Should President Biden Drop Out of the 2024 Race?
Summary from the AllSides News Team
In the wake of his debate performance last Thursday, some Democratic funders and several liberal media outlets are calling for President Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race.
Key Details: Meanwhile, some Democrats, including Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), are defending Biden's reelection and citing his life of public service.
Key Quote: "At Thursday’s debate, the president needed to convince the American public that he was equal to the formidable demands of the office he is seeking to hold for another term,” the New York Times Editorial Board (Left bias) board wrote. “Voters, however, cannot be expected to ignore what was instead plain to see: Mr. Biden is not the man he was four years ago.”
For Context: Questions regarding age and fitness have arisen after Biden's debate performance on the evening of June 27th was widely determined to be weak. Biden's family is encouraging him to stay in the White House race.
How the Media Covered it: In addition to the multiple outlets calling for Biden to exit the race, some outlets, such as The Philadelphia Inquirer (Lean Left bias), called on Trump to drop out following his debate performance.
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From the Left
Polls Show Nearly Half of Democrats Believe Biden Should Drop Out
Over the past year, voters have consistently said that they believe 81-year-old President Joe Biden is too old to serve as president. When CBS News asked registered voters in early June whether they thought Biden had the mental and cognitive health necessary to serve as president, 65 percent of them said no. And that was before Thursday’s disastrous debate when Biden froze, lost his train of thought, provided incoherent responses, and otherwise mumbled through his first debate with former president Donald Trump.
But when CBS asked voters after the debate how they felt about Biden’s...
From the Right
Warnock Says Biden Should ‘Absolutely Not’ Drop Out
Senator Raphael Warnock (D., Ga.) on Sunday joined a number of other Democrats in publicly defending President Biden’s reelection bid in the wake of his disastrous debate performance last week.
Asked during an appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press whether Biden should drop out, the Georgia Democrat said, “Absolutely not.”
As a pastor, Warnock said, “I can tell you that there have been more than a few Sundays when I wish I had preached a better sermon.”
“But after the sermon was over, it was my job to embody the message, to show...
From the Center
These major media outlets have called for Biden to drop out
Some of the country’s largest media outlets have called on President Biden to step aside and allow another Democrat to take on former President Trump in November, following the president’s concerning debate performance last week.
Biden’s first debate performance raised alarms among some Democrats and supporters, with the president struggling to string ideas together or rebut Trump’s many false statements. Almost half of Democrats in a new poll say Biden should allow a different candidate to take the party’s nomination.
Here are the major outlets that have called on Biden to drop out of...
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