The New Yorker magazine, along with other major publications, has made this call President Biden It was dropped after its editor said watching Biden perform during Thursday’s debate was a “painful experience.”
the new Yorker It is now the third publication, along with The New York Times and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, to call on Biden to step back for a younger Democratic candidate.
“We’ve long known that Biden, no matter what policy stance you take, is no longer an effective or fluent communicator of those policies,” wrote David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker.
“When asked about his decline, the answers Biden’s communications team and his protective deputies and advisers gave reporters sounded a lot like what we all, sooner or later, hear from acquaintances when asked about elderly parents: They have good days and bad days,” he wrote.
President Joe Biden looks on as he participates in the first presidential debate of the 2024 elections with former U.S. President and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at CNN’s studios in Atlanta, Georgia, June 27, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
Remnick wrote that watching Biden “drifting into stupidity” left observers feeling “pity” and “fear for the country”.
“Watching Thursday’s debate, I see Biden wandering Anesthesia on stage“It was a painful experience and will forever erase all the vague and qualified descriptions given by White House insiders about the good days and the bad days,” he said.
“You looked at it, and on the most basic human level, you could only feel pity for the man, and more than that, fear for the country.”
President Biden, shown here with his wife Dr. Jill Biden, faced the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, former US President Donald Trump, in the first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign season last week. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Remnick made his remarks despite defensive comments from Biden loyalists, such as Former President ObamaFirst Lady Jill Biden and Governor Gavin Newsom.
“Such loyalty can be forgiven, at least for a while,” he wrote. “They did what they felt they had to do to prevent the immediate implosion of Biden’s campaign, the potentially irreversible decline of his poll numbers, the evaporation of his fund-raising resources, and the looming threat of Trump redux.”
President Joe Biden stands on his podium during the first presidential debate of the 2024 elections between him and former President Donald Trump, at CNN’s studios in Atlanta, Georgia, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (Kevin D. Liles, The Washington Post, via Getty Images)
The New Yorker editor said Biden’s continued stay in the race would be a direct contrast to his years of public service.
“To remain in the race would be pure egoism, contrary to the nature of someone most people regard as decent and dedicated to public service,” Remnick wrote.
“Staying in the race in this post-debate state would also suggest that it is impossible to imagine that More important stamps,” he wrote.
Remnick concluded his article by stating that “there is no shame in growing old” but that it would be “honorable” to step down and drop out of the race.
“It’s sad to fall apart like this, but we all have to. There’s no shame in growing old,” he wrote. “It’s an honour to recognise the difficult demands of these times.”
President Biden and former President Trump face off in the first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign. (Getty Images)
The New Yorker article was published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the new York Times He was asked to drop out of the race.
“Mr. Biden has said he is the best candidate to confront and defeat this threat of tyranny,” the Times said. “His argument is based largely on the fact that he defeated Mr. Trump in 2020. That is no longer a sufficient argument for why Mr. Biden should be the Democratic nominee this year.”
“Mr. Biden answered an important question Thursday night. It was not the answer he and his supporters expected,” the Times concluded. “But if the risk of a second Trump term is as great as he says — and we agree with him that the risk is great — then his dedication to this country leaves him and his party with only one option.”
President Joe Biden walks with First Lady Jill Biden after the CNN presidential debate at the CNN studios on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
After the debate, Democrats and liberal media figures were reportedly “appalled” by Biden’s performance.
full led optics Slowdown in Democrat-friendly mediaJournalists from various media organizations have reported on dozens of Democratic Party officials who have said that Biden, 81, should consider rejecting his party’s nomination at the Democratic National Convention.
Biden’s inner circle silent as party rages after ’embarrassing’ debate
Biden gave no indication at his first rally since the debate on Friday that he would step down. Raleigh, North CarolinaHe insisted that he was capable of defeating Trump.
“I can do this job, because frankly, the stakes are too high,” Biden said passionately. “Donald Trump is a real threat to this country.”
This combination of images created on October 22, 2020 shows US President Donald Trump (left) and Democratic presidential nominee and former US Vice President Joe Biden during the final presidential debate at Belmont University on October 22, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Brendan Smialowski, Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
President Biden also commented on his poor performance, saying, “I don’t debate as well as I used to.”
Click here to get the Fox News app
“I know how to do this job. I know how to get the job done,” he said, addressing a roaring crowd that chanted “four more years.”
Fox News Digital has contacted the Biden campaign for comment.
