Washington has never experienced a week like this. On Sunday, President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race. On Tuesday, his vice president, Kamala Harris, had taken over and was campaigning.
The pace at which this story has spread in the US media has left liberal commentators breathless. They quickly stopped criticising Biden for selfishly clinging to power and started praising him for his selfless about-face. What comes next now that Harris is the likely candidate?
Contributors:
Alex Shephard – Senior Editor, The New Republic
Sabrina Siddiqui – White House Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
Akela Lacy – Political Reporter, The Intercept
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For months, even years, much of the American mainstream media downplayed or ignored the obvious: the unmistakable signs of Biden's cognitive decline.
One commentator who can fairly say he dissented from the mainstream view and saw this coming is Cenk Uygur. The host of The Young Turks spoke with us about why the liberal media got this story wrong.
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Cenk Uygur – Co-creator and host of The Young Turks
