Pollster Nate Silver is calling on Joe Biden to resign the presidency after his ABC News interview with George Stephanopoulos. Not to just drop out of the 2024 election, but to resign as president of the United States and leave office.
Silver is not exactly known as a right-leaning person, so this seems like kind of a big deal.
FOX News reports:
Pollster Nate Silver urges Biden to resign after ‘incoherent comments’ in ABC interviewPolling expert Nate Silver is calling for President Biden to step down following his Friday night ABC News interview.The 22-minute interview with George Stephanopoulos was intended to calm the president’s critics following his disastrous debate performance last month — but Silver claimed the back-and-forth made him look even worse.”This is a pretty incoherent answer including a non-sequitur [complaining] about a New York Times poll, which he incorrectly claims had him down 10 points before the debate (it was actually 3 or 4 points, depending on which version you look at),” Silver said about a clip of Biden describing how he felt throughout the debate.Silver — who had written a morning column about Biden’s campaign earlier that Friday — claimed he had “wimped out” and deleted a line urging the president to begin transitioning the campaign to Vice President Kamala Harris.But the pollster said that following the ABC interview, he believed it was time to begin preparations for a new candidate.”I wimped out in today’s column and deleted a line saying he should formulate a plan to transition the presidency to Harris within 30-60 days, but I’m there now,” Silver said. “Something is clearly wrong here.”
See Silver’s tweet below:
Meanwhile, there is a growing list of Democrats who want Biden to at least drop out of the race.
MSNBC reports:
A running list of top Democrats calling for Biden to drop outPresident Joe Biden is facing increasing pressure from some members of his party to withdraw from the 2024 race following his debate debacle last week. In a remarkable drip of defections, some prominent Democrats have publicly urged the president to drop out and have voiced concerns that he cannot win against Donald Trump in November.Here’s a running list of top Democrats, including sitting members of Congress, who have called for Biden to pull out of the ticket:Minnesota Rep. Angie CraigOn Saturday morning, Craig became the fifth House Democrat to call for Biden’s withdrawal from the race. She said in a statement that she does not believe Biden can win against Trump, given Biden’s debate performance and “the lack of a forceful response” from him afterward.”This is not a decision I’ve come to lightly, but there’s simply too much at stake to risk a second Donald Trump presidency,” Craig said.Illinois Rep. Mike QuigleyQuigley told MSNBC’s Chris Hayes on Friday that he believes Biden should withdraw from the 2024 race, becoming the fourth House Democrat to do so.“Mr. President, your legacy is set,” Quigley said during an appearance on “All In With Chris Hayes,” shortly before Biden’s high-stakes interview with ABC News aired on Friday.”We owe you the greatest debt of gratitude,” Quigley continued. “The only thing that you can do now to cement that for all time and prevent utter catastrophe is to step down and let someone else do this.”Massachusetts Rep. Seth MoultonMoulton on Thursday became the third sitting House Democrat to call for Biden to step aside, telling WBUR that it was time to “let new leaders rise up and run against Donald Trump.” He said he came to that decision after speaking with fellow Democrats about Biden’s chances in the election.“That’s what’s most important,” Moulton said. “We have to win.”
There will be more. Democrats find themselves in an impossible situation.
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