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Pop singer Taylor Swift and cultural icon Oprah Winfrey are likely to be some of the moderators of the possible "blitz primary"—where potential Democrats will duke it out for the presidential ballot, replacing Joe Biden in the run for Office.
Knewz.com has learned that the 81-year-old incumbent president has seemingly failed to invoke the confidence of his supporters following the first presidential debate of the year on June 27.
Biden's performance at the June 27 debate has led to prominent Democrats calling on him to take his name out of the running, something that has infuriated the President.
Whether it was while voicing his criticism of challenger Donald Trump or trying to answer his allegations against his presidency, Biden was found stumbling his way through his statements, especially towards the beginning of the CNN debate.
While talking about border security – a rather crucial topic for this year's presidential election – Biden's statement became increasingly unintelligible, with Trump grabbing the chance to reply: "I really don’t know what he said at the end of that sentence. I don’t think he knows what he said, either."
Another notable example was when he tried to respond to a question about the national debt, and he trailed off toward the end of his response and ended his statement with another one of his verbal gaffes, saying, "We finally beat Medicare."
Trump immediately pounced on the opportunity when it was his turn to respond: "Well he's right, he did beat Medicare. He beat it to death and he's destroying Medicare."
Several senior House Democrats reportedly admitted to believing Biden should not run for Office anymore in a private meeting on Sunday, July 7.
The ones to have lost confidence in Biden as an able contender in the 2024 Presidential elections include Democrat Congressional Representatives Jerry Nadler and Joe Morelle of New York, Adam Smith of Washington, Jim Himes of Connecticut, and Mark Takano of California, sources have told The Wall Street Journal.
In the face of the ongoing turmoil regarding Biden's candidacy, the Democrat camp has reportedly proposed a plan that would involve the incumbent president stepping down from the ballot and the party carrying out a "blitz primary" process ahead of the Democratic National Convention to determine his replacement.
It was reported by Semafor that the plan was the brainchild of Rosa Brooks, a Georgetown University law professor who served in the Obama and Clinton administrations and was a volunteer policy adviser to the Biden campaign in 2020, and Ted Dintersmith, education philanthropist and venture capitalist known to have donated to several Democrat campaigns.
"In the midst of malaise and crisis, we can forge an uplifting path," the latter told the outlet.
As part of the proposed plan, potential candidates would be given a few days to announce their candidacy, following which the party would select six candidates with the most votes from delegates would "pledge to run positive-only [short] campaigns in the month leading up to the convention," per Semafor.
In a bid to engage voters, the six candidates would engage in weekly forums during the month-long sprint curated by culturally relevant and popular celebrities. The list of possible curators reportedly includes names like Taylor Swift, Oprah Winfrey, and former First Lady Michelle Obama.
"We can limp to shameful, avoidable democracy-ending defeat. Or Democrats can make this Our Finest Hour. While we hope for help from Lord Almighty, the Lord helps those who help themselves," the memo about the proposed plan states, according to Semafor. "We need to act. Now."
News of the Democratic Party's receding faith in his candidacy has reached Biden's ears, as he dared disgruntled Democrats to run against him during a Morning Joe interview on Monday, July 8.
"I’m getting so frustrated by the elites … in the party. With any of these guys who don’t think I should run — run against me... Challenge me at the [Democratic National Convention, to be held in August]," Biden said in the interview, via OK! Magazine.
On the other hand, Radar Online reported that comedian and actor Whoopi Goldberg echoed the voices of those who still support the incumbent president on the TV show The View on July 8.
"I don’t care if he’s pooped his pants. I don’t care if he can’t put a sentence together. Show me he can’t do the job and then I’ll say, okay, maybe it’s time to go," she said, per the outlet.
"Now, he had a bad night the first time that he went on and debated with Kamala Harris [in 2020], and everybody wanted him to quit then, saying: ‘You can’t talk to women like this’ or ‘You’re doing this wrong, you’re doing that wrong," Goldberg added. "He came back, said, ‘You know what? I got it,’ and gave four years."
