George Clooney Praises Biden for Doing the ‘Most Selfless Thing’ Since George Washington

Hollywood star George Clooney is lavishing praise on President Joe Biden weeks after publishing a brutal column calling for him to step aside. Speaking to reporters on Sunday about his piece, The Washington Post…

Bradley CortrightSep 2, 20242 min read

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I was with three weeks ago at the fund-raiser was not the Joe ‘big F-ing deal’ Biden of 2010. He wasn’t even the

Joe Biden

of 2020. He was the same man we all witnessed at the debate.”

The essay went on:

“Was he tired? Yes. A cold? Maybe. But our party leaders need to stop telling us that 51 million people didn’t see what we just saw. We’re all so terrified by the prospect of a second Trump term that we’ve opted to ignore every warning sign. The George Stephanopoulos interview only reinforced what we saw the week before. As Democrats, we collectively hold our breath or turn down the volume whenever we see the president, who we respect, walk off Air Force One or walk back to a mic to answer an unscripted question.”

Clooney’s essay was published at a time when it appeared the pressure on Biden to drop out of the race after a disastrous debate performance was waning.

However, it reignited the push, and less than two weeks later, Biden ended his re-election bid.