Overview
- In a CBS Sunday Morning interview, Clooney said he would publish his July 2024 New York Times op-ed again urging Joe Biden to step aside.
- He framed writing the piece as a civic duty and reiterated his call for a quick, competitive primary to select a replacement.
- Clooney argued that installing Kamala Harris without a contest was a mistake because it forced her to run against her own record.
- After Biden withdrew and endorsed Harris, party delegates swiftly made her the nominee, and she later lost the 2024 election to President Donald Trump.
- Responding to Hunter Biden’s profanity-laced attack, Clooney said several claims were untrue — including that Barack Obama pushed him to write the op-ed — and he declined to engage in a public feud, wishing Hunter well in recovery.