President Joe Biden's "disaster" performance during the CNN Presidential Debate has sparked calls from members of the media for him to withdraw from the race.
President Joe Biden's performance in the recent CNN Presidential Debate has drawn widespread criticism, with members of the media openly calling for him to withdraw from the race.
"I wish Biden would reflect on this debate performance and then announce his decision to withdraw from the race, throwing the choice of Democratic nominee to the convention," wrote New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof. "Someone like @gretchenwhitmer or @SherrodBrown or @SecRaimondo could still jump in and beat Trump," Kristof added, referring to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, and Biden's Commerce Sec. Gina Raimondo.
Calls Mount for Biden to Withdraw from Race After 'Disaster' Debate Performance
Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt declared that "Biden will be a one-term president." He added, "He still has the chance to watch a Democrat be inaugurated. There are 68 days until the DNC. Whitmer/Moore beats Trump."
Alyssa Farah Griffin of "The View" said that "If Biden truly believes Democracy is on the line, he should step aside and let another democrat step in to take on Trump. Put the country first."
Calls Mount for Biden to Withdraw from Race After 'Disaster' Debate Performance
Financial Times associate editor Edward Luce panicked online, writing, "This is a disaster. Democrats need to end their self-imposed censorship on Biden and fix this. There's two months until the convention. Other countries hold general elections in less time than that."
The Young Turks' Cenk Uygur exclaimed, "It’s over. Biden looks and sounds ancient. Losing his train of thought. Speaking in a barely audible whisper. They have to pull him!!!"
Calls Mount for Biden to Withdraw from Race After 'Disaster' Debate Performance
The popular aggregate website Drudge Report blared the headline "OPERATION: REPLACE BIDEN."
CNN commentator Van Jones, who famously cried on-air when Biden was projected the winner of the 2020 presidential election, offered an emotional plea for the president to step aside.
Calls Mount for Biden to Withdraw from Race After 'Disaster' Debate Performance
"I love that guy as a good man. He loves his country. He’s doing the best that he can. But he had a test to meet tonight, to restore confidence of the country and of the base and he failed to do that," Jones said. "And I think there’s a lot of people who are going to want to see him consider taking a different course now."
Jones added, "We’re still far from our convention and there is time for this party to figure out a different way forward if he will allow us to do that. But that was not what we needed from Joe Biden. And it’s personally painful for a lot of people. It’s not just panic. It’s pain of what we saw tonight."
The calls for Biden to withdraw follow a debate performance that was widely criticized as incoherent and unfocused. Biden repeatedly lost his train of thought, made several factual errors, and appeared confused at times.
The debate has raised serious questions about Biden's fitness for office and his ability to handle the demands of the presidency. With the Democratic National Convention just two months away, the pressure is mounting on Biden to step aside and allow a more viable candidate to take his place.
