Joe Biden Savaged by New York Times Editorial Board: ‘Leave the Race’

The New York Times editorial board has joined calls for President Joe Biden to step down as the Democratic’s nominee before November.

An op-ed published by the newspaper Friday was in reaction to the president’s performance during the first presidential debate of the 2024 season the night prior, where Biden faced former President Donald Trump since the first time the two candidates ran for office in 2020.

The editorial board wrote that Biden “has said that he is the candidate with the best chance of taking on” the “threat” the Trump poses to American democracy, and acknowledged the president’s victory four years ago over the presumptive GOP nominee.

“His argument rests largely on the fact that he beat Mr. Trump in 2020,” read the op-ed. “That is no longer a sufficient rationale for why Mr. Biden should be the Democratic nominee this year.”

“At Thursday’s debate, the president needed to convince the American public that he was equal to the formidable demands of the office he is seeking to hold for another term,” the editorial border continued. “Voters, however, cannot be expected to ignore what was instead plain to see: Mr. Biden is not the man he was four years ago.”

The essay was titled, “To Serve His Country, President Biden Should Leave the Race.”

This is a developing story. It will be updated as information becomes available