Political commentators and liberal media hosts hailed President Biden for choosing to withdraw from the presidential race, even comparing him to George Washington.
Political commentators and liberal media hosts are hailing President Biden for choosing to withdraw from the presidential campaign, with multiple broadcasters comparing him to George Washington. Biden faced increasing pressure from members of the media to step aside as the nominee for the good of the Democratic Party in the weeks after he debated former President Trump.
hosts compare Biden to Washington for his address announcing that he would withdrawal from the race ’s Joy Reid said Wednesday that Biden showed the country the extent to which he would sacrifice his own personal ambitions. 'This was selfless on a level, I think, that's important in a way that we talk about George Washington being selfless,' Reid said. 'In saying, ‘I could keep doing this, for me, because I think I can, but I’m going to stop doing it because I think there are choices,' she said.
host Joe Scarborough read from a guest essay by historian Jon Meacham that was published on Monday in The New York Times. 'His decision is one of the most remarkable acts of leadership in our history, an act of self-sacrifice that places him in the company of George Washington, who also stepped away from the presidency,' Meacham wrote. Meacham was fired as an
contributor in 2020 for failing to disclose that he served as a speechwriter for Biden during the campaign. CNN's Abby Phillip and other commentators say Biden is another Washington CNN host Abby Phillip said that the president would be a much more 'powerful' national figure if he continued to lean into the decision he made by dropping out of his presidential campaign.
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