‘Second Greatest Act Of Political Malpractice’: Dem Rep Blasts Biden Campaign For Continuing Despite Fitness Concerns
Democratic Washington Rep. Adam Smith blasted President Joe Biden’s campaign team Friday evening for “political malpractice” by allowing the president to continue his reelection bid despite mental fitness concerns…
Democratic Washington Rep. Adam Smith blasted President Joe Biden’s campaign team Friday evening for “political malpractice” by allowing the president to continue his reelection bid despite mental fitness concerns.
Smith appeared on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” to discuss his public stance on calling for Biden to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race. During his interview with host Anderson Cooper, Smith began to agree that more Democrats will be joining in calling for Biden to step aside, before calling out Biden’s campaign team.
“What we are witnessing here is the second greatest act of political malpractice from the Biden campaign team, that I think this country has ever witnessed. Admittedly the greatest act was the Republican Party rallying around Donald Trump after January 6. But look, leading up to the debate there were concerns about the president. The debate was catastrophic and it hasn‘t gotten better since,” Smith said.
“Look, we got a great message. Joe Biden‘s done a great job as president. What‘s clear now, he is not the person who can deliver that message and he will be dogged by questions about his health,” Smith continued. “Look, you saw the speech that Donald Trump gave last night. Let‘s go after that and Joe Biden was not capable of doing that debate.
Smith continued to note how the discussion over potentially replacing Biden has put “pressure” on other Democratic campaigns across the country and added it was “time for the president to step aside.” Cooper then pushed back on the Democratic lawmaker, asking for him to clarify if he believed there was “malpractice” either prior to the debate or after.
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“I don’t know that for sure. I wasn‘t around him. They were around him. What I do know for sure is the second Joe Biden walked off that debate stage it was obvious to everybody that at that point he was no longer the capable candidate that we needed to run,” Smith said.