- Republican Senator Ted Cruz again said he believed Democrats would try to swap Michelle Obama for President Joe Biden at next year’s convention
- Cruz appeared on Fox & Friends on Monday and was asked to respond to comments made by Obama adviser David Axelrod
- Axelrod said Biden should ‘think’ about leaving office as new polls show him trailing former President Donald Trump in most swing states
Republican Senator Ted Cruz on Monday reiterated his theory that Democrats would “jettison” 80-year-old President Joe Biden and “parachute” Michelle Obama as their nominee for the White House at next summer’s convention.
Cruz appeared on Fox & Friends Monday morning, where he was asked by co-host Brian Kilmeade about Obama adviser David Axelrod suggesting that Biden should “think” about dropping out as this is the “last moment” to do so, as the presidential primaries begin. mid-January.
In messages on X SundayAxelrod pointed to new polls The New York Times and Siena College which showed Biden trailing former President Donald Trump in five of the six crucial swing states.
Cruz told Kilmeade he thought Axelrod’s attempt was “very serious.”
‘I have long believed that Barack Obama is the person pulling the strings behind Joe Biden. Joe Biden is clearly not up to that. I think Obama makes the decision. And Axelrod is Obama’s right-hand man,” Cruz said.
Republican Senator Ted Cruz on Monday reiterated his theory that Democrats would “jettison” 80-year-old President Joe Biden and “parachute” Michelle Obama as their nominee for the White House at next summer’s convention.
Axelrod — the chief strategist of Obama’s winning 2008 and 2012 campaigns — said in his Sunday posts that Trump was a “dangerous, unhinged demagogue whose blatant disregard for the rules, norms, laws and institutions of democracy should be disqualifying.”
“But the stakes in miscalculation here are too dramatic to ignore,” Axelrod warned.
“Only Joe Biden can make this decision. If he continues to run for office, he will become the Democratic Party’s nominee. What he has to decide is whether that is wise; Whether it is in HIS interest or in that of the country?’ said Axelrod.
Obama’s top aide pointed to the poll numbers and said they will send “tremors of doubt” through the Democratic Party, not “bedwetting,” he added, “but legitimate concern.”
Cruz echoed this, noting that “over the past six months we’ve seen more and more warning signs that Democrats are getting scared.”
“I said three months ago on my podcast, Verdict with Ted Cruz, I predicted that there was a very real chance that the Democrats would jettison Joe Biden and parachute in Michelle Obama, and that they would do it at the convention next summer.” , Cruz said. said. “I think the likelihood of that is increasing every day.”
Michelle Obama has long indicated that she does not want to be a political candidate.
Michelle Obama, photographed speaking in Chicago on Friday at an Obama alumni event marking the 15th anniversary of her husband’s election, has shown no interest in running for political office but is often put forward marketed as a potential Democratic presidential candidate
On Sunday, Obama adviser David Axelrod suggested that 80-year-old President Joe Biden (pictured) should consider whether it is in his or the country’s best interest to run for a second term, citing swing state polls show him losing to the former president. Donald Trump
Still, Cruz argued that she is the only one who could easily take Biden’s place.
“The reason I say Michelle Obama is that if Biden gets out of the way, Kamala Harris is next and she is a deeply flawed candidate,” he said. ‘They know that. In the Democratic Party, they cannot push aside Kamala Harris and replace him with a white man.”
“They can’t get Gavin Newsom involved over an African-American woman without their party going crazy,” he continued.
Newsom, the governor of California, has taken steps that indicate he will eventually seek the White House, but has already endorsed Biden’s 2024 campaign.
“Michelle Obama is the only person who can come along and do that without breaking the party,” the Texas Republican said.