After Joe Biden’s debate disaster, it was only a matter of time before party bigwigs pushed him out of the race.
Kamala Harris has become the consensus replacement candidate, but she’s got some drawbacks and is vulnerable on several fronts.
Now Michael Moore is urging Biden to move heaven and earth so that Kamala can win in Michigan.
Filmmaker Michael Moore is a radical leftist who never met a wild-eyed social crusade he wouldn’t enthusiastically champion.
Notwithstanding, he was one of the few on the political left who warned of Donald Trump’s strength with voters in his home state of Michigan.
While Hillary Clinton and the Democrats were focusing on expanding the map with campaign stops in North Carolina and Arizona in 2016, Trump consolidated his support in the Rust Belt.
That decision turned out to be unwise for the political Left.
Joe Biden has shown tremendous weakness in the Wolverine State this election cycle.
On the day before he quit the presidential race with a statement on X, a new poll by the Detroit Free Press showed Trump handily defeating Biden in Michigan by seven percentage points.
Some pundits have even claimed that this was the straw that broke the camel’s back for Biden’s 2024 reelection campaign.
Kamala Harris hasn’t fared much better in the state.
Michael Moore knows it and is pressing Biden to rig the game in Harris’ favor.
For Moore and those of his mindset, they don’t want Biden to kick around anymore now that he’s exhausted his usefulness.
His continued existence in the White House is also a stark reminder of how Democrat political leaders have colluded with corporate media to lie about Biden’s cognitive abilities (or lack thereof) for months or perhaps even years.
Moore: Joe Biden, please position Kamala for success
In what amounts to essentially a Moore Manifesto on Substack, the filmmaker and carb enthusiast wrote, “May I ask you, Mr. President, for one more brave and bold action? Kamala Harris will be in a much stronger position to win if she can run as the President of the United States. As the incumbent President. This will give the country a chance to see her in action — as the most powerful person in the world.”
No perfect options for Team Blue with Harris as their candidate
Maybe.
Or it could give more ammunition to the political Right who have argued for years (likely correctly) that Biden has been out of his depth and not up to the job.
Such an action would also put more of a focus on how much Harris knew about Biden’s diminished condition and how long she was aware of it.
Further, if Harris assumed the presidency, it would be much harder for her and her supporters to deflect criticism of the failed Biden-Harris policies related to securing the southern border.
Moore’s call for drastic action makes sense because the Democrats are worried about Harris’ electoral abilities.
Biden has reportedly shown concern over whether Kamala Harris can beat former President Donald Trump in November.
Recent polling continues to show Harris lagging behind former President Trump.
In a poll released by CNN on Wednesday that was conducted after Biden dropped out of the presidential race, former President Trump leads Vice President Harris by 3 percentage points.
Stay tuned to Blue State Blues for any updates to this ongoing story.
