Maureen Dowd, New York Times columnist It is called Trump urged Biden to abandon his reelection campaign following a poor showing in Thursday night’s debate, warning that his decision to run would be reckless and no different from his opponent, former President Donald Trump.
“He is selfish. He puts himself before country. He surrounds himself with opportunistic supporters. He has created a reality distortion field that tells us not to believe what we can clearly see. His arrogance is infuriating. He says he is doing it for us, but in reality he is doing it for himself,” she began the column.
“I’m not talking about Donald Trump. I’m talking about the other president.”
In a column titled “Scary vs. Ghostly,” Dowd joined several fellow New York Times columnists in calling on the president to step down on Saturday morning. On Friday, the New York Times editorial board also called on Biden to drop out of the race.
“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, mistakes, and terrible plans,” the committee said. “On multiple occasions, he struggled to finish sentences.”
Dowd also pointed to his own debate struggles but suggested they were indicative of larger problems heading into his second term.
“He wasn’t just in bad form,” she wrote. “Biden walked anxiously, looked like a ghost, and couldn’t remember his rehearsed lines or phrases.”
“He has issues with aging, and it’s only going in one direction,” she continued.
2 years BeforeDowd cited the untimely death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a lesson and urged the president to step aside.
“The timing of my departure may determine my place in the history books,” she wrote at the time.
While Biden’s team remains committed to his reelection campaign, Dowd has urged his staff and the first lady to abandon the race in order to protect his own legacy.
“Biden is loved and has a proven track record as a president, so he needs to stop walking such a nerve-wracking, mind-numbing tightrope leading up to the inauguration,” she concluded.
