The Pressure on Biden to Drop Out
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To the Editor:
Re “Biden Reassures Governors of Fitness, but Concedes His Schedule Is Draining” (news article, July 5):
I am gobsmacked. President Biden told the Democratic governors that “he needs to get more sleep and work fewer hours, including curtailing events after 8 p.m.” Is that supposed to ease our minds?
Why was there no pushback from the governors? Does the president not see that his remark is completely disqualifying? Does he not understand the demands of the presidency after serving three and a half years in office? Does he really expect the American public to just accept that at certain times of the day — crises be damned — the president needs a nap?
Why won’t Mr. Biden do the right thing and withdraw his candidacy, and why won’t the Democratic leadership demand that? If I felt that, despite the president’s undeniable physical and cognitive decline, he had a clear path to victory, it would be one thing. But he’s a long shot to win the presidency at best.
I’d rather roll the dice so that we can find a Democratic candidate who can prioritize the needs of the country over the need to sleep.
Eric Graber
Annapolis, Md.
To the Editor:
Re “Advisers Scramble to Contain Defections” (news article, July 4):
President Biden’s aides have scrambled to assure voters that he’s up to the job. That may indeed be an accurate answer, but to the wrong question.
At this point in the election, the only relevant question is not whether Mr. Biden can do the job, but whether, after his debate debacle, he can win the job. And everybody outside his family and inner circle knows that the answer to that one is “no.”
