Pollster Nate Silver urges Biden to resign after ‘incoherent comments’ in ABC interview
Silver claimed the 'most generous' way to put it was that Biden did not seem 'in command'
By Timothy H.J. Nerozzi Fox News
Published July 6, 2024 8:43am EDT
Polling expert Nate Silver is calling for President Biden to step down following his Friday night ABC News interview.
The 22-minute interview with George Stephanopoulos was intended to calm the president's critics following his disastrous debate performance last month — but Silver claimed the back-and-forth made him look even worse.
"This is a pretty incoherent answer including a non-sequitur [complaining] about a New York Times poll, which he incorrectly claims had him down 10 points before the debate (it was actually 3 or 4 points, depending on which version you look at)," Silver said about a clip of Biden describing how he felt throughout the debate.
Silver — who had written a morning column about Biden's campaign earlier that Friday — claimed he had "wimped out" and deleted a line urging the president to begin transitioning the campaign to Vice President Kamala Harris.
But the pollster said that following the ABC interview, he believed it was time to begin preparations for a new candidate.
"I wimped out in today’s column and deleted a line saying he should formulate a plan to transition the presidency to Harris within 30-60 days, but I’m there now," Silver said. "Something is clearly wrong here."
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