The New Yorker magazine delivers a blistering criticism of President Biden, accusing him of standing in the way of a "younger generation" of Democratic candidates and calling his debate performance a "gift" that effectively ended his re-election bid.
The New Yorker magazine has unleashed a scathing rebuke of President Biden in its official endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris, published on Sunday. The magazine's editors heap praise on Harris for displaying "the basic values and political skills" necessary to defeat former President Trump but not before delivering a stinging indictment of Biden for hindering her potential.
The editors paint a grim picture of Biden's physical and cognitive decline, noting that his staff and supporters "exhaled and treated it as a victory" whenever he managed to "get through an interview or a (rare) press conference without incident." They accuse Biden, his advisers, and the Party leadership of "standing in the way" of a younger generation of Democratic candidates, ensuring that a challenger would "inevitably be defeated."
The New Yorker's Scathing Rebuke of Biden: "A Gift" for the End of His Candidacy
The infamous debate performance that ultimately led to the end of Biden's re-election campaign comes under particular scrutiny. The editors describe the debate as a "gift" that "broadcast to the world the extent of his disintegration." They quote Trump's mocking comments, which they suggest marked the end of Biden's candidacy: "I really don’t know what he said at the end of that sentence. I don’t think he knows what he said, either."
The endorsement also takes aim at Trump, calling him a "menacing presence in American life" and warning that "Trump II would be far worse than Trump I." The editors argue that Harris has "got the ‘vibes,’ as this year’s cliché has it," but caution that "the race remains very close."
The New Yorker's Scathing Rebuke of Biden: "A Gift" for the End of His Candidacy
They cite Trump's outperformance in the polls in both 2016 and 2020 as a reminder that no responsible assessment of the contest can ignore the ramifications of another Trump Administration. The New Yorker was among the first left-leaning publications to urge Biden to step aside after his disastrous debate performance in June.
"Watching Thursday’s debate, observing Biden wander into senselessness onstage, was an agonizing experience, and it is bound to obliterate forever all those vague and qualified descriptions from White House insiders about good days and bad days," editor David Remnick wrote at the time.
The New Yorker's Scathing Rebuke of Biden: "A Gift" for the End of His Candidacy
"You watched it, and, on the most basic human level, you could only feel pity for the man and, more, fear for the country."
The White House did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. The New Yorker's endorsement serves as a damning indictment of Biden's presidency, underscoring the growing consensus that he has failed to live up to the expectations of his office.
The New Yorker's Scathing Rebuke of Biden: "A Gift" for the End of His Candidacy
