George Clooney: Democratic area code according to Biden's withdrawal necessary
George Clooney: Democratic area code according to Biden's withdrawal necessary
The actor and important donor of the Democrats, George Clooney, told CNN and emphasized that there should have been a area code last summer after the then president Joe biden Presidential race has got out. At the same time, he revealed which democrat sparked his interest in 2028.
Clooney's thoughts on the past elections
Clooney's comments come from an interview with CNN moderator Jake Tapper. At a time when the Democrats try to to correct their mistakes in the Senate Republicans lost - pushes Clooney on a consolidated message for 2028. "How they tackled this was a failed administration," said Clooney about the campaign that Vice President Kamala Harris took over after Biden immediately signaled his support for her. "You can't criticize yourself, right? That was why it was a difficult campaign. It is difficult to walk against yourself and say: 'Well, I do not agree."
Clooney is considered a kind of guide by many supporters of the Democrats in Hollywood because of his engagement and activism. A few months ago, he wrote a guest post for the New York Times, in which he asked bidges not to start re -election. This marked a turning point in a movement that finally led to the president announced his decision to retreat. Instead of Harris inherits the ticket, Clooney argued, there should have been an open area code for democratic nomination. He was of the opinion that Harris could probably have won the area code, but called a certain governor on whom he had an eye. "I think we have some really good governors," said Clooney and expressed the desire for a "quick area code". He called Andy Beshear, the governor of his home state Kentucky, as well as the governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer. "But the one who thinks in my opinion ... is Wes Moore," says Clooney. He referred to the democratic governor of Maryland and lifted his handling of the Baltimore . "He is a real leader. ... I like him very much. I think he could be someone we could all stand behind." Clooney also made it clear that now is the right time to find the next leader of the Democrats. "We have to find someone - very soon," he added and emphasized: "It is our job to put together a decent team to assert us."
In June 2023, Clooney organized a star -occupied fundraiser for bidens re -election campaign. But only a few weeks later, according to bidens Desaströser Performance in the presidential debate against Donald Trump, the actor published the shocking guest post in the New York Times, which he described on Tuesday as a "civil duty". "Because I saw that people on my side of the street - I am a democrat. I was in Kentucky Democrat, so I understand it - when I saw people on my side of the street didn't say the truth, I thought it was time," said Clooney Tapper. In his guest post last summer, Clooney, who maintains a long friendship with bidges, expressed doubts about the fitness of the president and emphasized that he "not the Joe ' big f-in deal ’biden from 2010"
"He wasn't even the Joe Biden from 2020," wrote Clooney. Biden would ultimately only get out weeks later , and clooney Supported Harris . Clooney spoke to Tapper from the Winter Garden Theater in New York City, In "Good Night, and Good Luck" appearance, a Broadway adaptation of the film of the same name, which he staged in 2005. The film is based on the work of the veteran journalist Edward R. Murrow and the tension with the Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy during the McCarthy era in the 1950s. "It does not matter which political side you are on - if you hear things like: 'We must not confuse dissent with illoyality. We always have to remember that an allegation is not evidence and an conviction on proof and is based on the ordinary process of law and we will not be afraid. Words an extraordinary power for expressing what we are in our best condition. When Tapper Clooney asked how he and his team put together an assembly in the play that highlights news clips from different decades - including Tapper, who criticizes those who suppress dissent, and people who defend bidens fitness - Clooney explained that a large part of it has to do with "how we decide to get information". "It is not just the attempt to ... solve questionable problems," said Clooney, and added: "I thought that the assembly was a way, how we gradually understand how we were all ... this idea of the wild West." cnns Michael Williams contributed to this report. The desire for an open area code
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