Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy accused Democrat management of making an attempt to “hijack” democracy after President Biden introduced his resolution on Sunday to droop his bid for re-election amid mounting stress from inside his personal celebration.
In a video posted to X, Portnoy referred to as the choice to withdraw from the marketing campaign the “proper transfer,” however he criticized the timing of it.
Dave Portnoy appears on previous to Sport 4 of the NBA Finals between the Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics at American Airways Middle in Dallas on June 14, 2024. (Stacy Revere/Getty Photographs)
“They whacked Joe when the powers that be despatched him out for that debate with Trump. They knew what we’ve identified perpetually when you’ve got two eyes and a mind: that he was a lettuce head, a vegetable,” Portnoy mentioned.
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“It’s the proper transfer, he shouldn’t run. It’s not for the proper causes. Like, he has been this fashion for years and the Democrats have been hiding it. Then they’re like, ‘Effectively, he in all probability can’t beat Trump, so we received to get someone else in there.’ How they waited this lengthy, so now what? They’ll hand-pick principally who their substitute goes to be?”
He continued, “How they waited this lengthy is madness, they usually’re attempting to hijack, principally, democracy. They’re not letting individuals vote. It goes to the conference, it’s insane, as a result of he’s been this fashion earlier than he went and ran. That in itself is f—ing loopy.”
Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports activities is seen in the course of the UFC 281 occasion at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis on November 12, 2022. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
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Portnoy went on to criticize the choice to withdraw from the presidential race however stay in workplace regardless of considerations about Biden’s mental acuity.
He doubled down on his declare in a sequence of posts on X, calling it “insane and calculated.”
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Biden, 81, mentioned he’ll formally tackle the nation this week about his resolution.
President Biden (AP Picture/Jacquelyn Martin/File)
“It has been the best honor of my life to function your president. Whereas it has been my intention to hunt reelection, I imagine it’s in one of the best pursuits of my celebration and the nation for me to face down and focus solely on fulfilling my duties as president for the rest of my time period,” he mentioned on Sunday.
Fox Information’ Paul Steinhauser and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
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