First senior White House official urges Biden to drop it

(Louis Cornelius, Holder USA) A senior White House official, speaking anonymously with the News from New Yorkhas advocated for President Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race, citing concerns about his declining health.

The official, who has worked closely with Biden since his vice presidency, expressed doubts about Biden ability to defeat former President Donald Trump.

The newspaper, far from being a right-wing outlet, wrote that after “seeing Mr. Biden in private, in public and while traveling with him, the official said they no longer believed the president had what it took to campaign in a vigorous manner and defeat Donald J. Trump”.

The outlet added: “The official, who insisted on anonymity to continue serving, said Mr Biden had consistently shown more signs of his age in recent months, including speaking more slowly, haltingly and quietly ·la, as well as looking more tired in private.”

This is the first instance of a White House insider, albeit anonymously, calling for Biden's withdrawal from the race amid growing public scrutiny of his cognitive impairmentas shown aa CNN Debate.

Journalist Yashar Ali underscored the significance of the official's statement, noting that the attribution to a “senior White House official” suggests close proximity to Biden.

Notably, that says “senior White House official” and not “senior administration official.”

Senior White House official: A group of dozens of people.

Senior administration official: a group of hundreds of people. https://t.co/ZktY8ocDAb

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) July 7, 2024

These observations come after six Democratic legislators publicly urging Biden to step down, including Reps. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, Scott Peters, D-Calif.; Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz.; Seth Moulton, D-Mass.; Mike Quigley, D-Ill.; Angie Craig, D-Minn.

“Recognizing that, unlike Trump, President Biden's first commitment has always been to our country, not to himself, I am hopeful that he will make the painful and difficult decision to step down,” Doggett said.

Echoing that sentiment, Quigley emphasized, “The only thing that [Biden] What you can do now to cement that forever and avoid total catastrophe is to give up and let someone else do this.”