In the aftermath of Clooney publishing a cutting op-ed calling for Biden to step down, Biden and Trump are both hitting back, all amid rumors that Obama himself knew of the op-ed, and sat back and let Clooney cook…from President Biden to Congressional Democrats on Monday stating, unequivocally, that he’s staying in the race, simmering tensions andeven though he’s repeatedly said he’s already made his decision, so, take from that what you will!over the administration’s dismissiveness of a report...
Surprisingly, both Biden and Trump opted to take shots at Clooney—Biden, likely to defend his honor and presidential fitness, and Trump, probably because he sees Biden as a uniquely weak opponent and doesis the one with a fitness problem: “The President stayed for over three hours, while Clooney took a photo quickly and left,” they said in a statement about Biden and Clooney’s interactions at the fundraiser.
And if Obama wished to be excluded from this narrative, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough had a different plan, starting his Thursdayshow with speculation about Obama’s potential role in the Clooney op-ed. “The Biden campaign and many Democratic officials do believe that Barack Obama is quietly working behind the scenes to orchestrate this,” Scarborough—who’s famously friends with Biden—.
It’s also raising eyebrows that some of the most impactful calls for Biden to step down have come from famous Obama staffers, like long-time senior adviser David Axelrod, who alsothe Biden campaign’s dismissive response to questions and criticism.
Again, Biden’s camp has denied all of this. But Clooney’s op-ed, Biden’s visibly strained support among Democratic Party leaders and donors, and Thursday’sthe stakes for our rights are existential, and, as twistedly entertaining as a Trump-Biden-Clooney-Obama feud may be, I don’t think any of us are really helped by four exorbitantly rich and powerful men shit-talking and gossiping about each other.