Even Morning Joe Is Now Saying Biden Leaving Seems Inevitable
Morning Joe, the show that's been a strong supporter of President Biden, seems to be in the final stages of acceptance.
"We've had so many momentous days over the last couple weeks. I can't believe there won't be history books that just detail what's happened, maybe over the last three weeks, the last 21 days," Joe Scarborough said.
"It's really dizzying. It feels like when you see documentaries of 1968. The chaos that went on, just one event after another after another. But yesterday, Willie, was just a day in and of itself that may be determinative, that may lead to that March 1969 moment when LBJ announced that he wasn't going to seek the Democratic nomination again.
"I mean, you think about yesterday morning, we're on the show, and I brought up a series of polls that showed very little movement post debate and very little movement even post the tragedy that occurred on Saturday. Also, just one Democratic pollster after another saying it wasn't the debate that caused damage to Joe Biden, it was probably all the Democratic infighting afterwards.
"So there was a belief in Biden World that he could survive. Then we get off the air, and one thing after another happens. of course, we heard that Senator Schumer, the Democratic majority leader in the United States Senate, called on Joe Biden to, in so many words, to step down. Hakeem Jeffries, basically the same thing, real concern. Perhaps still one of the most powerful people among grassroots and Democratic donors, Nancy Pelosi.