Scots actor Alan Cumming urges Joe Biden to withdraw from presidential race

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Alan Cumming has voiced his opinion that Joe Biden should step down as US President, joining the ranks of high-profile Democratic supporters advocating for his withdrawal from the presidential race.The Scottish actor and host of The Traitors US, who became an American citizen in 2008, echoed sentiments previously expressed by staunch Democrat and Hollywood icon George Clooney following Biden's verbal fumbles during a televised debate with Donald Trump.Cumming, a former supporter of Biden's one-time rival Bernie Sanders, appeared on Newsnight with Kirsty Wark for her last episode this past Friday.During the interview, Wark questioned Cumming, known for his fundraising efforts for the Democratic party, about Biden's recent campaign trail mishaps, including confusing Russian President Vladimir Putin with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.Reflecting on a fundraising event he hosted for Democratic supporters and Biden just after the contentious debate, Cumming recounted: "Everyone was just sort of apoplectic, it was just awful."He continued to express his concerns, stating: "It wasn't good.

Nothing about it actually made me think, 'Oh, that was an aberration the night before'."Cumming concluded with a stark observation: "It's like we're all enabling something really bad by not speaking out more."He expressed his approval of Hollywood star George Clooney's suggestion for Mr Biden to step down, stating: "We shouldn't just feel great because he manages to set a firm grasp of foreign policy...

what we just saw is that man should not be the President of the United States. And I love him and I admire him greatly."Cumming also remarked: "I can see what's happened is people were quiet for a while, the Biden campaign went into