Cornel West doesn’t think Joe Biden will make it to the general election.
Instead, the independent presidential candidate suggested the sitting president could suddenly end his reelection bid the way President Lyndon B. Johnson did when he shocked the nation in 1968.
“I’m not even sure whether I’ll be running against Biden,” West said during an 80-minute conversation with POLITICO reporters and editors. “Biden — I think he’s going to have an LBJ moment [and] pull back.”
West, wearing a three-piece black suit, crisp white shirt and gold cufflinks bearing the African continent on them, also addressed skeptics that say he will be a spoiler for Biden if he continues his presidential bid. As for Biden’s ability to stay in the race, West said he didn’t think the president can sustain the mounting criticism he has been taking from the left on everything from the Israel-Hamas war to the economy.
[This doesn’t exactly make him an oracle – more like “Join the crowd, dude.” ~ Beege]
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