The New York Times editorial board called on US President Joe Biden to withdraw from running for president – Announced on FridayBiden's performance was poor in Thursday's presidential debate against Trump, after which many in the Democratic Party panicked.
“Biden has been a great president. Under his leadership, the nation has prospered, begun to address a series of long-standing challenges, and the wounds torn by Trump have begun to heal.” election”.
The New York Times is the largest and most influential newspaper in the United States, and the fact that it questioned Biden’s abilities and called for him to step down is a huge embarrassment to the Biden campaign. The Biden team tried to make the New York Times’ decision irrelevant, and male“The last time Joe Biden lost the endorsement of the New York Times editorial board, he did very well,” he said, referring to the Times’ endorsement of Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren over Biden in the 2020 primary.
At a campaign event after Friday’s debate, Joe Biden admitted he doesn’t debate as well as he used to. But he sees himself as knowing his job, telling the truth against Trump’s lies, and as a president who cares about what people need.
After the debate, Obama wrote on X: “It happens that debates don’t go well. Trust me, I just know. But this is still an election between two candidates, one who has worked his whole life for ordinary people, and one who only cares about himself.”
We wrote more about the debate that ended terribly for Biden here, and about the state of panic that gripped the Democratic Party later in this article.