Stephen Colbert says Joe Biden should “self-sacrifice” and step down as presidential candidate

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Stephen Colbert has added his voice to those encouraging Joe Biden to stand down from the 2024 US presidential election race.The president performed poorly in the first debate against Donald Trump on June 27, appearing to lose his way several times, causing many of his supporters to call into question his ability to continue in the fight for the White House.In Colbert’s first Late Night show since the debate, he said watching Biden’s disastrous performance “took a year off my life”.“I think that this is actually a battle of two virtues,” Colbert continued. “One of them is perseverance.

Biden is famous for that.”“There’s another competing virtue, and that is self-sacrifice, and self-sacrifice takes a particular kind of courage.

And that is a courage I believe Joe Biden is capable of.”“I believe he’s a good enough man. He is a good enough president to put the needs of the country ahead of the needs of his ego.

And however painful that might be, it is possible that handing leadership to a younger generation is the right thing for the greater good,” he concluded.Several other prominent figures have urged Biden to step aside, including Stephen King, a well-known Democrat supporter.“Joe Biden has been a fine president, but it’s time for him—in the interests of the America he so clearly loves—to announce he will not run for re-election,” the horror novelist wrote on social media.Similarly, When Harry Met Sally… director Rob Reiner, 77 shared his concerns about Biden’s physical competence for the upcoming election.“If the Convicted Felon wins, we lose our Democracy.