Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas: Doggett became the first sitting Democratic lawmaker to push for Biden to step aside Tuesday, explaining he “had hoped that the debate would provide some momentum,” but Biden instead “failed to effectively defend his many accomplishments and expose Trump’s many lies.”
Former Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio: Biden’s former opponent for the 2020 nomination said he believes Vice President Kamala Harris is the party’s “best path forward” in a Newsweek op-ed published Monday, accusing those who believe she has less of a chance of beating Trump than “the Joe Biden we saw the other night and will continue to see” of “not living in reality” and calling Harris an opportunity for “generational change.”
The New York Times Editorial Board: “To serve his country, President Biden should leave the race” the left-leaning panel declaredin a headline the day after the debate, calling Biden “ an admirable president” who is “engaged in a reckless gamble,” and urging Democrats to speak up and replace him, or risk handing the election to Trump.
The Chicago Tribune Editorial Board: Writing it had seen “enough” after the debate, the editorial board blasted both former President Donald Trump and Biden as “two gnarly old men” and “clowns,” and wrote that Biden “should announce he will be a single-term president who now has seen the light when it comes to his own capabilities.”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Editorial Board: Biden should step aside “to defeat Trump and for the good of the nation,” the board wrote Saturday, dismissing defenses from Biden’s campaign and his allies that he had a cold or that his poor performance was an anomaly, writing “this wasn’t a bad night; it was confirmation of the worst fears of some of Biden’s most ardent supporters . . . age has finally caught up to him.”
Thomas Friedman: Acknowledging his friendship with Biden and describing how he wept while watching what he called a “heartbreaking” debate, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist wrotethat Biden “has no business running for re-election” and the Democratic Party should conduct a new “open process in search of a Democratic presidential nominee.”
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