Obama Didn’t Stop George Clooney’s Call for Biden to Quit

Former President Barack Obama did not stop actor George Clooney from publishing his op-ed in The New York Times calling on President Joe Biden to step aside, according to Politico.

In a phone call, Clooney reportedly warned Obama before the publication of his bombshell piece Wednesday. The former president notably did not push back against Clooney’s call for his former vice president to drop out of the 2024 race against Donald Trump, Politico reported.

Obama attended the same glitzy Hollywood fundraiser where Clooney wrote that he noticed Biden’s decline.

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