Ex-CNN Analyst Says Dems Must Be Breathing ‘Gigantic Sigh Of Relief’ Biden Is Out After Watching Oval Office Address

Former CNN political analyst Chris Cillizza said that Democrats must be extremely relieved President Joe Biden is not their presumptive nominee following his oval office address.

Biden addressed the nation publicly on Wednesday for the first time since suddenly dropping out of the presidential race on Sunday, saying he withdrew for the sake of unifying his party and the nation. Cillizza said on his YouTube channel that Biden’s shoddy delivery of the address must have reassured Democrats that him being out of the race is in the best interest of the party.

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“In watching the speech, I think if you are a Democrat, you have to have breathed a gigantic sigh of relief that Joe Biden is not your presidential nominee going forward,” Cillizza said. “I thought Biden was at times fine, but he mumbled. He misspoke. Again, he was reading from a teleprompter. He stumbled. He misspoke. It was hard to understand a few things that he said. A lot of the same problems that we’ve seen with him in his public appearances over the last month. Again, he wasn’t as bad as he was at the June 27th debate, not even close, but he was not someone who inspired confidence that at his age, 81, he could serve another four years.”

The calls for Biden to pull out of the presidential election commenced just thirty minutes into his June 27 debate against former President Donald Trump, where the president stumbled through answers, looking lost and confused at times.