The New York Times editorial board was one of the first prominent voices to call for President Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race, and it reiterated that position this week. Veuer’s Matt Hoffman has the story.
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00:00The New York Times editorial board was among the first prominent voices to call for President
00:04Biden's withdrawal after his disastrous debate performance, and they're not backing down.
00:08On Tuesday, the board published another editorial headlined,
00:11The Democratic Party Must Speak the Plain Truth to the President.
00:14In it, they argued that in the days since the debate,
00:17Biden has continued to appear as a man in decline.
00:20And they directly addressed other elected Democrats, saying that the campaign against
00:23Biden's candidacy has so far been a whisper campaign that is inadequate to this moment.
00:28In response, Biden campaign spokesperson Seth Schuster told Politico,
00:32The last time Joe Biden lost the New York Times editorial board's endorsement,
00:35it turned out pretty well for him.
00:37This was in reference to the 2020 primary campaign, not the general election.
00:41On Tuesday, Biden's opposition within the party seemed to be faltering,
00:44with one anonymous House Democrat telling Axios,
00:46As someone who wanted the reckoning and is really disappointed that it's over, trust me,
00:50it's over.
00:51But as of Tuesday night, the public airing of concerns was not over yet.
00:54Democratic Senator Michael Bennett of Colorado appeared on CNN to say that
00:58Biden's candidacy could cost the party more than just the White House.
01:02Donald Trump is on track, I think, to win this election,
01:06and maybe win it by a landslide and take with him the Senate and the House.