Tucker Carlson says Barack Obama wants Joe Biden out of the race

In the wake of President Joe Biden's disaster of a debate with former President Donald Trump, calls for his withdrawal from the race have spread far and wide within his own party.

While Biden has received backup support from some of the biggest Democrats around, including former President Barack Obama, some believe that that support is disingenuous.

According to the Daily Mail, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson says he has it on good authority that Obama doesn't really support Biden behind the scenes, and would prefer an open convention later this year to pick a suitable replacement for the elderly, confused incumbent.

Carlson said he obtained the truth about how Obama feels from an "unusually good source."

"From an unusually good source: Obama’s tweet supporting Joe Biden was disingenuous. In private, Obama is telling people Biden can’t win, and he is therefore in favor of an open convention. Obama will not say whom he supports, nor as of yesterday afternoon had he met personally with Biden to deliver the message," he wrote.

Carlson continued, "Relations between the Obamas and the Bidens have never been warm. At times they’ve been hostile. But recently they’ve deteriorated further, mostly due to Jill Biden. In the hours and days after the debate, she kept her husband cloistered away from anyone who might convince him to drop out. Jill Biden is the driving force behind her husband’s reelection campaign, just as she was in 2020, when other members of the family (including Biden’s sister Val) considered him too impaired to run."

"The next generation of potential Democratic candidates understands all this as an opportunity and they’re circling, particularly Gretchen Whitmer, who is promoting herself aggressively."

From an unusually good source: Obama’s tweet supporting Joe Biden was disingenuous. In private, Obama is telling people Biden can’t win, and he is therefore in favor of an open convention. Obama will not say whom he supports, nor as of yesterday afternoon had he met personally…

— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) July 1, 2024

There have been multiple conflicted reports in the wake of the debate regarding Biden's future, with many saying that he's on the way out, for sure.

However, the White House has claimed that Biden isn't going anywhere and will continue to run his presidential campaign.

Social media users reacted to Carlson's bombshell report, with many expressing that they were not surprised at the information.

"There’s not a Democrat who can beat Trump. There has never been warmth between Obama and Biden. Biden was a useful idiot to Obama the past 4 years," one X user wrote.

Another X user wrote, "He wants his wifey to have the job!"

Only time will tell if Biden ends up the nominee, but many believe that it's simply not possible at this stage.