Leftist Media Host Announces He’s Challenging Biden for the Democratic Nomination – But He Has a Birthplace Problem
Not that left-wing media pundit Cenk Uygur has a snowball’s chance of winning the Democratic presidential nomination, despite the fact he’s thrown his hat into the ring. Even if he did, there’s a big catch — namely…
Not that left-wing media pundit Cenk Uygur has a snowball’s chance of winning the Democratic presidential nomination, despite the fact he’s thrown his hat into the ring. Even if he did, there’s a big catch — namely, where he was born.
In a social media post on Wednesday evening, Uygur, creator of “The Young Turks,” announced that he was seeking the highest office in the land.
“Yes, I’m running against Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination. Joe Biden is down 24 points on the economy. He has no ability to make up that kind of ground on the most important issue,” he wrote. “We need a new candidate now!”
On his website, CenkForAmerica.com, he further spelled out why he thinks Biden needs a new quixotic challenger — you know, one not named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or Marianne Williamson.
“Biden is 13 POINTS LOWER THAN when he barely beat Trump in the Electoral College (44,000 votes),” he said.
“Biden is 24 POINTS BEHIND Trump on the economy – the most important issue. Biden is currently TRAILING TRUMP when he has to win the popular vote by 5 points to win the Electoral College.”
His four main policy points: Paid family leave, $15 national minimum wage, public health insurance and ending gerrymandering. (For some reason, Uygur’s one-time on-air suggestion that certain types of bestiality be legalized didn’t make the cut; I cannot possibly fathom why.)
Uygur is a favorite of the far-left, having won Bernie Sanders’ brief endorsement in his one foray into electoral politics — a stab at the open seat of disgraced, resigned former “throuple