Reporter Who Covered Biden From Beginning of His Career Says President ‘Should Never Have Sought’ Reelection
A retired journalist who covered President Joe Biden when he won his first U.S. Senate campaign in 1972 said Biden “should never have sought a second term” in an op-ed published Wednesday.
Biden has faced a growing number of calls to step aside as the Democratic nominee after he froze at times and made several verbal gaffes during a June 27 debate with former President Donald Trump. Retired journalist Curtis Wilkie said in the op-ed published by Mississippi Today that the president should not have sought a second term due to his noticeable mental decline.
“President Biden should never have sought a second term,” Wilkie wrote. “I have an unusual perspective on this discussion dominating American politics considering I’ve known Joe Biden longer than any reporter who ever covered him. I’ve witnessed over the years how the relentless demands of the presidency have ravaged other occupants of the White House. And I share with Biden the frailties of old age that grip us both and have begun to diminish our physical and cognitive powers.”
Curtis Wilkie, who covered eight presidential campaigns, writes that Biden should step aside.
“I have an unusual perspective on this discussion dominating American politics considering I’ve known Joe Biden longer than any reporter who ever covered him.”https://t.co/0jjTmS34GM
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“This is not a new concern of mine, produced by the president’s poor performance at last month’s debate,” Wilkie continued. “I reached this conclusion during a long conversation in March 2023 with two old friends who had closer political connections to Biden than my own.”
Wilkie, who is two years older than Biden, said that he has experienced similar issues that the president has displayed during public appearances. (Read more from “Reporter Who Covered Biden From Beginning of His Career Says President ‘Should Never Have Sought’ Reelection” HERE)
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