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Who can convince Biden to drop out? His inner circle is standing firm | Opinion

The night after the disastrous debate with Donadl Trump, President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden take the stage at a campaign event at the Jim Graham building at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh.
The night after the disastrous debate with Donadl Trump, President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden take the stage at a campaign event at the Jim Graham building at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh. tlong@newsobserver.com

The clique, known as Biden Inc. , is too selfish to put the country first. Too bad.

Biden Inc., which is made up of Jill Biden, Hunter Biden, and Biden’s brother, James Biden, insists there is nothing to see here. They are probably telling the president he’s just fine, encouraging the president to stand firm and seek a second term.

Proof of it is the Orwellian post-debate drama when Biden Inc. and the Democratic party tried to gaslight us: They told us to reject the evidence of our eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. It didn’t work.

The president’s performance at Friday night’s NATO news conference was slightly better, but Biden’s failings are evident to anyone watching.

He made two major gaffes: During remarks before the news conference, Biden mistakenly referred to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as “President Putin.” Then, during a questions-and-answer period with reporters, he misspoke and referred to Donald Trump as his vice president when he meant to say Kamala Harris.

But the toothpaste is out of the tube. At the presidential debate, the country confirmed its belief: Biden, at 81, is too old for another four years. This was not news; it was a formulated opinion over the past two years of watching the president stutter, stumble and freeze while the world catches fire.

Yet, up until the debate, the mainstream media, bolstered by Biden, Inc., was headlining: “Your eyes and ears are wrong, America.” The debate went so badly for Biden that even his standard bearing mainstream media had to level with the country, by finally allowing us to believe our eyes and ears.

Biden Inc. initially doubled down, claiming Biden just had a ‘bad night’ during a 90-minute debate, but emphasized that the last four years were great. The country is concerned about how he will finish the last six months of his presidency.

Who would run the place if a world crisis occurred between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.? Rumor has it that Biden only works between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Finally, other Democrats are coming forward and are asking the president to reconsider. Even Nancy Pelosi is hinting. And actor George Clooney, a mega democratic donor, didn’t mince words: He wrote in a New York Times opinion piece that Democrats are “not going to win in November with this president.”

But Biden continues to insist he will stay in the race and defeat Donald Trump in the November.. The next few days of his presidential campaign will be the most critical..

It’s obvious that Biden lacks the good judgment, character and the will to allow a vital candidate to take over the reins and offer an alternative to the two candidates that more than 55% of the country do not want to vote for.

Marc Sarnoff is a former city of Miami commissioner.

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This story was originally published July 12, 2024 at 5:42 PM.

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