Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy recently criticized leadership within the Democratic Party for trying to “hijack” democracy after President Biden announced on Sunday that he would not accept the party’s nomination as its presidential candidate in November. Biden faced intense pressure from Democrats to step down and allow another candidate to challenge Trump.
Following the first presidential debate against former President Donald Trump, many Democrats lost faith in Biden as their presumptive presidential candidate after the evidence of his diminished cognitive state became unavoidable. Ultimately, Portnoy maintained that Biden’s decision to withdraw was the “right move,” but he criticized its timing.
Portnoy, shirtless and sporting a captain’s hat, opened his video message, stating, “The big news Joe Biden. Joe Biden says he’s not running for reelection, which will conclude probably the greatest negotiation in the history of America. How much did they have to pay the Bidens the DNC? What was his retirement package? What did Joe Biden Hunter, what did they get?”
The Barstool Sports founder suggested that the entire predicament was orchestrated to remove Biden from the race. “Joe, whatever they finally got the right price, whatever that may be. It’s what I said from the beginning. They whacked Joe when the powers that be sent him out for that debate with Trump. They knew what we’ve known forever if you have two eyes and a brain: that he was a lettuce head, a vegetable,” Portnoy continued.
Portnoy added that while Biden withdrawing from the race was ultimately the right move, there are other factors to consider. “It’s the right move, he shouldn’t run. It’s not for the right reasons. Like, he has been this way for years and the Democrats have been hiding it. Then they’re like, ‘Well, he probably can’t beat Trump, so we got to get somebody else in there.’ How they waited this long, so now what? They can hand-pick basically who their replacement is going to be?” he said.
He went on, “How they waited this long is insanity, and they’re trying to hijack, basically, democracy. They’re not letting people vote. It goes to the convention, it’s insane, because he’s been this way before he went and ran. That in itself is f***ing crazy.” Dave opined that it is concerning that Joe Biden is not fit for a second term but is still serving as president in the meantime.
Portnoy said, “But the number two thing so he’s stepping down, because everybody in the Democratic Party is saying he’s unfit. He has dementia. George Cooney is not the same. He was different guy. Other people saying they don’t recognize me. But he’s still gonna be president. He’s still president. He still has the keys to the nukes, not fit enough to run for president, being forced out of the party. Nobody trusts him, but he’s still the president.”
Watch Portnoy’s commentary on President Biden stepping down while off the coast of Nantucket below:
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