Atlanta Paper Joins Call For Biden To Step Aside

From the editorial board of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

In an impassioned campaign rally on Friday, President Joe Biden tried to convince American voters that his alarming performance on a debate stage here in Atlanta the night before was an aberration. But the unfortunate truth is that Biden should withdraw from the race, for the good of the nation he has served so admirably for half a century.

That reality may be difficult to accept for a man whose personal and political lives have been defined by resiliency, but it is the truth. Biden deserves a better exit from public life than the one he endured when he shuffled off the stage Thursday night.

If he displays the courage and dignity that have defined his political career, he might follow in the footsteps of the nation’s first president and welcome his retirement, secure in the knowledge that he again served his country with honor.

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