ESPNâs Stephen A. Smith accused Democrats on Monday of destroying their credibility by misleading Americans about former President Joe Bidenâs mental acuity.
The Democratic Partyâs favorability has plummeted to an all-time low of 29% after former Vice President Kamala Harrisâ resounding loss to President Donald Trump in November following the partyâs jettisoning of Biden from the presidential ticket. While discussing the poll on âThe Stephen A. Smith Show,â Smith argued that Democrats must cater their messaging to Americansâ priorities rather than lecturing them due to losing votersâ faith by insisting Biden was fit for another term after exhibiting signs that he was not.
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âYou got to be about preaching about whatâs important to the American people and what they care about instead of telling them what they should care about. You know why you canât make that argument anymore? Because you had your chance,â Smith said. âYou had President Biden up in that office. You knew he wasnât the same. You knew there was shrinkage that kicked in mentally. You knew that people were talking about him being incapacitated. This was before the debate on June 27th. You knew it. You knew it. You knew it.â
Journalist Bob Woodward wrote in his Oct. 2024 book âWarâ that concerns over Bidenâs cognitive abilities began surfacing among Democratic donors during fundraising events as early as June 2023, a year before the former presidentâs disastrous debate performance against Trump. Yet Democrats chanted, âFour more years!â during Bidenâs March 2024 state of the union address.
Academy Award-winning actor George Clooney also called for Democrats to replace Biden as their presidential nominee in a New York Times op-ed published on July 10. He had hosted a fundraiser for the president just three weeks prior and wrote that the Biden he witnessed at event was identical to what he observed during the debate.
âAnd they got you on camera chanting for four more years for a dude that was approaching 82 years of age, that would have been in office until he was 86, assuming he got there,â he continued. âYou didnât even think he was going to make it, and God bless him, I hope he does. But what you did was say, âLetâs just get him through the election because the rest of US is running the government anyway.â The trust of the American people were compromised.â
Biden himself acknowledged in a USA Today interview in January that he was uncertain whether he could have completed another term in office.
âI also wasnât looking to be president when I was 85 years old, 86 years old. And so I did talk about passing the baton,â Biden said in the interview. âBut I donât know. Who the hell knows? So far, so good. But who knows what Iâm going to be when Iâm 86 years old?â
Even after replacing Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee in July, Harris denied Biden exhibited any cognitive issues.
In addition to the CNN poll, only 27% of registered voters had a positive perception of the Democratic Party, according to an NBC News poll published on Sunday, a record low in the outletâs polling since 1990, it reported. Moreover, 55% of registered voters held a negative perception of the Democratic Party.
Unlike Smith, former MSNBC host Chris Matthews and âMorning Joeâ host Mika Brzezinski asserted Monday that unchecked falsehoods from Trump and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk were to blame for Democrats falling out of favor with Americans.
âNobody checks the facts anymore,â Matthews claimed. âAnd the lies are getting through to the American people.â
Brzezinski agreed, adding, âI do think there should be a war room, a central command and a person, a voice, a figure who can call out the disinformation.â
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