The Democrats turn on Joe Biden | The News Agents
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24 күн бұрынLast night, the pressure on Joe Biden ramped up a notch - George Clooney called on the President not to stand in November, through a piece in the New York Times.
It's being reported today he ran the op-ed past Barack Obama - who didnt try and dissuade him.
Nancy Pelosi - arguably the Dem's most formidably woman -suggested Biden should 'make his decision...as time was running out'.
And two senators spelled out the words the White House was dreading - Biden will lose to Trump if he doesn't quit the race.
Will Biden reckon he can sit this one out until the media storm passes - or will the focus be unbearable until he chooses to go gracefully?
It's fifty-fifty right now - and the Republican Convention kicks off in Wisconsin this weekend - how will the Democrats start talking about something else?
Later, the new MPs sitting 'behaviour training ' courses - to remind them not to be rude/abusive/drunken in the commons - Aggie Chambré has the story.
And - will Mr. Brightside become the 2024 euros anthem after The Killers Killer moment? We discuss the football, feelgood factors and folklore.
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@McTruck 22 күн бұрын
“All he needs is really one other catastrophic performance…”. And then he calls Zelenskyy “Putin”. 🤦
@hanselmansell7555 22 күн бұрын
A man's got to know his limitations, and so does his wife 😬
@ThePageNo1 22 күн бұрын
But power is just too irresistible
@hanselmansell7555 22 күн бұрын
@@ThePageNo1 very true but at this rate Joe and his wife are going to go down in flames having condemned the whole world to Trump 😔
@debbieshrubb1222 21 күн бұрын
As a person of over 60 years I feel we should be realistic about how physical and mental ability changes over time. The ageing brain even if someone doesn't have eg dementia starts to work differently. This is why we need to have discussions about how age may need to be a disqualifier for high public office. Additionally the idea you can categorically say someone doesn't have Parkinson's is suggesting a lack of understanding of how difficult neurological conditions can be to diagnose.
@mikedignum1868 22 күн бұрын
Out of all the people in the USA, these are the only two they could come up with?.. Amazing.
@1685mymusic 22 күн бұрын
Amazing???? Frightening!!!!!
@AndrewMcColl 22 күн бұрын
The GOP had plenty of potential candidates, but Trump has them by the short and curlys. Also, most of them refuse to accept Trump's loss in 2020, so this is seen as a form of revenge. For the Dems, I think Biden's only running again because Trump's on the other side and he seems to think he's got the strongest odds against him (which polling showed he did for some time). Are both candidates not really suited for four years running the country? Sure. But the US seems to have a fascination with older candidates, assuming I guess older = better. I guess we just have to hope they get over that.
@buzzukfiftythree 21 күн бұрын
Whenever I’ve asked that question, the usual response I get is “who in their right mind would want to be POTUS?”
@nosuchthingasshould4175 21 күн бұрын
An ossified system incapable of self correction, all stakeholders, and I mean at all levels of society, have too much to lose to seriously rock the boat, so the only figure capable of mounting a challenge is an unscrupulous, opportunistic sociopath. And at a time of uncertainty, crazy tends to get a following.
@SEBZERODEGREEs 20 күн бұрын
The cream of the crop.
@russelleldridge1358 21 күн бұрын
Must have been filmed just before he introduced Zelensky as Putin at NATO, and called Harris VP Trump.
@MrJohndory111 21 күн бұрын
🫣
@papamurrth1 22 күн бұрын
Only going to get worse after tonight's gaffes
@ollywright 22 күн бұрын
Lewis Hamiliton also won at Silverstone a couple of days after Labour won. Something was aligned in the stars.
@emilymaitlislaptop 22 күн бұрын
or maybe just co-incidence, with zero fate or pre-meditation! Can't tell if you're serious or not....
@SL89999 22 күн бұрын
Thanks for flagging! Beat me to it. Sir Lewis’s achievements often get overlooked despite the guy’s accomplishments far exceeding the success of other British sports people/teams. And credit to Lando for his respectable 3rd at his home circuit and the home of F1.
@josiahbartlet7840 22 күн бұрын
It is crazy that these discussions are happening now. We knew Joe Biden's age was an issue in 2020 and the party did nothing to contain those worries.
@mansnotbot4160 22 күн бұрын
But it's not just the age. It's the rapid progression of his cognitive decline. He had his moments four years ago, but he also had many sharp moments. Now, it's more of a mood.
@deadandburied7626 22 күн бұрын
Biden should be repeating that Democracy is on the ballot.
@HomemadeBrownies1 22 күн бұрын
Not just the party. The media (who I don’t like to blame often) have also played a role in dismissing or trivialising concerns about his age and cognition. This then leads to conspiracy theories brewing out of sight.
@stevenwilliamson6236 22 күн бұрын
It's the same as Ginsberg. The supreme court is stuffed with right wingers because she sat beyond when she could be replaced.
@chrisf9377 22 күн бұрын
IMO for 2020 then they realised that their best chance was to get someone strongly linked to Saint Obama. They were primarily focussed on just winning the election rather than what happens afterwards.
@cjarmstrong5939 22 күн бұрын
This is the problem with Americans voting for a person, not a party. Elect Biden & worst case, he steps down on Day 1 then another Dem carries out the same policy agenda.
@RunOfTheHind 22 күн бұрын
Well, indeed. The problem is the people voting for Trump, the person.
@SewingandCaring 22 күн бұрын
Oh no absolutely not. Worst case his dementia worsens and they continue to hide it and we get another Edith Wilson, only this time around these pathetic power crazed lunatics have control over the nukes.
@jokedejojo 21 күн бұрын
That is what happens. Wasn't President Johnson sworn in on Air Force One when Kennedy was shot?
@SewingandCaring 21 күн бұрын
@@jokedejojo Arguably no one was expecting him to be shot. Jackie certainly wasn't.
@AndyRossism 20 күн бұрын
I'm so glad the kind of music acts I'm into would never ambush me with the footy!
@23HF23 22 күн бұрын
Literally 30 mins ago he introduced Zelensky as Putin
@shyft09 22 күн бұрын
they actually should do another quick debate, it probably would settle the question
@Sausagerolex 22 күн бұрын
They were all so brilliant in this
@mockturtle1402 22 күн бұрын
Vultures? 10 years ago, the gerontology ward took away my father's driving licence. The also told me that my then 79 year old dad was frail, but they didn't know why he was so frail. The licence could be restored, with some paper work but my dad was never capable of assembling that. I tried to help him from overseas, but he couldn't even do the parts that had to be done locally. He didn't live a year after that. He never seemed as frail a Biden did in this debate. I am happy for the New Agents that they don't recognise the tragedy unfolding, that they have never lost a family member to dementia, or parkinson's or some other cruel malady of aging. Most people have - indeed, 30 years before my parents, I saw it in my grandparents. We are not vultures, we just know what we are seeing, and we know what everyone around us is seeing. If I was a US voter, I would still vote Biden. His team better than Trump's. But could I convince my friends?
@vinlennox7658 22 күн бұрын
Beautiful post. It's hard to be old . I ve seen this several times. Think I ll die before I get too old if i can! The President is clearly suffering from serious impairment.
@boipink 22 күн бұрын
It's very presumptuous that you think they haven't...
@mockturtle1402 22 күн бұрын
@@boipink I say it because if they'd experienced it, they would recognise it. That they think those of us who do recognise it are vultures means they have never experienced it. Or they are lying to us.
@allanpeters6452 22 күн бұрын
“There is no fool like an old fool.” 1:57 He should quit whilst he is ahead - like Mandela
@serverthanos 21 күн бұрын
28:00 that was absolutely brilliant!!!! What an excellent man you are
@countzeero 22 күн бұрын
I’m only here for the Emily football jokes 😂
@MsTravelady 22 күн бұрын
My money is on Spain😂
@emilymaitlislaptop 22 күн бұрын
I'm only here because of my channel name (and the second best UK political pod, behind TRIP) 😆
@pelham8910 22 күн бұрын
I am reminded of Paul von Hindenburg and Maurice Gamelin all rolled up into one old man who will remembered as the one who prevented the saving of democracy. Let us not forget "what it is all about" - Joe Biden "giving it his all", like it's a shuffleboard game at the home.
@eleanorclub 22 күн бұрын
... and Petain.
@Greaseball01 22 күн бұрын
I mean he's a bad candidate for sure but if he was going to drop out he should have done 8 months ago at the absolute latest.
@petera4985 21 күн бұрын
Does labour have training not to backchat the swearing in process for MPs Clive Lewis
@bryanhanley673 22 күн бұрын
Remember Wilson
@MrJohnnyjinx 22 күн бұрын
"Vultures" ... Lewis, you're better than that.
@maureenobrien9661 22 күн бұрын
My friend's husband is the same age as Joe Biden. He is much frailer this year than a year ago and like Joe Biden, periodically in the middle of a sentence he will freeze, lose his train of thought, then his eyes will shut briefly...and then as quickly as that happened, he's back to normal. But we all know something is going on. Beginnings of dementia, likely, not yet diagnosed, but he is no longer the person he was a year ago. As I look at Joe Biden whom I greatly admire, I see my friend's husband - who could no more run a country than Joe Biden can. I feel sad saying this, he has been a great President. But the stakes are far too high...we cannot take the risk...we cannot allow Trump to win. I am praying that he will do the right thing and step aside and allow a younger, more able candidate to take the fight forward
@elliotm 21 күн бұрын
This is show is fab
@chriswatson3464 22 күн бұрын
About time!
@stevenwilliamson6236 22 күн бұрын
There's more than one Michael Jackson and Michael Collins.
@normkeilty 20 күн бұрын
Love Lewis' impersonations though
@lisamackenzie9681 21 күн бұрын
I think you're missing a possibility. Those in control in the democratic party don't want the risk of an open primary. They don't want to risk a left wing candidate winning. After the convention, they then have the opportunity, as I understand it, to parachute in their own hand picked candidate without an open primary. If they can hold out against pressure that long, they can hand pick the person they think represents their interests the best.
@michaelthomas9708 22 күн бұрын
Gretchen Whitmer would be best to take over...
@andyking7621 22 күн бұрын
Enough ..... This is ridiculous
@jandrews6254 21 күн бұрын
Check out the inspiring and uplifting speech the President gave in Detroit. Then eat your cowardly words, you fairweather friends
@slayr399 21 күн бұрын
Lewis, please breakout that Charles impression more often.
@davidhall7744 22 күн бұрын
Biden is a decent man, but getting on a bit. Trump is not a decent man, but also getting on a bit. Is all that America can come up with? Trump makes Biden look old, but a younger, brighter Democrat could easily do the same to Trump.
@openingconsciousness 22 күн бұрын
"It's coming home" ... Moving forward, keep some duct tape on hand for Lewis' mouth
@alexharrison2743 21 күн бұрын
Impressions of Biden, Charles, & Harold Wilson? You spoil us, News Agents
@scotland9922 22 күн бұрын
crazy usa a country of 300 mil and you end up with two 75+ year olds... a real let go of grip from one gen time to move on
@lesleypatriciajordison4890 21 күн бұрын
Does that mean Starmer wouldn't approve of tee-Shirts saying "Zionist Shitlord", as modelled by Luke Akehurst North Durham?
@chargers001 21 күн бұрын
And he also called Kamala Harris "Vice President Trump" 😮
@brettwhittle4526 21 күн бұрын
Is Sopel superfluous? Is three a crowd?
@markthomas2577 22 күн бұрын
The Sweet had 13 top ten hits in the UK during the 70s. I had a double album of theirs, one album was pop hits, the other album was heavy rock. They were versatile.
@keanusolan2844 21 күн бұрын
Lewis is just amazing.
@jondexter1407 22 күн бұрын
I just don’t get why he doesn’t step aside and let Jill run?
@mimilynne 22 күн бұрын
Interview Alan Lichtman of American University in Washington, DC
@Setinmywaysalways 22 күн бұрын
Perhaps a little something in his Horlicks before bed?
@eleanorclub 22 күн бұрын
...or a gummy before broadcast 🤔
@pennywynn8716 21 күн бұрын
An 84 year old is not going to say that an 82 year old is too old for office especially as she is running again in 2024!! If 345 million Americans can't find better leaders than Trump or Biden then I refuse to hear any criticism of any other leader by them. For context I have been living in Zimbabwe for 44 years.
@angelliquem810 21 күн бұрын
The male cohost is a clown, he should be in the gossip section of this channel.
@kitbag9033 22 күн бұрын
The only way to mitigate the outcome of the US Presidential election within Europe is for the European nations to start standing up for themselves. Start raising their defense spending
@grantwallace1882 22 күн бұрын
Oh, poo. Trumpy is going to win.
@localshaman 22 күн бұрын
Hi, I'm from 13 hours in the future.... it got worse.
@Listlesscheese 22 күн бұрын
Are you not circling too?
@michaelearlwhitejr.7655 12 күн бұрын
Nancy needs to step down herself.
@RunOfTheHind 22 күн бұрын
If Biden runs, Trump wins. He should only have ever been a one-term, Trump ridding, place-holder president. But, alas, Jill liked the perks.
@TrevorBarre 22 күн бұрын
Sorry, but who the **** will replace him? Eeeermmmm...
@TrevorBarre 22 күн бұрын
The bottom line is that I would rather vote for a wooden plank than the orange psychopath.
@michaelthomas9708 22 күн бұрын
Gretchen Whitner...
@RunOfTheHind 22 күн бұрын
Whitmer/Moore for the win.
@simony2801 22 күн бұрын
They have plenty of options who would destroy trump.
@knowitnone 22 күн бұрын
Lewis is positively aglow ☀️🕶️
@matthewmcdonald9738 21 күн бұрын
How about Trump’s competency and fitness to lead?
@davidf2281 22 күн бұрын
Omar Little for President!
@robbieshand6139 21 күн бұрын
Omar's comin'
@PaulStargasm 22 күн бұрын
Trchnically Clooney didn't get it wrong in 2016 from a votes perspective as Hilary got more votes. Its the US system that put Trump in the White House.
@mansnotbot4160 22 күн бұрын
Oh, you two are SOOOOO wrong about Kamala Harris. She is deeply, deeply unpopular.
@taekwanlew 22 күн бұрын
Go on, the floor is yours
@carolscheun4690 22 күн бұрын
Google 25th Amendment of the Constitution
@jonathanfell688 22 күн бұрын
A sudden switch to an energetic, vital, vigorous, candidate would completely flummoxed Maga. Everything they have banked on is Sleepy Joe running.
@qfnoyvoy6353 22 күн бұрын
Can Ukraine really become a NATO member? Seems impossible and will lead to widening of conflict
@stevenwilliamson6236 22 күн бұрын
They are miles from the north Atlantic.
@jonathanbowen3640 22 күн бұрын
@@stevenwilliamson6236 They are closer to the North Atlantic than Turkey (A NATO member).
@BanjoLuke1 22 күн бұрын
Such a bizarre story, so oddly presented. Pelosi is a few years older than Biden and until very recently was in a post for which she was demonstrably too frail and too old. Her diction in the very brief soundbite you presented was slurred and wobbly. As to Joe.... #chernenko2.0
@alaninsoflo 22 күн бұрын
Lewis, it's the DEMOCRATIC Party, not the Democrat Party. Democrat isn't an adjective.
@Adrian-jk4kx 22 күн бұрын
O dear... I thought it said demonic....cheap glasses
@fijay2400 22 күн бұрын
With friends like George who needs enemies? He may well be right but Biden has decades of public service which warrant respect and some discretion in dealing with this. To publish this and not even mention Trump's failings is really poor.
@emilymaitlislaptop 22 күн бұрын
Hold on - Clooney has every right to publish his thoughts. He also conceded Biden's record. At what time is appropriate to acknowledge this downslide? Whether or not reference to Trump is made, this is a core issue within the Party, like it or not. Time is of the essence (which frankly, the Party leadership should have forced after Jan 2021). Shooting themselves in the foot is one of many unfortunate metaphors.
@MrJohnnyjinx 22 күн бұрын
People know Trumps failings. Nothing is surprising about him. The thing that needs explaining to people is Joe Biden, and Clooneys brave and personally hard intervention will hit the WH hard, but will make them rethink their 'don't question Bidens obvious problems' line.
@jboy9643 21 күн бұрын
Dear News Agents.......in summary are you advocating George Clooney for president? One point lacking in your piece is your suggestion who could successfully take over from BIden?
@cherray50 22 күн бұрын
If this election is to defeat Donald Trump, Biden needs to step aside NOW. Harris would be a great top of the ticket, and I believe would be able to defeat Trump. It's not that Biden is too old. IT'S THAT INDEPENDENTS AND MARGINAL VOTERS WILL EITHER VOTE FOR TRUMP OR NOT VOTE AT ALL!
@SewingandCaring 22 күн бұрын
No, it's that he's too old. There is a difference between ageism and very clear elder abuse of a man in cognitive decline, and what we all saw at the debate is the latter.
@user-hj2cr7pc8h 22 күн бұрын
George Cloiney, the insurance salesman?
@RunOfTheHind 22 күн бұрын
Coffee machines.
@user-hj2cr7pc8h 22 күн бұрын
@@RunOfTheHind oh yeah, him
@robertallen591 22 күн бұрын
trump will win and we need to think how we will handle that,,
@AdrianNicholls 22 күн бұрын
A: No B: Yes C: No, unless it’s Lee Anderson
@MsTravelady 22 күн бұрын
You’re looking at things through English centric Rose coloured specs. C’mon folks, Labour has so little support their majority is built on sand and are in a really weak position. Outside your bubble this enthusiasm doesn’t exist - it really doesn’t. As for footie, the Scots, NI and Welsh gave their Spanish flags at the ready. 😂😂
@davidr7819 22 күн бұрын
Suspect you need a different podcast
@emilymaitlislaptop 22 күн бұрын
and you are merely looking at raw psephological numbers (which have their place). Whether you like it or not, Labour are the pragmatic recipients of popular sentiment against the Tories. Outside YOUR bubble, this momentum really DOES exist - it really does. Congrats, also, on being 'anglophobic' (so much for inclusion, eh?); no fan of England or football, but you are showing your active contempt here, purely based on cultural national boundaries. How crude, misplaced and navie!!
@lordcharfield4529 22 күн бұрын
Don’t forget it’s rained almost constantly since Starmer ‘won’ the election! 😂
@emilymaitlislaptop 22 күн бұрын
Naughty, naughty, don't start - or the 'Blob' will come after you....!
@SewingandCaring 22 күн бұрын
Sir you are in your 70s, why are you spending your twilight years acting like a 14 year old on the internet? Is this really what you want to be doing in your retirement?
@annaclarke7643 22 күн бұрын
The rain is helping to wash away the stink of the Conservative’s legacy.
@sjt4225 21 күн бұрын
I think back to a conversation I had with my sister after the 2020 election. She asked, aren't you happy that Joe got elected. I said, "Yes, but there is so much to do and he's an old man." He has done a lot during his term in office. But, you need to pass the torch. Hand it to Gavin Newsom so we can win this thing by a mile.
@colincampbell4261 22 күн бұрын
Biden needs to stand down.
@johnvaleanbaily246 22 күн бұрын
Joe can't win. Time to retire.
@TrevorBarre 22 күн бұрын
To be replaced by who? Shamela Harris? Christ on a bike.
@simony2801 22 күн бұрын
@@TrevorBarre she’s 10times smarter than trump to start with. Any other democrat will destroy trump.
@emilymaitlislaptop 22 күн бұрын
That new LBC correspondent needs to learn to avoid the phrase 'basically'; almost as bad as 'literally'. For someone who claims to be a journalist, the lexical range is poor. Looks like this is the 'new normal'. And no, to pre-empt the typical misplaced responses, this is not 'misogynistic'. Sorry to burst the victimhood by proxy bubble that many choose to indulge in. Cue the outrage!
@Listlesscheese 22 күн бұрын
For clicks, you're contributing to the widening gyre
@isbestlizard 22 күн бұрын
I kinda want Biden to hold firm and let Trump win, just to watch America collapse :D
@Banyan314 22 күн бұрын
As tempting as it is to let that happen, the consequences are too awful to contemplate.
@shyft09 22 күн бұрын
why would you want America to collapse?
@jamesharvey8835 22 күн бұрын
@@Banyan314as a reluctant American I understand your position 100%, but as you say the result is too hideous to contemplate.
@carrielamarr2845 22 күн бұрын
I get it, but a weak, volatile America run by a crazy maniac does not bode well for the UK either.
@keirmitchell5560 22 күн бұрын
Short memory. I'm sure he was in charge and America did not collapse. Think you need to get out more and play with that unicorn. FJB
@Ali-gb7mf 22 күн бұрын
Joe Biden is the nominee. He’s not quitting. Get over it.
@SewingandCaring 22 күн бұрын
oh it's ok then, as Biden said in his own words, if Trump gets in and the worst happens 'at least I can say I tried my best, and at the end of the day this is what matters'
@Pietzu10 22 күн бұрын
TRUMP 2024
@simony2801 22 күн бұрын
For jail.
@simonmetcalfe5926 22 күн бұрын
This is totally disingenuous, you're pushing a right wing narrative. Actually do some work, rather than taking up 'Meme' journalism!
@Sion.leon96 22 күн бұрын
I spent at least 2/3 hours a day digesting political media and these guys have to be the most consistently impartial reporters out there. Maybe you’re just not a fan of their pick for today’s target?
@colincampbell4261 22 күн бұрын
Nonsense - not a right wing plot - just observation - people will not elect a frail elderly forgetful person for president.
@simonmetcalfe5926 22 күн бұрын
@@colincampbell4261 They're both old. One happens to lie as easily as breathing and worships dictators, the other is Joe Biden and has a stutter.
@RunOfTheHind 22 күн бұрын
The right-wing want Joe to run, lol.
@davidr7819 22 күн бұрын
Just look at footage of Biden from 4 or 5 years ago. Different bloke 😬
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