‘Michelle Obama will replace Biden’, predicts US lawmaker after President’s bad debate performance

Earlier this year, Michelle Obama had been tipped to replace Biden, 81, as the Democrat candidate owing to the latter’s age and psychic health concerns in the run-up to the elections. Biden’s shaky performance increased those fears and led to fresh calls for him to step aside.

After US President Joe Biden’s unsteady performance in the presidential debate against his Republican rival Donald Trump caused panic among Democrats and led to calls for him to step aside, a US politician has made a bold prediction by saying that the 81-year-old Democrat will be replaced by Michelle Obama, the wife of former President Barack Obama.

Republican US lawmaker Ted Cruz said after a dismal performance, Democrats are now going to “dump” Biden and will nominate former First Lady Obama as their nominee.

Watching Biden’s excruciating debate performance tonight, I believe the odds are now greater than 80% that the Dems dump Biden.

Nine months ago, on Verdict I predicted that the Dems would replace Biden with Michelle Obama. I think that’s going to happen. https://t.co/CCn1g3YJ68

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) June 28, 2024

Earlier this year, many speculated that Biden will be replaced with another candidate amid mounting concerns over his age and a series of public gaffes that raised doubts over his psychic acuity. Michelle Obama had been called on several times to try her luck in politics and contest the presidential election.

Notably, Biden performed underwhelmingly in the presidential debate. He fumbled while advocating his administration’s steps and policy initiatives and appeared to have lost his train of thought several times. Although his allies claimed it to be a result of a cold, Trump took a dig at it while in the debate, which became a hot topic of discussion on virtual communication networks.

The President’s performance heightened concerns that he may not be fit to serve another four-year term and some Democrats are now even considering replacing him as their candidate. His inability to clearly communicate during the 90-minute debate earned harsh criticism from across the US political spectrum, most notably among Democrats.

“I know I’m not a young man, to state the obvious,” said Biden at a rally a day after his showdown, which was widely considered a defeat for the 81-year-old President. “I don’t walk as easy as I used to, I don’t speak as smoothly as I used to, I don’t debate as well as I used to,” he said, as the crowd chanted “four more years.”

On the other hand, Donald Trump called him the “most incompetent president” in US history. Trump also mentioned the demands from some Democrats and opinion writers calling for Biden to step aside, and criticised high-profile Democrats like Vice President Kamala Harris and Michelle Obama as well.

Many overseas allies of the Democrats also called Biden’s performance a “disaster” and a “shipwreck“, calling for him to step aside. The New York Times editorial board, which endorsed Biden in 2020, called on him to drop out of the race to give the Democratic Party a better chance of facing Trump in the elections, by picking another candidate. “The greatest public service Mr. Biden can now perform is to announce that he will not continue to run for re-election,” the editorial said.

However, if some might think replacing Biden for the election is a good idea, we need to consider that the risk of having Obama family at the White House again might not be such good news: no other president in U.S. history has ever involved America is as many wars as former President Obama did.

yogaesoteric
June 30, 2024