George Clooney: I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee.

I saw Biden only three weeks earlier, when I went to my fundraising event in support of Biden just three weeks back, at a fundraiser to raise funds for. It’s heartbreaking to acknowledge that Biden isn’t the same person the one he was and will not be a success this season.

By George Clooney

Jul 10, 2024 07:05 PM

Opinion |George Clooney: I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee.

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I’m a lifelong Democrat and I make no excuses for that. I’m proud of the values my party represents and the values it stands for. In my participation in the process for democracy, and to vote for my favorite candidate, I’ve hosted some of the largest fundraising events that the party has had in its history. Barack Obama in 2012. Hillary Clinton in 2016. Joe Biden in 2020. In the month of March I hosted the largest fundraising event for the Democratic candidate to support Biden’s reelection. I’m putting all this out there to let you know that I am adamant of this election and how important I am of the opinion that this is the right time for us to live in.

I am a huge fan of Joe Biden. As a senator. As vice president, as well as President. He is to be a reliable friend and I am confident of his character. Trusting in his integrity. Believe in his ethics. In the last three years, he’s been able to win numerous battles he’s been involved in.

The only thing Biden can’t conquer is the war against the clock. Nobody else has the ability to. It’s an insult to admit that the Joe Biden I saw three weeks ago at an fundraising event was not the Joe ” big F-ing deal” Biden of 2010. It wasn’t or his Joe Biden in 2020. The Joe Biden that we met in the debate. Joe Biden that we saw at the time of debate.

Did he feel tired Did he feel tired. Does it sound like something to do with a cold? Maybe. But, our political leaders need to not be telling us that we’re 51 million people and didn’t see the message we saw. We’re all scared about the likelihood of another Trump administration that we’ve decided to ignore any warning signals. The George Stephanopoulos interview only confirmed the events we’ve seen the previous week. As Democrats collectively we all wait for the president’s return or reduce the volume when we see the president, who we admire take a walk out of Air Force One or walk back to the microphone in order to answer a question that is not scripted.

Do we have the authority to bring attention to these issues? It has to be. It’s all about the age of a person. It’s that simple. Additionally there is no way to reverse it. We’re not likely to be successful in winning the November elections under this president. Also, we’re not going to win the House and will likely end up going down in the Senate. This isn’t only my opinion and it’s the opinion of each senator, Congress governor and member I’ve spoken to privately. Every person, no matter their public statements.

We enjoy discussing the way in which we feel that our Republican Party has ceded all power, and the traits that made it a powerful force under the leadership by Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush to a single individual who is determined to hold the presidency. Yet the majority of our members in Congress prefer to to for signs that the dam breaks. Dams have broken. You can either throw on our shoes and pray for a miracle this November or we can be truthful.