President Joe Biden himself admits that he delivered a “bad” performance in the first 2024 presidential debate. About a week after what some consider to be the worst debate performance in the history of televised debates, polls indicate that more voters than ever have an unfavorable opinion of the president, believe he is too old for the job, and/or prefer someone else leading the Democratic ticket this fall. Despite these concerns, President Biden has reasserted to Americans that his name will still be on the ballot in November.
Watch the above video as Straight Arrow News contributor Jordan Reid argues that Biden’s historic accomplishments as president should outweigh voters’ concerns regarding one bad debate night and encourages Americans to support President Biden.
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The following is an excerpt from the above video:
It’s been a few days since that unmitigated disaster of a debate, during which time I’ve listened to countless pundits opining on whether the Democrats should a) urge Biden to step down and replace him with a different nominee, or b) rally the party behind him and go full steam ahead with Biden at the helm. A few important considerations:
Biden has been an excellent president. He inherited a broken country suffering through economic insecurity, intense racial conflict, and a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic. He expanded overtime pay, pushed for an over-the-counter birth control pill to counterbalance the effects of Roe v. Wade being overturned, he established the Office of Gun Violence Prevention, he’s passed landmark legislation to address climate change. Has everything been perfect? Ah, no. But on balance, his has been a successful presidency.
The presumptive nominee to replace him would be Kamala Harris. Which, great, I like her, but I know a lot of people feel like she’s been totally off the radar as VP — except, unfortunately, for her not-super-well-received efforts at the border.
I don’t question that she’d do a good job. I just question her electability, because invisibility plus misogyny plus racism doesn’t seem to bode well. But I’ve been surprised before.