Republican strategist Karl Rove suggested Friday that President Biden could step down before November, saying his campaign is “bleeding before us” following last week’s poor performance in a debate.
“The situation is getting worse and who would think it would ever get better?” he said. In an interview “That’s not the case,” he told Fox News’ “America Report.”
Rove added that most people no longer want to vote for Biden and said Democrats would be wasting the election if they wanted to keep the incumbent as their nominee.
“I’m pretty sure he’s gone,” Rove told guest host Alicia Acuña. “His campaign is ending before our eyes and it will be over soon.”
Rove, who served as senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to former President George W. Bush, pointed to polling that shows Republicans generally feel somewhat excited about voting for former President Trump, but very few Democrats say they look forward to voting for Biden.
“Prior to the debate, polling over the past year and a half had shown that the American people were deeply concerned that the president was not ready to serve another four years in office,” Rove said.
Biden’s performance in last week’s presidential debate has sparked widespread panic among Democrats not only about whether he can beat Trump in this fall’s election, but also about his ability to serve another term as president.
Since then, there have been growing calls for Biden to withdraw from the race to allow another candidate to challenge Trump, but Biden and his team insist he is “not going anywhere.”
At his first major rally since the calls began, Biden forcefully declared Friday that he would remain in the race, and he also met with Democratic governors to win their endorsements, many of which have responded.
Biden’s first post-debate interview aired Friday night and is widely seen as a make-or-break moment to save his campaign.
