A growing chorus of voices in legacy media seems to be admitting the obvious: President Joe Biden is probably in no condition to serve another term as president… for starters…
The Boston Globe’s editorial board published an op-ed on Wednesday calling on Biden to drop out of the presidential race, lest he sabotage the Democratic Party’s chances at preventing former President Donald Trump from resuming the duties of commander-in-chief.
As previously relayed by The Dallas Express, a similar op-ed was published by The New York Times editorial board shortly after the president’s disastrous showing in last Thursday’s presidential debate. Biden’s performance was so bad that Democratic officials and activists started to seriously consider that Biden may have been in some state of cognitive decline for some time.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), rather than awaiting a possible denouement, raised the issue of whether Biden is currently fit to serve, proposing a resolution in the House calling on Vice President Kamala Harris to exercise her prerogative under the 25th Amendment and seek his ouster for the good of the country.
While it appears the legacy media is playing catchup, some outlets are doubling down on their support for Biden. The Philadelphia Inquirer editorial board issued an op-ed of its own calling on Trump to bow out of the race… Funny, huh?
Here is some of what Fox News reported on the Boston Globe’s op-ed:
Another major city newspaper has called on President Biden to abandon his re-election bid following his highly criticized debate performance against former President Trump last week.
The Boston Globe editorial board published a column Wednesday arguing that at this point, Biden running for office is too big of a risk, and that he must step aside soon so that a more suitable Democratic candidate can be nominated.
“For the good of the country, his party, and his legacy, Biden must do this. And soon,” it declared.
The Globe’s editorial began by slamming Biden’s team for not being able to “adequately” explain “why his performance was historically bad, beyond that he had a cold.” It went on to reject his allies’ defense that keeping Biden is still the country’s least risky move to beating Trump and that trying to select a new party nominee would be too risky.
“Maybe. But in the view of this board, and a growing number of other editorial pages and Democratic officials, the greater risk lies in allowing Biden to continue as the party’s standard-bearer,” the board wrote. “Serious questions are now in play about his ability to complete the arduous work of being leader of the free world. Can he negotiate with a hostile Republican Congress, dangerous foreign powers, or even fractious rivals within his own Cabinet? The nation’s confidence has been shaken.”
The Boston Globe editorial board’s column follows those of other editorial boards from major news outlets that criticized Biden’s debate performance and argued it’s time for him to leave the race.