Ultra-liberal filmmaker Michael Moore thinks that President Joe Biden’s decision not to run in the 2024 election was a “great start,” but wants him to immediately resign to give Vice President Kamala Harris a better chance at beating former President Donald Trump.
In an insanely long-winded article on his Substack, Moore penned, “Biden must resign so Harris can run as the incumbent president” in order for Democrats to secure a victory in the upcoming election.
“It’s been 24 days of mourning since the debate debacle sunk all of us into believing this election was over, that we were going to be abused by Trump for another four years,” he began, claiming the feeling was “sick.”
“But in one shining moment, at 1:46pm [Sunday] afternoon, President Biden, in a true profile in courage, a selfless act for which he will be honored and remembered for years to come, put his country ahead of himself,” he lauded before making a request.
Biden stepping down is a GREAT start. Next, Biden must resign so Harris can run as the incumbent president. Then, Harris must immediately call for a ceasefire in Gaza. The rest of us must believe Trump is beatable. WE are the majority. Time to mobilize… https://t.co/k8iUg5mzK5
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) July 22, 2024
“May I ask you, Mr. President, for one more brave and bold action?” the “Bowling For Columbine” director teed up.
“Kamala Harris will be in a much stronger position to win if she can run as the President of the United States,” Moore continued.
He noted that allowing Harris to run as the incumbent would give the country a taste of how she handles the role of “the most powerful person in the world.”
Dem leaders want us to believe we didn’t see what we saw at the debate. But my eyes don’t lie. Neither do yours. This isn't about whether Biden's fit to serve 4 more yrs—but rather should he serve 4 more days? What happened on that stage was heartbreaking. https://t.co/JTYETNCaVi
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) July 5, 2024
Moore suggested that Harris would have nearly four months “to show the American people her intelligence, strengths, and compassion.”
Moore asserted that if Biden steps down immediately, Harris “will have the power to issue significant executive orders to help the middle class, protect the environment, and restore basic women’s rights.”
Despite a recent poll in swing state Georgia, which has Trump leading Harris by 51 percent to 46 percent Moore claimed that Trump was “beatable” and that America is fundamentally a “liberal country.”
Earlier this month, Moore criticized the Democratic Party, which he described as “out of control.”
He argued that the party wanted Americans to ignore Biden’s poor performance during the CNN presidential debate, where Biden appeared “so mentally and physically incapacitated that he cannot complete a sentence.”
“This was not a cold. This was a human being in utter collapse,” Moore dramatically wrote.
“Not just political collapse, or performance collapse, but rather a full frontal lobe meltdown where at any moment you had to wonder… was it possible that the sweet and fragile existence we call ‘life’ was about to short-circuit, or worse, lose power (to Trump)?”
“This isn’t about whether he’s fit to serve another four years—this is about whether he should serve another four days in the toughest job in the world,” he continued. “That’s the question we should be asking.”
Meanwhile, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy blasted Democrats over what he described as “hijacking” democracy after Biden dropped out of the race.
In a furious Instagram post on Monday, Portnoy seethed about the left calling former President Donald Trump a “threat to Democracy” while they themselves “trampled on democracy” by appointing Harris as the party’s nominee instead of holding a primary, likening the situation to something that could happen in a “third world country.”
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“I’m a libertarian,” Portnoy said, noting that he was both not religious and pro-choice. “There’s a lot on the Right that I don’t agree with … but I f***ing hate the extreme Left. And they are reminding me why I cannot vote for them.”
“And I cannot vote for Kamala [Harris],” he continued. “Because not even that they are trotting out Kamala now and that they whacked Joe Biden like I said they were gonna. … They hijacked democracy. No other way to say it.”
He reminded his followers that Harris ran for president in 2020 and was not a fan favorite of voters.
“You know how many votes she got? Zero,” he pointed out. “And I guess she’s never going to have to get a real vote because she’s been hand-picked on purpose by the people who have been running Joe for the past 2-3 years.”
“Now they are going to try to run her,” he added. “It’s disgusting. It’s a hijacking of democracy.”
Portnoy said that “Stand By Me” director Rob Reiner’s comment that “Democracy will survive” now that Biden dropped out and Harris was tapped as his replacement, infuriated him and prompted his video.
“The Democrats and the Left, the way they s*** on our face and tell us it’s 80 [degrees] and sunny is so infuriating,” he remarked. “Just admit you hijacked democracy. You hate him [Trump] so much you’re willing to trample on democracy.”
“Steal the vote from the American public,” he went on. “The most, supposedly, important right an American has, the right to vote … you have stolen it from the Democratic Party.”
The Barstool Sports founder pointed out that nominating Harris without holding a primary was akin to telling Americans that “a group of elite, small people are going to handpick and shove down your throat who you vote for,” and pressured Democrats to “just admit that.”
“But this ‘Democracy is saved’ and ‘America is saved,’ it’s the lowest point for democracy in my lifetime,” he noted.
“Just say you hate f***ing Trump so much you’re willing to do whatever it takes to beat Trump and it doesn’t matter what rights you steal, stomp on … you’re willing to do it,” Portnoy concluded.