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Ted Cruz still believes Biden will drop re-election bid: Barack Obama is 'pulling the strings'
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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, joined "FOX & Friends" to react to former Obama adviser David Axelrod suggesting President Biden should consider dropping out of the 2024 race.
SEN. TED CRUZ: I think that's very serious. It's been my view for a long time that Barack Obama has been the person pulling the strings behind Joe Biden. Joe Biden is clearly not up to it. I think Obama is the one making the decisions and Axelrod is Obama's right hand. And we've seen for the last six months, more and more warning signs that the Democrats are getting scared. Biden is not up to it. Even with his diminished capacity, they don't think he can do it. I sat on my podcast three months ago, ‘Verdict with Ted Cruz.’ I predicted that there was a very real chance the Democrats would jettison Joe Biden and parachute in Michelle Obama and that they'd do it at the convention next summer. I think the chances of that are rising every day. This article was written by Fox News staff.
Axelrod suggested it may be "wise" for Biden to drop out of the 2024 race, on the heels of a brutal new poll which found him losing to former President Trump by up to 10 points in five battleground states he won in 2020.
The New York Times-Siena College poll found Trump leading Biden by 10 points in Nevada, six points in Georgia, five points in both Arizona and Michigan, and four points in Pennsylvania. In Wisconsin, Biden held a two point lead over Trump. Biden won all six states in 2020.