{"id":2292701,"date":"2024-07-11T13:34:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T17:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-obama-pulling-clooneys-strings-former-president-and-actor-spoke-before-brutal-biden-op-ed-report\/"},"modified":"2024-07-11T13:36:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T17:36:21","slug":"is-obama-pulling-clooneys-strings-former-president-and-actor-spoke-before-brutal-biden-op-ed-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-obama-pulling-clooneys-strings-former-president-and-actor-spoke-before-brutal-biden-op-ed-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Obama Pulling Clooney&#8217;s Strings? Former President and Actor Spoke Before Brutal Biden Op-Ed: Report"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fis-obama-pulling-clooneys-strings-former-president-and-actor-spoke-before-brutal-biden-op-ed-report%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=2292701&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>The article\u200c discusses rumors \u200dof\u200b a strained\u200b relationship between President Joe Biden and former President \u200bBarack Obama, with actor\u200c George Clooney even calling for Biden to step down \u200cin a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newt-gingrich-says-he-will-not-accept-joe-biden-as-president\/\" title=\"Newt Gingrich Says He \u2018Will Not Accept Joe Biden As President\u2019\">recent op-ed<\/a>.\u2064 Clooney reportedly reached out to \u2063Obama before publishing the piece, \u200dand Obama&#8217;s response was described as apathetic. The article also mentions that top\u2062 Democrat Nancy Pelosi is advising some Democrats in swing districts to secure\u200c their own re-elections, even if it means asking \u200dBiden to step aside. These developments highlight\u2064 the challenges facing Biden and the Democratic party as they head into the 2024 election.  <\/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\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>Is Obama Pushing to Remove Biden? Star Actor Reached Out to Him Before Brutal Op-Ed: Report<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/bchai\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/bchai\/%20\"><span>Bryan Chai<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 11, 2024 at 9:03am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>As much as high-ranking Democrats have tried to underplay or outright deny it, rumors have long persisted that the relationship between President Joe Biden and his old boss, former President Barack Obama, is tepid at best \u2014 and outright frosty at worst.<\/p>\n<p>A new report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/playbook\/2024\/07\/11\/what-obama-and-pelosi-are-doing-about-biden-00167520\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a> isn\u2019t going to help quell that chatter \u2014 especially in the wake of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/msnbc-correspondent-breaks-bad-news-post-debate-polls-joe-biden-doesnt-lead-single-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disastrous<\/a> presidential debate in late June that appears to have fractured the Democratic base.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the most high-profile example of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-democrat-governor-caught-hot-mic-says-really-thinks-biden-dont-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fractured<\/a> state of Democrats came on Wednesday, when actor George Clooney penned an opinion piece for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/10\/opinion\/joe-biden-democratic-nominee.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> that called on Biden to step down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love Joe Biden,\u201d Clooney wrote. \u201cAs 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. In the last four years, he\u2019s won many of the battles he\u2019s faced.<\/p>\n<p>\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 fundraiser was not the Joe \u2018big F-ing deal\u2019 Biden of 2010. He wasn\u2019t even the Joe Biden of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was the same man we all witnessed at the debate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The article, somehow, drew the ire of both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-campaigns-attempt-hit-back-george-clooney-causes-confusion-laughter-cnn-mean\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a> and his chief political rival and presumptive GOP presidential nominee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-drops-bomb-george-clooney-slams-late-discovery-bidens-decline-get-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And the Clooney op-ed may have pulled that feat off because of a clear connection to Obama \u2014 who, again, probably isn\u2019t the favorite of either Biden or Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Per Politico, before Clooney published his \u201cbuzzy and brutal\u201d NYT piece, he reached out to Obama about it.<\/p>\n<p>(It is worth noting that Obama has no official position in the Biden administration, but he\u2019s still very much a top figurehead in the Democratic party.)<\/p>\n<p>Clooney reached out to Obama\u2019s camp to give them \u201ca heads-up\u201d about the forthcoming piece, and the 44th president\u2019s response was \u2026 interesting, to say the least.<\/p>\n<p>Obama\u2019s response? It was apparently one of screaming apathy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Obama did not encourage or advise Clooney to say what he said, he also didn\u2019t object to it, we\u2019re told from people familiar with their exchange,\u201d Politico reported. \u201cThe lack of pushback is an eye-popping revelation given that the former president was one of the first big voices defending Biden following his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whitmer-vaults-to-top-of-donor-lists-while-big-gretch-tries-to-promise-loyalty-to-biden-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Whitmer rises in donor rankings as \u2018Big Gretch\u2019 pledges loyalty to Biden - Washington Examiner\">abysmal debate performance<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can see Obama\u2019s (faux?) defense of Biden below:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bad debate nights happen. Trust me, I know. But this election is still a choice between someone who has fought for ordinary folks his entire life and someone who only cares about himself. Between someone who tells the truth; who knows right from wrong and will give it to the\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barack Obama (@BarackObama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama\/status\/1806758633230709017?\">June 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Compounding matters for Biden, the Politico report also noted that another top Democrat, Nancy Pelosi, isn\u2019t exactly trying to keep Democrats reading the same book, let alone be on the same page.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Pelosi has] advised some Democrats in swing districts to do whatever they have to do to secure their own re-elections \u2014 even if it means asking Biden to relinquish his place atop the ticket,\u201d Politico noted, though the former speaker apparently asked those same Demcorats to hold off on that \u201cuntil this week\u2019s NATO Summit is finished out of respect for Biden and national security writ large.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden was already facing a stiff uphill challenge for re-election \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/monumental-shift-puts-trump-ahead-biden-just-hours-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">even before<\/a> that critical debate.<\/p>\n<p>If his party continues to operate the way it is, that uphill challenge may genuinely be insurmountable.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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Famous Actor Contacted Him Before Harsh Op-Ed: Report<\/p>\n<p>There have been ongoing rumors about the strained relationship between President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama. A recent report from Politico has added fuel to the fire, especially after a divisive presidential debate in June. Actor George Clooney even wrote an opinion piece for The New York Times calling for Biden to step down, which drew criticism from both Biden and his political rival, Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Clooney reportedly reached out to Obama before publishing the piece, and while Obama did not encourage or advise him to write it, he also did not object. This lack of pushback is surprising given that Obama was one of the first to defend Biden after his poor debate performance.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, top Democrat Nancy Pelosi has advised some Democrats in swing districts to prioritize their own re-elections, even if it means asking Biden to step down. Biden was already facing challenges for re-election, and if his party continues to operate in this manner, his chances may be even slimmer.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 election is crucial, and The Western Journal is committed to providing truthful coverage. However, they are facing challenges from Big Tech and elites who are cutting off their advertising revenue. They are asking for support to continue their fight for America&#8217;s future<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2015,"featured_media":2292702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Obama-and-Clooney.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,24939,5315,15322,3819],"class_list":["post-2292701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-clooney","tag-obama","tag-op-ed","tag-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Obama-and-Clooney.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292701","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\/2015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2292701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2292702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2292701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2292701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2292701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}