David Axelrod, a former senior adviser for Barack Obama suggested on Sunday that Joe Biden should drop out of the 2024 presidential race.
Axelrod made the suggestion in the wake of a new poll showing the incumbent trailing former President Trump.
It's very late to change horses; a lot will happen in the next year that no one can predict & Biden's team says his resolve to run is firm.
He's defied CW before but this will send tremors of doubt thru the party–not "bed-wetting," but legitimate concern. https://t.co/g6zeWF0T87— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) November 5, 2023
From The Hill:
Pointing to a New York Times and Siena College poll published Sunday, Axelrod wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter: “It’s very late to change horses; a lot will happen in the next year that no one can predict & Biden’s team says his resolve to run is firm.”
Arguing Biden is “justly proud of his accomplishments,” Axelrod said Biden’s poll numbers will “send tremors of doubt” through the Democratic Party.
The @POTUS is justly proud of his accomplishments. Trump is a dangerous, unhinged demagogue whose brazen disdain for the rules, norms, laws and institutions or democracy should be disqualifying. But the stakes of miscalculation here are too dramatic to ignore.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) November 5, 2023
“Not ‘bed-wetting,’” but legitimate concern, Axelrod wrote.
“Trump is a dangerous, unhinged demagogue whose brazen disdain for the rules, [norms], laws and institutions or democracy should be disqualifying,” Axelrod wrote in a separate post. “But the stakes of miscalculation here are too dramatic to ignore.”
“Only @JoeBiden can make this decision,” he continued. “If he continues to run, he will be the nominee of the Democratic Party. What he needs to decide is whether that is wise; whether it’s in HIS best interest or the country’s?”
Only @JoeBiden can make this decision. If he continues to run, he will be the nominee of the Democratic Party. What he needs to decide is whether that is wise; whether it's in HIS best interest or the country's?
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) November 5, 2023
The poll found Biden trailing Trump in five out of six battleground states including Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania by margins of 3 to 10 percentage points among registered voters. In Wisconsin, Biden was ahead by 2 percentage points, according to the poll.
The poll’s findings serve as a major blow to Biden’s campaign after the incumbent carried all six states in 2020 when up against Trump, The New York Times reported.
A few days ago, Biden’s Democratic primary challenger Dean Phillips also said Biden would lose the election to President Trump and called on him to pass the torch to the next generation.
WATCH: Presidential hopeful Rep. @deanbphillips (D-Minn.) says Biden is “one of the only Democrats who might lose to Donald Trump.”
“If this election was held today, President Biden would lose. And it is an existential threat to the future of the U.S.” pic.twitter.com/OD7g7DoP2x
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) October 28, 2023
Despite the poor polling numbers, some democrats still believe Biden will win,
Spot on from @donnabrazile:
"I'm old enough to to remember that Ronald Reagan was trailing in 1980s for his election. I'm old enough to remember when Bill Clinton was trailing and Barack Obama was 'toast' right before the 2012 re-election. Don't count out Joe Biden." pic.twitter.com/ZyFKlwR2sC
— Ammar Moussa (@ammarmufasa) November 5, 2023
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