George Clooney makes U-turn and calls Joe Biden replacement a ‘mistake’ – Celebrity News – Entertainment

Hollywood star George Clooney has expressed that it was a “mistake” to replace Joe Biden with Kamala Harris in the 2024 US presidential election.

The Ocean’s Eleven actor, an outspoken Democrat, also voiced his disappointment over the “real attack” on American institutions that “hold truth to power”.

In a New York Times opinion piece, Clooney urged Biden to step aside and suggested that the party should select a new nominee at its August 2024 convention, stating that the process would be “messy” but could “wake up” voters in favor of the party.

When asked if he would reiterate this, he told CBS News’ Sunday Morning: “Yes, we had a chance. I wanted there to be, as I wrote in the op-ed, a primary.

“Let’s battle test this quickly and get it up and going. I think the mistake with it being Kamala is that she had to run against her own record, and it’s very hard to do if the point of running is to say, ‘I’m not that person’. It’s hard to do.

Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, accused Clooney of overstating the former president’s frailty.

Clooney stated: “I could spend a lot of time debunking many of the things he said, because many things he said were just outright lies.”

Discussing the significance of a free press, Clooney expressed: “I want our government to reflect us at our best and to step in when needed, and I am watching a real attack on all the basic institutions, and I’m saddened by that.

“And I’ve seen this pendulum swing so many times. People will often say this is the worst time in the country for many, and it’s indeed a challenging period. There are some things going on.

“1968 was pretty rough, too. Every city in the United States was on fire. They killed Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy. The Tet Offensive. Vietnam War is still raging. The capital was surrounded by armed guards to protect it.

“We’ve been in tricky situations. We’ve had a civil war. We’ll get through it, but I am saddened by it, and I think that we must protect the institutions that hold truth to power.”