Former President Invoice Clinton has come out in protection of fellow Democrat zombie Joe Biden within the wake of Thursday evening’s disastrous debate efficiency.
In a publish on X, the platform previously generally known as Twitter, Clinton wrote that “info and historical past matter.”
Clinton wrote, “I’ll depart the controversy ranking to the pundits, however right here’s what I do know: info and historical past matter. Joe Biden has given us 3 years of strong management, steadying us after the pandemic, making a report variety of new jobs, making actual progress fixing the local weather disaster, and launching a profitable effort in lowering inflation, all whereas pulling us out of the quagmire Donald Trump left us in. That’s what’s actually at stake in November.
I’ll depart the controversy ranking to the pundits, however right here’s what I do know: info and historical past matter. Joe Biden has given us 3 years of strong management, steadying us after the pandemic, making a report variety of new jobs, making actual progress fixing the local weather disaster, and launching…
— Invoice Clinton (@BillClinton) June 28, 2024
Apparently fearful of the response the publish would get, the previous president turned off replies to the publish.
The previous president’s spouse, Hillary Clinton, additionally backed Biden after the controversy.
The selection on this election stays quite simple.
It’s a selection between somebody who cares about you—your rights, your prospects, your future—versus somebody who’s solely in it for himself.
I’ll be voting Biden. https://t.co/mxkpLIOEux
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 28, 2024
“The selection on this election stays quite simple. It’s a selection between somebody who cares about you—your rights, your prospects, your future—versus somebody who’s solely in it for himself,” the previous first girl wrote in a publish on X. “I’ll be voting Biden.”
Former President Barack Obama additionally defended his VP, writing on X, “Unhealthy debate nights occur. Belief me, I do know.”
Unhealthy debate nights occur. Belief me, I do know. However this election continues to be a selection between somebody who has fought for odd of us his whole life and somebody who solely cares about himself. Between somebody who tells the reality; who is aware of proper from incorrect and can give it to the…
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 28, 2024
Obama continued, “However this election continues to be a selection between somebody who has fought for odd of us his whole life and somebody who solely cares about himself. Between somebody who tells the reality; who is aware of proper from incorrect and can give it to the American folks straight — and somebody who lies by his tooth for his personal profit. Final evening didn’t change that, and it’s why a lot is at stake in November.”
Many Democrats, together with the New York Instances editorial board, have known as for Biden to step apart and get replaced earlier than the November election.