George Clooney, a high-profile Biden supporter and fundraiser, is the latest in a series of high-profile donors, celebrities and political figures to call for Biden to end his campaign, after the President's disastrous 27 June debate against Donald Trump. Movie star, self-described "lifelong Democrat” and one of the party's leading fundraisers George Clooney has added his voice to calling for President Joe Biden to end his faltering reelection campaign. Clooney wrote in a opinion piece that he loves Biden, 81, but the party would lose the presidential race as well as any control in Congress with him as the nominee.
"I love Joe Biden," Clooney wrote. "I consider him a friend, and I believe in him..
. But the one battle he cannot win is the fight against time.” In his op-ed, Clooney said: "Our party leaders need to stop telling us that 51 million people didn’t see what we just saw," in reference to Biden’s weak debate performance against presumptive Republican nominee and Donald Trump on 27 June.
"This is about age. Nothing more," he continued. "We are not going to win in November with this president.
" “This isn’t only my opinion; this is the opinion of every senator and congress member and governor that I’ve spoken with in private.” Clooney argued the party should pick a new nominee at its convention next month, saying the process would be “messy” but “wake up” voters in the party’s favour. “It’s devastating to say it, but the Joe Biden I was with .