The 81-year-old head of state is being urged not to run again against Donald Trump in November. “It would be the greatest public service he could provide,” the media outlet believes. But Biden is hanging on, supported by the Democratic establishment.
The editorial board of the prestigious American newspaper New York Times called on Friday evening June 28 for President Joe Biden to withdraw from the race for the White House after his disastrous debate the day before against Donald Trump.
In an editorial titled “To serve the country, President Biden must leave the race” at the White House, the New York Times described Joe Biden as “the shadow of a leader”after the 81-year-old president “failed his own test”.
Unrecognizable, Joe Biden swallowed words, didn’t finish some sentences and stared into space during the televised duel Thursday against his Republican predecessor.
“Joe Biden has been an admirable president. Under his leadership, the nation prospered and began to address a series of long-term challenges, and the wounds opened by Donald Trump began to heal. But the greatest public service that Joe Biden could provide today would be to announce that he will not run for re-election.”wrote the New York Times. Its editorial board brings together renowned columnists and is supposed to reflect the values of the media.
“I don’t speak as easily as I used to”
Joe Biden tried Friday to silence the music on a possible withdrawal of his candidacy. “I don’t speak as easily as I used to, I don’t speak as fluently as I used to, I don’t debate as well as I used to”the 81-year-old Democrat acknowledged at a rally in Raleigh, North Carolina. But “I wouldn’t run again if I didn’t believe, with all my heart and all my soul, that I can do this job”he added.
Joe Biden then traveled to New York, where he took the stage with British music legend Elton John, for the dedication of a historic site celebrating the 1969 “Stonewall Riots,” one of founding acts of the LGBT+ movement. The octogenarian president appeared relaxed and more lively to praise the memory of those who had revolted, on the night of June 27 to 28, 1969, against yet another police raid on the Stonewall Inn gay bar, in the heart of the Greenwich district. Village.
The leader has subsequently received strong support from Barack Obama, who remains one of the most respected voices in the Democratic Party, as well as from Hillary Clinton. Even Donald Trump has assured that he will not “believe” to the possibility that his rival Joe Biden will throw in the towel.
The Biden camp hopes that by November, the terrible impression left Thursday evening could fade, while the “lies” spouted by Donald Trump and concerns for American democracy would take over. It will be difficult. Raleigh’s speech attracted no less than 51 million viewers, according to the Nielsen Institute.
The American media are reporting a wave of “panic” among the Democrats, four months before the election and approximately six weeks before the convention supposed to inaugurate the president. For now, however, no Democratic Party heavyweight has publicly relayed this sentiment.
