The Democrats’ Desperation

The Times abandons the candidate whom it once asked the country to make its president.

AP/Gerald Herbert
President Trump, at the CNN debate at Atlanta,on June 27, 2024, denied having sex with a porn star. AP/Gerald Herbert

The editorial in the Times calling on President Biden to quit his campaign for a second term is really something — a study in journalistic desperation. Mr. Biden has just won a primary race that has put him in a position to be the Democratic Party’s nominee. Now, at the first whiff of a campaign debate, the Times wants him to quit. “The president’s performance in the debate,” it says, “made it clear that he is not the man he was four years ago.”

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