No one cares about how the wise guys on social media judge candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden by a glaring double standard.
Trump is a 78-year-old convicted of business records fraud and found liable for sexual assault. He lies constantly, and he once instigated an attack on the U.S. Capitol. Yet no media savants and no Republicans are calling for him to get out of the race for president.
Democrats, in contrast, led by the biggest names in media — The New York Times — are pressuring President Biden to exit the race after a disastrous debate performance. Yes, Biden at 81 looked lost as he stood there, unable to confront Trump’s lies and threats to democracy. But ask the man from Mars which candidate is the bigger threat to America’s future.
Despite his grand collapse in the debate, Biden remains the better choice. As Jeh Johnson, the former Homeland Security leader under President Obama, recently told MSNBC, “I would take Joe Biden at his worst day at age 86…over Trump any day.”
Johnson pointed to the idea that the presidency “is more than just one man,” and listed the names of quality people in the Biden cabinet. Most of Trump’s former Cabinet have rejected him as an unhinged autocrat.
And consider that if a moderate Democrat like Biden leaves the........