George Clooney: I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee.

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George Clooney: I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee.

I was able to see Biden three weeks ago when I attended my fundraiser for Biden three weeks ago at a fund-raiser for. It’s heartbreaking to admit it that he’s not the same person as that he used to be, and he will not be a winner this fall.

By George Clooney

Jul 10, 2024 07:05 PM

Opinion |George Clooney: I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee.

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I’m a lifetime Democrat and I have no excuses about that. I am proud of what my party stands for and what it represents. As part of my involvement within the process for democracy as well as to support my preferred candidate, I’ve facilitated some of the largest fund-raising events that my party has ever had. Barack Obama in 2012. Hillary Clinton in 2016. Joe Biden in 2020. This month, I co-hosted the biggest fund-raiser in support of a Democratic candidate to date, in support of Biden’s re-election. I’m putting this all out there just to say how much I am convinced of this election and how significant I believe that this is the moment to be in.

I love Joe Biden. As Senator. As a vice president as well as president. I consider him a good friend and am confident in his character. Believing on his integrity. Trust in his ethics. Over the past three years, he’s won a lot of the battles that he’s been involved in.

However, the only that he can’t overcome is the battle with the clock. No one else can. It’s a travesty to admit it however that Joe Biden I met three weeks ago at a fundraiser wasn’t that Joe ” big F-ing deal” Biden of 2010. He was not either his Joe Biden of 2020. The same Joe Biden that we witnessed during the debate.

Did he feel exhausted? Yes. Is it a cold? Maybe. However, our political leaders should stop informing us we’re 51 million and did not get what we just witnessed. We’re all so scared of the possibility of another Trump presidency that we’ve chosen to ignore any warning signs. This week’s George Stephanopoulos interview only reinforced the things we’ve seen in the week prior. As Democrats as a group, we collectively wait for the president to return or lower the volume when we witness the president, whom we revere, walk from Air Force One or walk back to the microphone to respond to an unscripted question.

Do we have the right to draw attention to these issues? It must be. It’s about the age of an individual. Nothing more. Also, nothing is reversible. We’re not going to be able to win the November elections with this president. Additionally we’re not going to take the House and are likely be losing the Senate. It’s not just my personal opinion, it’s the position of every senator, Congress governor and member I’ve talked to in private. Each and every one of them, regardless of what they says publicly.

We love talking about how our Republican Party has ceded all power, as well as all the characteristics that made it a formidable force when it was led by Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush to one person who wants to retain the presidency. And yet, the majority of our members of Congress prefer to wait to watch to see if the dam will break. The dam has been fallen. We can either put our feet in the sand and ask for a miracle November, or be honest.

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