Hollywood actress Ashley Judd voiced her concerns about President Joe Biden in a USA Today opinion piece this week, citing concerns that he will lose badly to former President Donald Trump in the 2024 election.
The piece came after George Clooney’s New York Times op-ed urging Biden to withdraw from the presidential race.
“As I listened to one of my dearest people share some of those beliefs and thoughts, it hurt,” Judd wrote on Friday.
“I was shaken. My body felt like it was on fire.”
“The words activated in me profound alarm in the aftermath of the recent debate at which President Joe Biden, a deeply decent man, was incapable of countering Trump, while he, unchecked, gushed a firehose of galling lies.”
“I do not necessarily think all Trump supporters believe, feel, act and speak like this. I know Donald Trump himself does.”
“That is critical. That is why I have come to realize that my private, personal belief is one I should no longer just keep to myself.”
“And so, I now ask President Joe Biden to step aside,” Judd wrote.
The actress, a major Democrat Party supporter, who has campaigned on issues such as women’s rights, reproductive rights, and social justice, admitted it was the end of the road for Biden.
She continued:
“The defense of our cherished rights and freedoms, the moral imperative that we do better by more people and our bodies, cannot be left to voters who see and are frightened of the consequences of President Biden’s obvious limitations, or who are now not going to vote.”
“We take the risk of an off night and minimize the warning signs at our gravest peril.”
“Thus, because of the very real hurt millions of people would feel when he is president again, the Democratic Party must not delay in thanking President Biden and supporting a talented, robust Democrat to be our party’s nominee. We do not have another day for distraction or division among ourselves.”
“Some in Washington may want to wait for the next week, the next press conference, the next network interview.”
“Here, where I sit in rural Tennessee, it is clear that Americans have already made up their minds against President Biden, on top of the majority who love to vote for Donald Trump.”
Judd concluded:
“My folks are not bad people, despite what you may now think of them.”
“They are facing bad options. We must give them a different choice from our Democratic Party for president of the United States.”
As the 2024 election draws closer, the most important event in U.S. political history, Democrats are facing a crossroads, and one false move could end with their destruction.
Meanwhile, Biden’s campaign is suffering more blows by the day, with major donors jumping ship.
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