The New Yorker magazine has joined other major publications in calling for President Biden to step down after its editor said watching Biden during Thursday’s debate was “an exhilarating experience.”
New Yorkers is now the third publication, along with The New York Times and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, to ask Biden to step down in favor of the younger Democratic candidate.
“We’ve known for a long time that Biden, no matter what issues he might have on one side or the other, is not a fluid or effective communicator of policy,” wrote New Yorker editor David Remnick.
“Questioned about his decline, Biden’s communications team and recognizable surrogates and advisers gave reporters a response that sounded like what we all, sooner or later, tell acquaintances when asked about aging parents: they had a good day and bad day,” he wrote.
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Remnick wrote that watching Biden “wander into senselessness” made observers “pity” and “fear the country.”
“Watching Thursday’s debate, watching Biden walk across the stage, was a fun experience, and it will certainly take away all the vague and qualified descriptions from White House insiders about good days and bad days,” he said.
“You watch it, and, at the most basic human level, you can only feel compassion for the person and, even more, fear for the country.”
Remnick made the comments despite defensive comments from Biden supporters, including former President Obama, First Lady Jill Biden and Governor Gavin Newsom.
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“That loyalty is misplaced, at least for a while,” he wrote. “They did what they felt they had to do to prevent the Biden campaign from going live, the irreversible cratering of poll numbers, the evaporation of fundraising, and the threat of Trump Redux.”
A New Yorker editor said that Biden’s stay in the race would be in direct conflict with his years of public service.
“To remain in the race would be pure arrogance, uncharacteristic of a man generally considered decent and devoted to public service,” Remnick wrote.
“To remain in the race, at this post-debate point, would also suggest that it is impossible to imagine a more important ticket,” he wrote.
Remnick concluded the piece by noting that “there’s no shame in getting older” but that there would be “honor” in stepping back and exiting the race.
“It’s sad like this, but we all have to do it. There’s no shame in getting older,” he wrote. “It’s an honor to recognize today’s difficult demands.”
The New Yorker article came after the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The New York Times invited him out of the race.
“Mr. Biden says he is the candidate who has the best chance of addressing this tyrannical threat and defeating it,” The Times said. “The argument is mainly because he defeated Mr. Trump in 2020. This is not a sufficient reason why Mr. Biden should be the Democratic candidate this year.”
“Mr. Biden answered an important question Thursday night. It wasn’t the answer he and his supporters wanted,” the Times concluded. “But if the risk of Trump’s second term is as he says – and we agree that the danger is very great – then his dedication to this country leaves him and his party with only one option.”
After the debate, Democrats and liberal media figures reportedly “panicked” after Biden’s performance.
Optics lead to full-on a meltdown in the Democrat-friendly mediawith reporters at various outlets reporting on dozens of Democratic Party officials saying the 81-year-old Biden should consider declining the party’s nomination at the Democratic National Convention.
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Biden gave no indication that he would resign at his first rally after Friday’s debate Raleigh, North Carolinainsisted he could beat Trump.
“I can do this job, because, frankly, the stakes are very high,” Biden said passionately. “Donald Trump is a real threat to this nation.”
President Biden also spoke about his stumbling performance, saying, “I don’t debate like I used to.”
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“I know how to do this job. I know how to get it done,” he told a roaring crowd that chanted “Four more years.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Biden campaign for comment.