Presidential Historian Tells CNN Biden Should Resign as President Amid Pressure to Drop Out of the Race
A presidential historian suggests that President Joe Biden should not only end his re-election bid but should also resign from office. During an appearance on CNN, historian Douglas Brinkley was asked by anchor Jim…
A presidential historian suggests that President Joe Biden should not only end his re-election bid but should also resign from office.
During an appearance on CNN, historian Douglas Brinkley was asked by anchor Jim Acosta, “Is it possible that privately, behind the scenes, perhaps the president is not so sure he’s going to run, and we might see him make an announcement that he’s going to bow out? What do you think about all of that?”
“I think that’s probably the case. I mean, unless he’s completely insular and oblivious to American political culture, their drumbeat is for him to leave. I mean, I’ve never seen anything like it,” Brinkley responded.
He went on:
“A sitting president that was in good stead, a 90-minute, horrific debate, and now at least 50 percent of the Democratic Party — I say more than that, probably closer to 65 percent — are saying, ‘please go, go, go.’ And like an old Herman Melville story, Biden is saying, ‘I prefer not to. I prefer not to leave.’ And he keeps digging in. But I think he’ll have to probably go in the end.”
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Acosta responded, “Folks are saying, well, if Biden jumps out, it’s like 1968 all over again, and it’s going to be a big mess for the party. Does that necessarily have to be the case?”
“There’s no history repeating itself like that ’68 ,” Brinkley answered. “If Biden tomorrow said, ‘I’m stepping down and Vice President Kamala Harris is president, I’m going back to Delaware and I’ll be giving her my advice. I’m the highest thing there is in the land, a private citizen,’ that’s the kind of thing Jefferson would say.”