The New York Times again called on President Biden to withdraw from the 2024 White House race and protect his legacy in a scathing editorial Monday, saying he was “embarrassing himself.”
“From the grassroots to the highest levels of the party, Democrats who want to defeat Mr. Trump in November should speak clearly to Mr. Biden,” the editorial board wrote Monday. “They must tell him that his challenge threatens to hand Mr. Trump victory.”
Political commentators, longtime media allies and even some fellow sitting Democrats have urged Biden to withdraw from the nomination due to concerns about his age and mental acuity, which have been exacerbated by his weak performance in debates and subsequent media interviews.
“They need to tell him that he is embarrassing himself and his legacy,” the board wrote. “He needs to hear clearly that he is no longer an effective spokesperson for his own priorities.”
The left-leaning editorial board wrote that despite Biden’s insistence on his ability to serve as both president and campaigner-in-chief, the stakes in this election are too high for Democrats to risk him staying.
« [Biden] does not seem to understand that he is now the problem – and that the best hope for Democrats to keep the White House is for him to step down,” the editorial board wrote.
In the aftermath of last month’s debate, the Times stunned the media landscape with its editorial imploring Biden to drop out of the race. It called former President Trump “a grave threat to American democracy” on Monday and has not endorsed a Republican in a general election for the White House since 1956.
Biden has responded to media criticism of his debate performance, saying he had a “bad night” and “screwed up.” However, he has flatly rejected calls for his resignation, telling radio host Earl Ingram last week that he still believes he can beat former President Trump in November.
“And you know, we’re going to win this election,” Biden told Ingram. “We’re just going to beat Donald Trump. And like we did in 2020, we’re going to beat him again. But we need all of you to do it. All of you.”
The Times wrote that Biden appeared to be winning his “staring contest with Democratic leaders” by insisting he could beat Trump.
“The only way to persuade Mr. Biden to accept the need for new leadership is to demonstrate that the party no longer follows him,” the board wrote.
The editorial board acknowledged Biden’s interview Friday with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, but said he “generally avoided taking questions from voters or reporters — the kind of interactions that reveal his limitations and have gotten him into so much trouble on the debate stage.”
“And when he put down his teleprompter, including during a 22-minute interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on Friday, he continued to appear a man in decline,” the committee wrote.
Reached for comment, the White House referred Fox News Digital to Biden’s phone interview on “Morning Joe” Monday, where he dismissed the “big names” listed by host Mika Brzezinski who want him out of the race. That included The New York Times, and the op-ed is the latest climax in the ongoing feud between the two camps.
“I don’t care what these big names think,” Biden said. “They were wrong in 2020! They were wrong in 2022 on the red wave! They’re wrong in 2024! Go out with me, watch people react. You be the judge!”
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