Some donors pulled out of a fundraiser for President Joe Biden on Tuesday following a disastrous debate performance, casting blame on First Lady Jill Biden for not advising her husband to pull out of the 2024 presidential race.
Jill Biden was set to attend multiple fundraisers Sunday, but some pulled out of one set for the Hamptons after seeing the debate, where Biden fumbled for words, made gaffes, and didn't answer questions to viewers' satisfaction.
“Lots of people are blaming his wife… for not telling him [to step aside],” one donor told the New York Post.
The New York Times reported that the first lady believes her husband was just having a "bad night" on Thursday, although she publicly praised him saying he "answered all the questions."
According to the Times, several megadonors from Silicon Valley tried to reach out to the first lady on Saturday to convince her to get the president to step aside, but they apparently failed to get an audience with her.
Biden said Friday that he doesn't walk as well as he used to, but said he's still a better candidate than Trump.
Left-leaning pundits called his debate performance "babbling" and "hoarse," however--not references to how he walked.
While some like the Democrat National Committee won't admit to any panic, others are getting to the point of insisting Biden step aside.
A Times op-ed by Thomas Friedman declared that it was time for Biden to step down, and arguments on both sides have ensued.
Biden insists he's staying in the race, and his wife either agrees or is the one behind his decision.
The first lady coincidentally appears on Vogue magazine's cover this month, and the caption on the front reads, "We will decide our future."
Besides complaints from Republicans about how Melania Trump, a former supermodel, never got offered a Vogue cover while first lady, the cover reveals more than it intends to with one word: "we."
If Joe Biden is so competent mentally, why doesnt' it say "Joe will decide his future"?
Because everyone knows Jill is the one pulling the strings. Even if it kills Joe to stay in office--which it might.
