Why Biden must withdraw
The president and his party portray themselves as the saviours of democracy. Their actions say otherwise
THE PRESIDENTIAL debate was awful for Joe Biden, but the cover-up has been worse. It was agony to watch a befuddled old man struggling to recall words and facts. His inability to land an argument against a weak opponent was dispiriting. But the operation by his campaign to deny what tens of millions of Americans saw with their own eyes is more toxic than either, because its dishonesty provokes contempt.
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This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “No way to run a country”
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