Joe Scarborough of MSNBC practically urged President Joe Biden to withdraw from the race for reelection on Thursday morning.
In a somber monologue, Scarborough criticized Biden’s team for keeping him in the race.
“And so, yeah, Joe Biden has been, at least by our account, Joe Biden’s been an extremely successful president. I will say, though, when you’re told by members of Congress that they’re losing, they’re going to lose the House and the Senate if he stays on the ticket. When you’re told by members of Congress who have seen the polls that you’re losing swing states and that your numbers are going down in swing states, in states like Virginia, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Minnesota are now in play.” Scarborough said.
“And when your top fundraiser over the past five, six, seven, eight years is telling you the money’s gone, the donors have all gone away. You know, it’s really incumbent on people that are around Joe Biden to step up at this point and help the president, and help the man they love and do the right thing. This is not going, this is not going to end well if it continues to drag out.” he continued.
“Look at the events of yesterday. the events of the last three weeks. And at some point, you know, they I can tell you, Mike, the anger that I hear is not a Joe Biden. The anger I hear are at the people that are keeping him in a bubble or who may have their own interests, some financial, in keeping him in the race. That is the real anger. And let me tell you, that’s not just the anger from inside Congress. That is anger from inside the political, his own political camp. And it is widespread. It is wide spread. Joe Biden deserves better. He deserves better than he is getting from those closest to him.” he concluded.
After Joe Biden’s dismal debate performance three weeks prior, Scarborough called for a “change,” but he then seemed to back off and adopt a more defensive stance toward Biden’s candidacy.
Naturally, this was all before Thursday morning, when several rumors surfaced that Biden had been privately informed by top Democratic officials that it was time to withdraw.
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