WaPo Columnist Makes Plea for Biden, Harris Not to Run Again: ‘Painful to Say’

President Joe Biden appears to be charging full speed ahead toward the 2024 Democratic nomination.

Yet polls show a majority of Americans and even a majority of Democrats think he is too old to run again. Right now — although it is very early — it appears the election could be very close.

And on Tuesday, columnist David Ignatius argued in The Washington Post Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris should decline to run again.

“Biden has had a remarkable string of wins. He defeated President Donald Trump in the 2020 election; he led a Democratic rebuff of Trump’s acolytes in the 2022 midterms; his Justice Department has systematically prosecuted the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection that Trump championed and, now, through special counsel Jack Smith, the department is bringing Trump himself to justice,” Ignatius wrote to open his column.

He stated what he admires most about Biden is his ability to govern “from the center out” and with an “unexpectedly steady hand.” He also touted the president’s handling of foreign policy, specifically the United States’ support of Ukraine.

However, Ignatius wrote, “But I don’t think Biden and Vice President Harris should run for reelection. It’s painful to say that, given my admiration for much of what they have accomplished. But if he and Harris campaign together in 2024, I think Biden risks undoing his greatest achievement — which was stopping Trump.”