Report Details Clooney Decision

The Democratic Party’s decision to sideline President Joe Biden and replace him with Vice President Kamala Harris in the lead-up to the 2024 election was a dramatic and controversial move, one that is still reverberating through the political landscape.

This unprecedented shake-up—a complete dismissal of the primary process and the will of Democratic voters—resulted in a historic defeat for Harris on November 5, and now, the blame game is in full swing.

Enter George Clooney, Hollywood icon and long-time Democratic ally. Clooney found himself at the center of this political drama after penning an op-ed calling for Biden to step aside. This came just weeks after he hosted a high-profile fundraiser for Biden, signaling his confidence in the president at the time.

Behind the scenes, though, the story was far more calculated. According to reports, it was former President Barack Obama who urged Clooney to make the public call for Biden’s withdrawal, ostensibly to avoid fallout if Obama made the plea himself.

For Clooney, it has been a bitter pill to swallow. Reports suggest he feels “used” by Obama, left to bear the brunt of the backlash from a decision that many see as hastening the Democrats’ electoral collapse.

Clooney, once a proud flag-bearer for Hollywood liberalism, is now allegedly furious with Obama for disappearing after the debacle and leaving him to shoulder the blame. “George feels like a patsy,” insiders say, as he absorbs criticism for championing a plan that was doomed from the start.

And he’s not wrong. If the reports are accurate, Clooney indeed walked into a trap set by a Democratic elite trying to salvage a losing hand. Obama’s calculated silence post-defeat speaks volumes about his role in this fiasco. Clooney took the public bullet, but the true architects of this failure—Obama and other Democratic power brokers—are now trying to fade into the background, leaving Clooney and other high-profile surrogates like Beyoncé to deal with the fallout.

The core problem wasn’t just poor strategy; it was the Democrats’ insistence on doubling down on an unpopular and deeply flawed candidate. Kamala Harris was not the choice of the people in the 2020 primaries, where she floundered before dropping out.

Replacing Biden with Harris, without a competitive primary, was a move that smacked of desperation and arrogance. By the time the general election arrived, it was clear that voters—across demographics—weren’t buying what the Democratic elite were selling.

Obama’s post-election attempts to shift blame only add insult to injury. Scolding black men for low turnout, as though they alone were responsible for Harris’s loss, ignored the real issue: Harris didn’t connect with voters. The Democratic establishment gambled on identity politics instead of fielding a candidate with broad appeal, and they lost. The party elites, not the voters, own this disaster.