppy and he was having trouble thinking clearly” for several years. The New York TimesI have written.
a Financial Times Opinion articles, written Columnist Edward Luce said, “It’s not too late for Joe Biden to go away.”
“Democrats already knew the risks of switching nominees. The benefits are suddenly clear,” he argued after the lackluster debate.
Biden has shown no signs of agreeing with calls that he should withdraw from the election to improve his chances of beating Trump in November.
