The actor George Clooney, a renowned Democratic activist and a personal friend of Joe Biden, has joined those within the Democratic Party who are calling for the president to withdraw from the re-election campaign.
In an article published in the New York Times, Clooney noted that Biden is too old to continue leading the country and warned that if he does not step down, the Party will lose the elections.
"I love Joe Biden. As a senator. As vice president and now as president. I consider him a friend and I believe in him. I believe in his character. I believe in his morals. Over the past four years, he has won many of the battles he has faced. But the one battle he cannot win is the fight against time. None of us can," he wrote.
The protagonist of Ocean's Eleven referred to a recent fundraising event for Biden that he organized in June, where he noticed the deteriorating condition of the president.
"It's devastating to say, but the Joe Biden I saw three weeks ago at the fundraising event wasn't the Joe Biden of 2010. It wasn't even the Joe Biden of 2020. It was the same man we all saw in the debate," he stated.
"Was I tired? Yes. A cold? Maybe. But the leaders of our parties must stop telling us that 51 million people did not see what we just saw. We are all so terrified of the prospect of a second Trump term that we have chosen to ignore all warning signs," he added.
"We hold our breath or lower the volume every time we see the president, whom we respect, getting off Air Force One or walking towards a microphone to answer an unwritten question," he detailed.
The famous Hollywood actor stated that congressmen and governors he has spoken with in private agree with him.
He suggested that the Party should choose a new candidate at next month's convention, and although he acknowledged that the process will be "messy," he believes that it will "awaken" the voters.
Clooney mentioned other possible candidates such as Vice President Kamala Harris, Governor Wes Moore of Maryland, Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, and Governor Gavin Newsom of California.
"Is it fair to point out these things? It has to be. It's about age. Nothing more, but also nothing that can be reversed. We are not going to win in November with this president," he emphasized.
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