As the fallout from the first presidential debate of 2024 becomes clearer, the Chicago Tribune, based in the host city of the Democratic National Convention, is calling on President Biden to drop out of the race.
“Biden was an encapsulation of what many Americans have come to know all too well as they care for aging parents, partners, friends, grandparents and colleagues: a man now struggling to maintain a train of thought and keep track of complex events, a man who becomes nervous under the pressure of deadlines, a man who has become vulnerable and yet, at the same time, much less self-aware,” said the editorial board of “The Tribune” wrote.
The editorial adds that everyone now sees a second term for President Biden as “a ridiculous idea,” writing that Biden should “be a one-term president who has now seen the light when it comes to his own capabilities versus the unique demands of being the President of the United States.”
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President Joe Biden leaves the stage during the CNN presidential debate at the CNN studios on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
They went on to cast an even darker shadow over the Biden Administration's intentions, writing that the White House “painted a fictitious cognitive vitality picture” of the 46th president's current brain capacity, and that they “have been covering up a reality they must have seen.” “.
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, along with other Democrats, defended Biden's performance last Thursday. “I will never turn my back on President Biden,” Newsom told “CBS News“I don't know any Democrat in my party who would do that.”
The Tribune questioned the loyalty of the left and asked why they would continue to support Biden despite his debate performance.
“Pretending he's the party's best choice for four more years? For a party that loves to accuse Republicans of mendacity, that's pretty rich,” they wrote.
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US President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump participate in the first presidential debate at the CNN studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, on June 27, 2024. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The Tribune suggested that perhaps this was the party's plan “to test Biden's abilities” with enough time to “make a change” before this year's convention in August.
“Democrats have a big problem to solve before coming to this city for a convention that they have been desperately trying to draft as precisely as possible, but which is shaping up to be considerably more dramatic than anticipated,” the editorial stated.
As the dust settles from the debate, polls across the country are signaling a shift in voter outlook.
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A Fox News poll on why voters disapprove of President Biden. (Fox News)
TO Fox News Poll revealed that 87% of young voters in the United States believe that Biden is “too old to be effective” as president for a second term.
Al-MotturFormer Hillary Clinton campaign staffer and Democratic strategist said: “I think that [Biden] “He intends to stay in the race, but if he decides not to, then ultimately it will be up to the delegates at the DNC convention and that will become very, very complicated and result in a lot of chaos.”
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