‘If I have to be the only one to stand up for Joe Biden here, to protect him from the cruelest form of elder abuse I’ve ever been forced to watch, well then that’s what I’ll do,’ says Moore.
Liberal documentary filmmaker Michael Moore has joined calls for Joe Biden to step down, telling MSNBC the 81-year-old is being subjected to elder abuse by the Democrat Party.
“The problem here is that I think there is a form of elder abuse going on here where the Democratic Party and the people that are part of the apparatus are pushing and pushing him to stay. And then he comes out and says ‘I am staying,’ and the family says ‘I am staying,’” Moore told MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin.
“THIS IS A FORM OF ELDER ABUSE”
– Michael Moore on Joe Biden & Democrats pic.twitter.com/Ez9JYIiesz— miguelifornia (@miguelifornia) July 7, 2024
The Fahrenheit 9/11 director went on to say he was “heartbroken” by Biden’s debate performance.
“In spite of my criticisms with Biden, watching the debate a week ago was heartbreaking,” Moore said.
“It was like, imagine that was your father up there. I’m thinking, ‘Why isn’t anybody doing anything? Why did they let him go out on the stage in this condition? Who is looking out for him? Who is looking out for him right now?’”
The interview followed an episode of Moore’s podcast, where he explored the elder abuse angle in greater detail, arguing that besides having to debate “living monster” Donald Trump, the event was scheduled too late for an elderly man like Biden.
“If I have to be the only one to stand for Joe Biden — that’s right, you heard me say that — if I have to be the only one to stand up for Joe Biden here, to protect him from the cruelest form of elder abuse I’ve ever been forced to watch, well then that’s what I’ll do,” Moore said on his Rumble podcast, titled, “‘Elder Abuse’ is Refusing to Give the President a Neurological Exam — and Instead PUSHING Him to ‘Soldier On.’”
“He was in epic distress that Thursday night,” Moore continued.
“Every cognitive default in his mind seemed to be shutting down. If this had been somebody that you truly cared about, loved, embraced, what would you have done? Would you have seriously even let him go out on that stage? Who would send an 81-year-old out onto any stage to debate a living monster at nine o’clock at night for a brawl that would not end until 10:42 p.m.? Honestly, have any one of you ever looked at the clock, saw that it was getting near 11 p.m. and said to yourself, ‘I think I’m going to give grams and gramps a call’?”
It seems despite numerous documented gaffes and faux pas, Moore is barely acknowledging Biden is incapable of running the country, and panicking at the realization Trump will likely return to office.
Meanwhile, Biden is defiantly insisting he will stay in the 2024 presidential race, much to the chagrin of several Democrat colleagues.