Pollster Nate Silver characterized certain Democrats as âfucking cowardsâ who âshould be shunned from public lifeâ for not letting the country know about President Joe Bidenâs mental state in a podcast posted to YouTube on Sunday.
Biden, during a Thursday debate with former President Donald Trump, spoke with a raspy voice and trailed off, prompting worries regarding his age and fitness for another term in office. Silver, on âRisky Business,â called for Biden to drop out and said people in the Democratic Party should face ramifications for being tight-lipped about the presidentâs competence.
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âTrump still has his political animal instincts intact and, like, Iâm not sure Biden even has that anymore,â Silver said. âHe couldnât deliver his canned lines, he couldnât deliver his closing statement. And as you know, when people get older ⌠they can have days, maybe half the time, two-thirds of the time, three quarters of the time where they act like their old self. Or maybe they do in most capacities in their life. But itâs not good enough when youâre the American president and running to be president for another four fucking years.â
âItâs just irresponsible. The people in the White House who have not spoken up about this publicly should be shunned from public life, frankly,â he continued. âI mean, seriously, some of them will write big magazine exposĂŠs and get book deals and things like that. Theyâre fucking cowards. If youâre in the White House and you think youâre a fucking patriot, come fucking forward and tell us what Joe Bidenâs really like, right? Donât get a fucking book deal in two years and then say how much you knew all along. Youâre a fucking coward if youâre not, like, willing to speak or defend him or say, âLook, Iâm being honest and Iâm going to tell you that like itâs actually not that bad.â Thatâs fine too, but there are a lot of fucking cowards in the Democratic party.â
The New York Times editorial board urged Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race following the debate. Attempts to replace the president with an alternative Democratic candidate would probably face practical, political and even legal obstacles.
Silver called for Biden to contemplate dropping out in June amid dismalpolling, noting in a post on X that the presidentâs withdrawal would be a substantial risk, but that itâs possible remaining in the running could be even more risky.
âBiden just hit a new all-time low in approval (37.4%) at 538 yesterday,â Silver posted. âDropping out would be a big risk. But thereâs some threshold below which continuing to run is a bigger risk. Are we there yet? I donât know. But itâs more than fair to ask.â
âWhatâs clearer IMO is that Democrats would have been better served if Biden had decided a year ago not to seek a second term, which would have allowed them to have some semblance of a primary process and give voters a say among the many popular Democrats across the country,â he added.
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