Poor George Clooney.
The far-left actor thought he was doing the right thing when he penned an op-ed piece for The New York Times and, in it, urged President Joe Biden to quit the presidential election so a fit candidate could step in.
Biden did so, and anointed Harris as his successor. The Hollywood glitterati were pleased, and confidently predicted a Harris victory over now President-elect Trump.
But then the unthinkable happened. Trump shellacked Harris, racking up 73 million votes and, it appears, 312 electoral votes.
And now, crestfallen Democrats and leftists blame Clooney for giving the nation Trump 47. Trump backers are thanking him profusely.
Problem is, Clooney was only one player, and not the major one, in the Democrat Ruling Class coup d’etat that ended Biden’s political career. Also involved were Hollywood moguls who withheld almost $100 million in contributions for Biden, along with former President Barack Hussein Obama and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Clooney’s Op-Ed
Not that Clooney wasn’t a Biden backer. As the headline over his piece began, “I Love Joe Biden.”
Then came the big BUT. “But We Need a New Nominee.” Clooney concluded the obvious after Biden’s disastrous debate with Trump.
Bragging that he “co-hosted the single largest fund-raiser supporting any Democratic candidate ever, for President Biden’s re-election,” the party man explained just how much he loved Biden:
As a senator. As a vice president and as president. I consider him a friend, and I believe in him. Believe in his character. Believe in his morals. In the last four years, he’s won many of the battles he’s faced.
But the one battle he cannot win is the fight against time. None of us can. It’s devastating to say it, but the Joe Biden I was with three weeks ago at the fund-raiser was not the Joe “big F-ing deal” Biden of 2010. He wasn’t even the Joe Biden of 2020. He was the same man we all witnessed at the debate.
Was he tired? Yes. A cold? Maybe. But our party leaders need to stop telling us that 51 million people didn’t see what we just saw. We’re all so terrified by the prospect of a second Trump term that we’ve opted to ignore every warning sign.
The issue is Biden’s age, he wrote, “and nothing more,” and Biden must step aside, lest the Evil Orange Man Bad retake the White House and usher in a dark-night Hitlerian dictatorship.
In fact, the real issue was Biden’s insidious dementia, and “nothing more.” But in any event, Clooney, again, was only one player in the move to dethrone Biden.
About the same time Clooney offered his diagnosis, Hollywood Big Shots pulled $93 million from Biden’s reelection effort.
And, as if that weren’t enough, Pelosi and Obama stepped in to finish the job.
In public remarks, Politico reported, Pelosi gave a “subtle green light” for Democrats to say out loud what they had been saying for years in private: Biden is unfit to run again.
As The Washington Post reported, Obama “has told allies in recent days that President Biden’s path to victory has greatly diminished and he thinks the president needs to seriously consider the viability of his candidacy, according to multiple people briefed on his thinking.”
Behind the scenes, Obama has been deeply engaged in conversations about the future of Biden’s campaign, taking calls from many anxious Democrats, including former House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and has shared his views about the president’s challenges, according to people with knowledge of the calls, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations.
Axios reported that top Democrats were pushing Biden to quit the race.
Blame Clooney … Or Thank Him
That truth seems lost on the furious Harris backers — and the Trump supporters who thanked the Oceans 11 star.
“Someone bring me George Clooney,” an X user wrote. “We need to have a… talk.”
“This is all George Clooney’s fault,” another wrote.
Wrote another: “george clooney this is all your fault.”
On the other hand, plenty of Trump voters praised Clooney for helping remove Biden from the race.
“I would like to take a moment to thank George Clooney for shoving the most incompetent candidate down America’s throat to ensure a Trump victory,” one said: “#MAGA.”
X commentator Jason Tucker, a “Democrat forever voting Trump,” thanked Clooney and the rest of the celebrities who backed loser Harris:
Let’s all give a major round of applause 👏🏻👏🏻 and give thanks to all the Hollywood Celebs especially J-Lo, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, and especially George Clooney for helping elect 47th President Donald J Trump.
“Can we all give a special thanks to George Clooney for saving America?” another user asked.
For his part, when Biden quit the race, Clooney said the elderly president “did the most selfless thing that anybody’s done since George Washington.”
