{"id":2291879,"date":"2024-07-10T11:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T15:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-clooney-calls-for-biden-to-step-aside-weeks-after-co-hosting-fundraiser-for-him-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T11:57:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T15:57:16","slug":"george-clooney-calls-for-biden-to-step-aside-weeks-after-co-hosting-fundraiser-for-him-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-clooney-calls-for-biden-to-step-aside-weeks-after-co-hosting-fundraiser-for-him-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"George Clooney calls for Biden to step aside weeks after co-hosting fundraiser for him &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeorge-clooney-calls-for-biden-to-step-aside-weeks-after-co-hosting-fundraiser-for-him-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2291879&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>George Clooney has called\u2063 for\u2064 President \u2062Joe Biden\u200b to \u2062step aside\u2062 from\u200b the presidential\u2064 race, despite\u2062 hosting\u200c a fundraiser for Biden&#8217;s campaign just weeks ago. In an\u2064 opinion piece for the New York Times, Clooney expressed his concerns about Biden&#8217;s \u200dcandidacy. This comes as a\u2062 surprising move from \u200bthe Hollywood star and \u2063political activist. Clooney cited Biden&#8217;s \u2064age and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-joe-bidens-senior-moment-of-the-week-vol-27\/\" title=\"WATCH: Joe Biden&#039;s Senior Moment of the Week (Vol. 27)\">declining cognitive abilities<\/a>\u200b as reasons for calling \u200bfor him to step \u2062aside. He also \u2062expressed concerns about Biden&#8217;s ability to effectively defeat Donald Trump in the upcoming \u2063election.<\/p>\n<p>While Clooney acknowledged that Biden has a\u200c long and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michael-barone-give-thanks-for-the-northwest-ordinance\/\" title=\"Michael Barone: Give Thanks for the Northwest Ordinance\">successful political career<\/a>, he believes that\u2062 it is time for the Democratic Party to consider\u2064 a younger, more progressive candidate to lead the party in the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his previous support for Biden, Clooney emphasized the importance of putting the country&#8217;s interests first and choosing a\u2063 candidate who \u2063has the energy and vision \u2063to bring \u200cabout meaningful change.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen how\u200c Clooney&#8217;s comments will impact Biden&#8217;s campaign, but they have certainly added fuel to the \u2063ongoing debate within\u200d the Democratic Party\u200b about the best candidate to take on Trump in\u2062 November.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span 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updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-10T11:46:19-04:00\">July 10, 2024 11:46 am<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1699341\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Hollywood star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/george-clooney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"George Clooney\">George Clooney<\/a> called on President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"George Clooney\">Joe Biden<\/a> to step aside from the presidential race, weeks after he hosted a fundraiser for the president\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Writing an opinion piece for the <em>New York Times<\/em> on Wednesday, Clooney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/10\/opinion\/joe-biden-democratic-nominee.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> the Biden people saw during the president\u2019s disastrous debate less than two weeks ago was the \u201csame man\u201d he saw at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-12-minutes-on-the-picket-line-biden-jets-off-to-fundraiser-with-abolish-policing-billionaires\/\" title=\"Biden leaves picket line after 12 mins for fundraiser with &#039;Abolish Policing&#039; billionaires.\">high-profile fundraiser<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the last four years, he\u2019s won many of the battles he\u2019s faced,\u201d Clooney wrote. \u201cBut the one battle he cannot win is the fight against time. None of us can. It\u2019s devastating to say it, but the Joe Biden I was with three weeks ago at the fund-raiser was not the Joe \u2018big F-ing deal\u2019 Biden of 2010. He wasn\u2019t even the Joe Biden of 2020. He was the same man we all witnessed at the debate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clooney is one of the biggest names to defect from supporting Biden\u2019s campaign, as Democrats in Washington continue to deliberate on how to move forward toward November.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a breaking story and will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1699341\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1699341\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Clooney, who recently co-hosted a fundraiser for President Joe Biden, has now called for Biden to step aside from the presidential race. In an opinion piece for the New York Times, Clooney expressed disappointment in Biden&#8217;s performance at a recent debate and stated that the Biden he saw at the fundraiser was not the same as the Biden of previous years. Clooney&#8217;s decision to withdraw support from Biden is significant as Democrats consider their next steps leading up to the November election<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2291880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/George-Clooney-biden-2024.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,8135,34524,5894,32076],"class_list":["post-2291879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-fundraiser","tag-george-clooney","tag-politics","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/George-Clooney-biden-2024.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2291879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2291880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2291879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2291879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2291879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}