Washington, A top Hollywood fundraiser for US President Joe Biden on Wednesday called for a new Democratic presidential candidate, arguing that the party cannot win the White House in November with him as its candidate.
"We are not going to win in November with this president. On top of that, we are not going to win the House and we are going to lose the Senate. This is not just my opinion, it is the opinion of all the senators and the Congress member and governor with whom I have spoken privately, each of them, regardless of what they say publicly," said George Clooney, actor, director and film producer, in an op-ed in "The New York Times." .
Clooney, who hosted a successful fundraiser for Biden in June, said he saw a different Joe Biden at that event.
"The only battle you can't win is the fight against time. None of us can. It's devastating to say, but the Joe Biden I was with three weeks ago at the fundraiser was not Joe's big deal." 'Biden of 2010. He wasn't even the Joe Biden of 2020. He was the same man we all witnessed in the debate,' he wrote.
"Was he tired? Yes. A cold? Maybe. But our party leaders need to stop telling us that 51 million people didn't see what we just saw. We are all so terrified by the prospect of a second Trump term that We have chosen to ignore every warning sign," Clooney said.
"I love Joe Biden. As a senator. As vice president and as president. I consider him a friend and I believe in him. I believe in his character. I believe in his morals. In the last four years, he has won many of the battles he has faced" , he added.
Clooney said everyone thinks Republicans should abandon their candidate now that he has been convicted of 34 felonies. This is new and also disturbing information. "Top Democrats - Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, Nancy Pelosi - and senators, representatives and other candidates who risk losing in November should ask this president to step aside voluntarily," he argued.
"All the scare stories we're told about what would happen next are simply not true. In all likelihood, money from the Biden-Harris coffers could go to helping elect the presidential ticket and other Democrats. The new candidate will not be off the ballot in Ohio," he said.
"We Democrats have a very interesting bench. We don't anoint leaders or indulge in a cult of personality; we vote for a president. We can easily foresee a group of several strong Democrats coming forward to introduce themselves and tell us why they are best qualified to lead this country and take on some of the deeply troubling trends we are seeing in the revenge tour that Donald Trump calls his presidential campaign," Clooney wrote.
"We are not going to win in November with this president. On top of that, we are not going to win the House and we are going to lose the Senate. This is not just my opinion, it is the opinion of all the senators and the Congress member and governor with whom I have spoken privately, each of them, regardless of what they say publicly," said George Clooney, actor, director and film producer, in an op-ed in "The New York Times." .
Clooney, who hosted a successful fundraiser for Biden in June, said he saw a different Joe Biden at that event.
"The only battle you can't win is the fight against time. None of us can. It's devastating to say, but the Joe Biden I was with three weeks ago at the fundraiser was not Joe's big deal." 'Biden of 2010. He wasn't even the Joe Biden of 2020. He was the same man we all witnessed in the debate,' he wrote.
"Was he tired? Yes. A cold? Maybe. But our party leaders need to stop telling us that 51 million people didn't see what we just saw. We are all so terrified by the prospect of a second Trump term that We have chosen to ignore every warning sign," Clooney said.
"I love Joe Biden. As a senator. As vice president and as president. I consider him a friend and I believe in him. I believe in his character. I believe in his morals. In the last four years, he has won many of the battles he has faced" , he added.
Clooney said everyone thinks Republicans should abandon their candidate now that he has been convicted of 34 felonies. This is new and also disturbing information. "Top Democrats - Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, Nancy Pelosi - and senators, representatives and other candidates who risk losing in November should ask this president to step aside voluntarily," he argued.
"All the scare stories we're told about what would happen next are simply not true. In all likelihood, money from the Biden-Harris coffers could go to helping elect the presidential ticket and other Democrats. The new candidate will not be off the ballot in Ohio," he said.
"We Democrats have a very interesting bench. We don't anoint leaders or indulge in a cult of personality; we vote for a president. We can easily foresee a group of several strong Democrats coming forward to introduce themselves and tell us why they are best qualified to lead this country and take on some of the deeply troubling trends we are seeing in the revenge tour that Donald Trump calls his presidential campaign," Clooney wrote.
