Sunday, June 30, 2024

Philadelphia Inquirer: Trump Should Withdraw




In a contrast to the New York effing Times' editorial calling for President Biden to step aside, the Philadelphia Inquirer published an editorial yesterday, saying that if anyone should drop out of the race, it should be the Malignant Loser. An excerpt:

"Lost in the hand wringing was Donald Trump’s usual bombastic litany of lies, hyperbole, bigotry, ignorance, and fear mongering. His performance demonstrated once again that he is a danger to democracy and unfit for office. In fact, the debate about the debate is misplaced. The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump. [snip]

His performance demonstrated once again that he is a danger to democracy and unfit for office. Trump, 78, has been on the political stage for eight years marked by chaos, corruption, and incivility. Why go back to that?  [snip]

He is running for president to stay out of prison. If anything, Trump doesn’t deserve to be on the presidential debate stage. Why even give him a platform?"  (our emphasis)

Biden's debate performance was dreadful and concerning. But the Malignant Loser's firehose of lies, slanders, and dictatorial threats is being downplayed by our broken media, which has normalized him over the past eight plus years (more if you count his birtherism).  Time to call it out.