Scathing NY Times article calls for Joe Biden to quit 2024 race after woeful first debate with Trump

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: The New York Times editorial board has urged President Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race after a debate performance that was widely viewed as unfavorable.

"President Biden has repeatedly and rightfully described the stakes in this November’s presidential election as nothing less than the future of American democracy," the editorial board commenced its session on Friday, June 28.

NY Times urges Joe Biden to quit the 2024 race

The editorial team believes that Biden's victory in 2020 over Trump does not suffice to warrant his nomination as the Democratic candidate for the current year.

The New York Times stated, "Mr Biden has said that he is the candidate with the best chance of taking on this threat of tyranny and defeating it. His argument rests largely on the fact that he beat Mr Trump in 2020. That is no longer a sufficient rationale for why Mr Biden should be the Democratic nominee this year."

In a direct evaluation of voters' perceptions of the president, The Times said, "Biden is not the man he was four years ago."

"The president appeared on Thursday (June 27) night as the shadow of a great public servant. He struggled to explain what he would accomplish in a second term. He struggled to respond to Mr Trump’s provocations." the editorial board wrote.

It further added, "He struggled to hold Mr Trump accountable for his lies, his failures and his chilling plans. More than once, he struggled to make it to the end of a sentence."

"Mr Biden has been an admirable president. Under his leadership, the nation has prospered and begun to address a range of long-term challenges, and the wounds ripped open by Mr Trump have begun to heal," it continued.

"But the greatest public service Mr Biden can now perform is to announce that he will not continue to run for reelection," the text read.

The NY Times criticized Biden's campaign as a 'reckless gamble'

The editorial board continued, describing Biden's campaign as a "reckless gamble" and asserting that other Democrats are "better equipped to present clear, compelling and energetic alternatives to a second Trump presidency."

"There is no reason for the party to risk the stability and security of the country by forcing voters to choose between Mr Trump’s deficiencies and those of Mr Biden. It’s too big a bet to simply hope Americans will overlook or discount Mr Biden’s age and infirmity that they see with their own eyes," the editorial board went on to say.

The Times board stated that if Biden and Trump were facing off in November, they would "unequivocally pick" Biden.

However, they also stated that Biden's performance in the debate "cannot be written off as a bad night or blamed on a supposed cold, because it affirmed concerns that have been mounting for months or even years."

The editorial board wrote, "It should be remembered that Mr Biden challenged Mr Trump to this verbal duel. He set the rules, and he insisted on a date months earlier than any previous general election debate."

"He understood that he needed to address longstanding public concerns about his mental acuity and that he needed to do so as soon as possible. The truth Mr Biden needs to confront now is that he failed his own test," it further remarked.

NY Times says Joe Biden 'cannot continue this race' 

In addition, the editorial board said that Biden's inner circle, which has "sheltered him from unscripted appearances in public," should "recognize the damage to Mr Biden’s standing and the unlikelihood that he can repair it." Democrats were urged to "find the courage to speak plain truths to the party’s leader."

"The clearest path for Democrats to defeat a candidate defined by his lies is to deal truthfully with the American public: acknowledge that Mr Biden can’t continue his race, and create a process to select someone more capable to stand in his place to defeat Mr Trump in November," it continued.

"It is the best chance to protect the soul of the nation — the cause that drew Mr Biden to run for the presidency in 2019 — from the malign warping of Mr Trump. And it is the best service that Mr Biden can provide to a country that he has nobly served for so long."

The editorial board of The Times has joined the increasing number of voices in the liberal media that are calling for Biden to withdraw after his initial debate with former President Trump in this election cycle.

In response to the editorial, DNC's political advisor Cedric Richmond said, "The last time Joe Biden lost the New York Times editorial board's endorsement it turned out pretty well for him."

The Times supported Biden in the general election but endorsed Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota in the 2020 Democratic primary.

Internet believes that Joe Biden should step aside

The scathing New York Times article has sparked a wave of reactions on social media.

One reader said, "I think the @nytimes is right. Biden should step aside. I am a Democrat voter, and I will be able to vote for someone else other than Biden."

Another one added, "The Dems are screwed no matter who their candidate is. We all know too much for them to ever be reelected by real Americans."

One commentator wrote, "If Joe Biden did step down (he won’t) he’d be met with the accolades lauding his legacy, worthy of a state funeral."

A person expressed his feelings just in two words saying, "Good idea."

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