Washington has by no means skilled every week like this. On Sunday, President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race. On Tuesday, his vp, Kamala Harris, had taken over and was campaigning.
The tempo at which this story has unfold within the US media has left liberal commentators breathless. They rapidly stopped criticising Biden for selfishly clinging to energy and began praising him for his selfless about-face. What comes subsequent now that Harris is the seemingly candidate?
Contributors:
Alex Shephard – Senior Editor, The New Republic
Sabrina Siddiqui – White Home Reporter, The Wall Avenue Journal
Akela Lacy – Political Reporter, The Intercept
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For months, even years, a lot of the American mainstream media downplayed or ignored the plain: the unmistakable indicators of Biden’s cognitive decline.
One commentator who can pretty say he dissented from the mainstream view and noticed this coming is Cenk Uygur. The host of The Younger Turks spoke with us about why the liberal media received this story unsuitable.
Introducing
Cenk Uygur – Co-creator and host of The Younger Turks