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Clooney says who should replace Biden

The Hollywood star was instrumental in ending Joe Biden’s campaign – now he has revealed who he wants to take over.

Oscar-winning actor George Clooney has hailed President Biden as a hero for “saving democracy” for standing down.

He has also endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris — just two weeks after calling on the president to drop out of the election in a scathing newspaper article., the New York Post reports.

“President Biden has shown what true leadership is. He’s saving democracy once again.

“We’re all so excited to do whatever we can to support Vice President Harris in her historic quest,” Clooney told CNN in a statement on Tuesday.

 

George Clooney played a role in Joe Biden’s campaign finishing. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)
George Clooney played a role in Joe Biden’s campaign finishing. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

 

Clooney’s opinion peace in the New York Times came after Mr Biden’s catastrophic debate performance against former President Donald Trump.

“I love Joe Biden. As a senator. As a vice president and as president. I consider him a friend, and I believe in him. Believe in his character. Believe in his morals,” Clooney wrote.

“But the one battle he cannot win is the fight against time.

“None of us can.

 

Clooney has backed Kamala Harris. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP)
Clooney has backed Kamala Harris. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP)

 

“It’s devastating to say it, but the Joe Biden I was with three weeks ago at the fundraiser was not the Joe ‘big F-ing deal’ Biden of 2010,” he added.“He wasn’t even the Joe Biden of 2020. He was the same man we all witnessed at the debate.”

The staunch Democrat also called out party leaders on Capitol Hill, who Clooney said “need to stop telling us that 51 million people didn’t see what we just saw” at the CNN debate June 27.

 

(L-R) George Clooney, President Joe Biden, Julia Roberts and former president Barack Obama at a Democrat party fundraiser in Los Angeles. Picture: Instagram @juliaroberts
(L-R) George Clooney, President Joe Biden, Julia Roberts and former president Barack Obama at a Democrat party fundraiser in Los Angeles. Picture: Instagram @juliaroberts

 

“We are not going to win in November with this president,” the actor bluntly said.

Clooney’s call for the President to bow out of the race was followed by reports that Democrat heavyweights, such as Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, were putting pressure on him to stop his campaign.

After weeks of pressure, Mr Biden, 81, announced on Sunday that he was dropping out of the presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be his successor.

It was the first time an incumbent president has declined to run for re-election since Lyndon Johnson dropped out of the presidential race in 1968.

This story first appeared in the New York Post and is reproduced with permission.

Author: Isabel Keane – New York Post

Source: News Corp Australia Network:

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