Nate Silver Says Biden Should Resign the Presidency After Watching ‘Incoherent’ Comments to George Stephanopoulos
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Pollster Nate Silver recommended President Joe Biden resign after watching a clip from a post-debate interview.
“This is a pretty incoherent answer including a non-sequitur complaining about a New York Times poll, which he incorrectly claims had him down 10 points before the debate (it was actually 3 or 4 points, depending on which version you look at),” Silver wrote on X in response to a clip from an interview between Biden and George Stephanopoulos.
This is a pretty incoherent answer including a non-sequitur complaing about a New York Times poll, which he incorrectly claims had him down 10 points before the debate (it was actually 3 or 4 points, depending on which version you look at). https://t.co/uV6acR43M6
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) July 5, 2024
“I wimped out in today’s column and deleted a line saying he should formulate a plan to transition the presidency to Harris within 30-60 days, but I’m there now. Something is clearly wrong here,” Silver wrote.
The most generous way to put it is that he doesn’t seem in command, and that’s an extremely hard sell when you’re Commander in Chief. I continue to think this number is low and Democrats will apply incredible amounts of pressure.https://t.co/HW7mQIjpNE pic.twitter.com/ntW4TiUvrv
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) July 5, 2024
In Biden’s talk with Stephanopoulos, he chalked up his debate performance to a “really bad cold.”
“We were trying to figure out what’s wrong. They did a test to see whether or not I had some infection, you know, a virus. I didn’t,” he said.
According to Biden, he’s staying in the race. The president told a Wisconsin crowd this week he has no intention of being replaced.
“Well, let me say as clearly as I can — I am staying in the race! I’ll beat Donald Trump!” he said. “I will beat him again in 2020. And by the way, we’re gonna do it again in 2024.”
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