Expert election prognosticator and FiveThirtyEight founder Nate Silver called on President Biden to immediately resign and let Vice President Kamala Harris carry out the remainder of his term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Silver\u2019s argument came in response to a\u00a0Washington Post\u00a0<\/em>article about Biden\u2019s recent trip to Brazil that began like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n MANAUS, Brazil \u2014 President Joe Biden was in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, unprotected from mosquitoes, fire ants and loud, squawking macaws. But there was another pest he did manage to avoid: the pack of reporters traveling with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For a short speech in front of about two dozen people, the journalists were initially instructed to watch Biden on a flat-screen television placed amid sand and lush trees as the president spoke about 50 feet away, though they were eventually moved closer. As Biden finished his remarks, maracas rattled by a local group prevented him from hearing reporters\u2019 shouted questions about Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During a six-day foreign trip to Peru and Brazil that wrapped up Monday, the president rarely spoke in public, answering almost no questions despite repeated efforts to engage him. One television producer took to writing messages on a large pad of paper, holding it up as Biden boarded and departed Air Force One.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The story went on to note that Biden has been conspicuously quiet about the results of the 2024 presidential election, which he \u201crepeatedly called the most important election in history\u201d and\u00a0 \u201cwarned would change the country forever if\u00a0[Donald] Trump\u00a0prevailed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Silver was unamused by Biden\u2019s performance as described<\/a> by the Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIs there any particular reason to assume Biden is competent to be president right now?\u201d he asked rhetorically<\/a> on X. \u201cIt\u2019s a very difficult job. It\u2019s a dangerous world. Extremely high-stakes decisions in Ukraine. He should resign and let Harris serve out the last 2 months.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n