Was Joe Biden forced out? | Cenk Uygur and Lex Fridman

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[@darktengu77]

Cenk writing himself into history is what I came for. He did not disappoint.

[@papinate6784]

Genuinely a massive effort an accomplishment.

[@topgun2877]

Lex just looking at Cenk like dude...

[@Big_Dip1]

Lex is 10x more a grifter lol

[@charliecrowley1070]

Cenk was the pre God that got Biden out, the seer of the Democrat party! All hail Cenk!

[@Coral-reef.]

Lex is a communist

[@danf1862]

@@Big_Dip1oh did something hurt your feefees? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Youdidnthearme]

Lex is irrelevant like you

[@jamesthenabignumber]

Biden isn’t ‘too old’, and I don’t know why Cenk thinks this was everyone’s issue. Biden has cognitive decline. Age isn’t necessarily the issue. Thomas Sowell is older, and as bright as ever. Watch a recent interview of Mel Brooks. He’s nearly 100, but as witty was he’s ever been. The criticisms against Biden were never about age.

[@LaughinLoneStar]

Sowell, bright? lmfao

[@DaygoG]

Warren Buffett too, old as dirt but still sharp as hell. All that McDonald's he eats is keeping him preserved like their fries.

[@tigertank06]

Exactly. There was a rock musician that died of Alzheimers at 75. Plus, if you look at what Bruce Willis is going through, which I think is dementia, it’s ver possible that one can have a cognitive disease at an early age relatively speaking.

[@AndreWellness]

Cenk thinking he had any impact is crazyv

[@verballyabusiveclown6290]

Yeah, he's a bit delusional. I means he's overweight with a near double chin and reckons there's a chance he could beat Joe Rogan In a fight. 😂

[@IslandofObscurity_40]

He's one of the main faces of the progressive movt, which makes up a huge part of the democrat party. His voice is definitely heard buddy. Look in the mirror regarding your statement

[@verballyabusiveclown6290]

@@IslandofObscurity_40 The dudes delusional.....All the pizza went to his head.

[@BridgesOnBikes]

You must have not been watching Gunk ever.

[@vincentbernal635]

I respect the hell out of Dean Phillips and Cenk. They stood up to the higher ups and ran, saying that Biden is no longer a viable candidate. They were not bs ing the people like the top democrats that say he was sharp. Now, we see Harris, a viable candidate with energy and enthusiasm. We deserve the best candidates for president. Not forcing one to us.

[@Chris12987]

Cent is so performative. Cenk’s sense of self importance is wild. He actually thinks he had something to do with Biden be pushed out. Wow.

[@drSamovar]

you are also performative......that is the nature of this realm....get over yourself......then.....get over that guy, too....

[@TrumpGotFired]

​@drSamovar don't be so performative

[@dpav02]

I was thinking the same exact thing. As of others like Jon Stewart can’t see the same thing.

[@ItsPalm]

@@dpav02Cenk literally acknowledged right after mentioning Stewart that the rising tide “wasn’t causal,” meaning Stewart’s perspective was entirely his own and not following on Cenk’s role.

[@11thstory]

He is self important, but also correctly stated that Biden had to go before the debate. He was also critical of the primary process and that Biden did not get challenged. He took a risk announcing that he was joining the primary and encouraged competition. They could have had a better candidate if they allowed the process to take place.

[@MiasDad-ds2iv]

Wow, I thought it was Obama and Pelosi that forced him out. Turns out it was Cenk 🤦

[@elvispleho5777]

😂

[@djsj-mix3577]

😅😅😅😅

[@andrewrai5752]

Is that what he said? Because if you heard that then you need to get your ears checked

[@DocPortland]

This guy is bloated with self importance… good grief…

[@verballyabusiveclown6290]

@DocPortland He's actually just bloated to...... Ma, boys rocking the double chin 🤣

[@eriklucasmusic]

“I thought Trump was going to win in 2016.” No you didn’t. We have you on camera saying you didn’t.

[@nromero4203]

He said trump would win on mainstream news panels and got ridiculed for it. He didn’t want trump to win but he was being honest based on how he saw trump v. Hillary at the time

[@OMGIDKSRY]

he literally said it live on air when he worked on MSNBC. Doesnt mean he was going to celebrate it.

[@DRB5000]

Hes a 🤡

[@OMGIDKSRY]

@@DRB5000 you proved you dont care about facts. Someone stated something false, was corrected and thats your response?

[@krisdoke]

I loved watching him lose his shit that election night.

[@jesuschristsuperczar1224]

Lex is on a different intellectual level than Cenk. Please don’t step down again.

[@RobbWolfVideos]

Agreed.

[@TeeheeTennessy]

​@@RobbWolfVideos😂😂😂😂

[@jaid2383]

Jimmy Dore been saying he's too old for about 6yrs lol Cenk and Ana only started saying it about 6 weeks ago.

[@Youtubeaccount_818]

They been saying it

[@jaid2383]

@@KZbinaccount_818 I know they have. And they started about 6 weeks ago. Might've been a lil' but longer, but definitely not as long as 6 months ago. They're hacks.

[@IslandofObscurity_40]

They been saying it literally for years, liar

[@JonnyUnforeseen]

That's incorrect. Tyt have been saying it for years.

[@zufyboy]

Cenk is prob one of the most insincere guys I’ve ever seen. This guy doesn’t believe one thing he says. Not one single thing.

[@RobbWolfVideos]

I could not out my finger on what I was feeling with this guy…you nailed it. I think about listening to a Thomas Sowell…the gravitas. Sincerity. Legit humor. None of that on display here.

[@jamestorres2789]

That honor belongs to Conald Dumpf. The biggest crybaby president we've ever had. Need an army of bootleggers to remind him how smart and great he thinks he is. Worst president in my lifetime.

[@phoenixmodellingphotography]

This is all just rage porn for narcissists and egomaniacs like Cenk, they're in it for the supply high. Although I do appreciate that he can still at least sometimes reason within the realm of a reality I can recognise, which is more than I can say for a lot of others in pop politics

[@ashantilematthew6277]

Oh how do you figure?

[@DRB5000]

Real sweaty 🤡

[@geo525252]

Of course he was forced out. Forced out by the very same people who told everyone he was perfectly fine and good to go...right up until the day they threatened to 25th him.

[@jaxc6321]

Cenk, “we pushed him out” like anyone listens to him. 🤡

[@andrewrai5752]

Actually you listed to him as did Lex for 2 hours and millions of his subscribers

[@Ryangrenfall-f8m]

This guy makes America a laughing stock of the world

[@chilloutii3638]

America does that on its own it doesn’t need this guy for that

[@andrewrai5752]

Amercia has been the laughing stock way before Cenk! We in Sweden laugh at Amercia and Americans all the time

[@chilloutii3638]

@@andrewrai5752 its quite amusing how they are constantly slandering other countries, being gullible and easily swayed into believing anything and everything CNN tells them, don’t even have a brain of their own. The country of sheep refuse to look at their own disaster happening in their own country. If only they could see it from an outsider like us maybe they wouldn’t try to be so condescending to other nations

[@Yonnas]

Q: Was he forced out? A: Both, depends on what you mean. But of course, he was forced out.

[@v2occy809]

Hes not wrong... people didnt rush the white house and kick him out at gun point. For the first time in a long time, Big Donors, Small Donors, Media and Politicians were vastly in agreement that he needs to drop out. We didnt care who replaced him. There were plenty of polls where, "Anyone but Biden," was polling 20+ points.

[@invisiblecollege893]

Double speak is a trait of Orwellian soldiers

[@davidz-c137]

lol if disingenuous was a person

[@harlycorner]

Cenk's feeling of self-importance and his narcissistic delusions are freaking hikarious 😂

[@jefforious2000]

Does he really think he had Biden removed? Wow. Just.... wow. Edit: Notice Lex didnt follow up? I can feel his eyes rolling from here

[@TrumpGotFired]

Cenk calling Biden an egomaniac takes the cake. Wtf

[@maultwo]

projection at its finest

[@Redbaron_sites]

Cenk, like all of us has known about this for at least two years, maybe even longer. Like all of us he watched his hairy legs in the swimming pool speech.

[@this_time_imperfect]

Cenk explaining how a coup is executed.

[@bromleysimon7414]

Not just Joe's ego blinded him but Jill's too. Biden should have followed through on his pledge to be a bridge to the future rather then lingering way too long intoxicated on his own exhaust.

[@boogboog8097]

Huh? Biden has been a corrupt scumbag for 50 years at no point was he ever about anything other than gaining personal power and kickbacks.

[@DuckyQSimmons]

I hold Jill Biden responsible for a lot of the phony cr@p that Joe is fine, Joe is like a god; she could have saved Joe a lot of pain and embarrassment by being HONEST. But Jill helped Joe Biden get run over by a BUS.

[@zstrauss1]

I really like Cenk, until I have to listen for more than 3 minutes.

[@solidsalmon4925]

Still wrong 😊

[@paulie9483]

I'm almost as proud of Cenk for having a hand in forcing the duly elected Democratic candidate for president to leave the race as Cenk is proud of himself.

[@mikewilliams4443]

Lex seems a little bit naive when it comes to politicians, especially at this level of power: They don’t just willingly step aside. They would not have reached that level if that was in their DNA. So they had to force him out. And that’s why the parties have a delegate system. They can veto the voters if they need to, because it also takes money to run a campaign. So all they had to do was say “you won’t have any money to run a campaign” and he’s out. That’s reality.

[@Redbaron_sites]

How Cenk does President Trump " Endanger the country"? He was President for four years and things were Great!

[@Speedofsound9]

Fascism

[@Instramark]

Spoken like a true piece of white trash, even if you aren't.

[@linusa2996]

Great until it wasn't. Trump is the only President since Hover who ended with fewer employed people than when he started. When he lost the election he refused and came up with BS reasons to stay in office, putting together fake electors to submit to the Senate in place of the certified electors. He then organized a mob to create chaos to allow the Senate Republicans to throw the elections to the house where the Republicans had the votes to hand the Presidency to Trump. If you think I'm making this up, Peter Navarro was bragged about it. His only regret was they could not carry it out because the riot got out of hand

[@m.lhenderson5885]

Cenk :- "of cooooouuuuurrrrsssseeee"

[@jakemoore1973]

Come on Lex, this is bottom of the barrel stuff.

[@invisiblecollege893]

What you need to understand is Lex is the guy on our side that has guests that lets them tie their own noose. He lets people talk. He opens them up. They say dumb sh*t. It gets clipped. They get exposed. So I agree. Hate Cenk this his a pawn for insanity. But let them speak

[@g.harris]

...and just like that, behind the scenes they instituted a quiet coup...

[@oregonsbragia]

Biden is still president. Not a coup.

[@stevec.1319]

He was expiring when elected. Elected him as a transitional candidate, no backseys.

[@greysheep54]

Cenk is the definition of somebody that knows a little bit about a lot of things, but doesn't know a lot about anything.

[@seriouslyrelax]

I like Lex, he seems to engage in good faith with all his guests no matter who they are.

[@invisiblecollege893]

Sure does. Its unique. And if they are idiots. He lets them talk and we all get to see what they think

[@robroberts1473]

Does cenk sweat bacon grease?

[@chrisfuller2069]

The people that vote for Cenk for potus also voted for Boaty McBoatface. Cent is the political equivalent of B-McBF.

[@jameszebell3845]

Hard to take Uyghur seriously - he uses "right" as much as a valley girl uses "like."

[@Givethemgrace8212]

I’m so here for these comments roasting Cenk. He deserves every bit of it.

[@bkid310]

Cenk - “I had a tiny tiny tiny role” The comments - “ he actually thinks he’s the reason he dropped out?!?! “ 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️

[@philipsankot8003]

I'd like to see trump be interviewed by lex

[@pneuma7183]

Coming soon…

[@tropics8407]

Hopefully he is not a donor stooge too

[@invisiblecollege893]

The verbal and mental gymnastics is astonishing

[@jefforious2000]

You did NOT say he would win. You said he COULD win. Not synonyms liar

[@MVPisME383]

These people act like we haven't already had Trump 4yrs, best 4yrs of my adult life he didn't ruin anything

[@marklewis9067]

let me guess, you were 19 when he was president....

[@jonathanspeirs6317]

jon Stewart did the segment on Biden having no chance BEFORE you and Charlemagne Cenk, you didn't inspire it in anyway with the "buzz" you were getting🤣🤣

[@MrAYO1234]

Man this guy is insufferable

[@adamdarrow]

So many saying that Cenk thinks he pushed Biden out, he isn’t saying that at all. He is saying “we” all of the people who had a role and he said “I had a tiny tiny role”.

[@efjefe]

Yogurt is unhinged

[@ByronC900]

I actually like Cenk when he's reasonable and well mannered.

[@chrishelton20]

The fact that Biden willingly put his ego aside and gave up power was the best move in my lifetime and more than Trump would ever do for this country.

[@matthewa7433]

Are you just posting clips that overlay with other clips? Sick

[@schmerzmeister3980]

Us we me, this guy is full of crap…

[@chrishelton20]

Cenk was right all along about this issue before anyone else on the left

[@StevenJeffries-g5f]

The comment speaks for itself about this guy.

[@jinka6171]

Cent was propped u0 with $40 million to start his show….he’d be flipping baklava pies otherwise….hey Lex you’re scraping the bottom of the barrel….this guy is irrelevant…..

[@jamestorres2789]

That would be Tucker Carlson

[@Cosmocroft]

I didnt want biden to drop out up to the very end. I thought it was absolute lunacy to replace the sitting president as the nominee this close to election, and i was genuinely upset with tyt over their calls for it. I was so wrong, it was the best possible decision.

[@Yaheard32]

This mofo ran for president when he wasn’t even born in the USA…wtf 😂😂😂

[@KelticTim]

What exactly did Trump do last time to endanger our constitution or democracy? Pretty sure we are still here, and the last 4yrs have been a train wreck.

[@lukesosby3241]

He couldn’t win not because he’s old. He couldn’t win because people hate that mf

[@Progressivegenius]

Maybe it was planned . If so, no time to tear Kamala down. Maybe Democrats can be strategic😂😂😂

[@890639buck]

Cenks ego >

[@johnj.todora4128]

This guy has such a sense of self importance. 😂

[@hellothere44]

"Thats why i thought Trump was gonna win in 2016". Excuse me? we all saw the TYT meltdown, you 100% didnt think that Trump was gonna win XD

[@theheyhowsitgoing]

i cant stand this cenk guy

[@canadiancitizen2732]

Cenk doesn't get it. Biden or Harris was beating Trump anyways. No recession, US is relatively stable. It's governance. Not campaigning that matters.

[@roykeane1922]

Did he honestly just say that’s why I said Trump would win in 2016? Brother that shit is all over the internet, your jaw was on the floor during that election night stream 😂😂😂

[@grealish2234]

Comment section showd how fucked usa is when you somehow prefer trump over anyone else . Even after what he did afyer last election

[@richc.9273]

He didn't think Trump would win in '16. I remember the crying.

[@abdab7]

I always think Cenk is wrong and then he proves me wrong over and over and over again.

[@elainesrottenbottom296]

Who believes this BS?

[@UncleBobo]

Cenk said Biden protected democracy. 🤣🤣🤣

[@VillageStreetDogs]

We all know what happened.

[@Heiskns]

Did Cenk just say he and his patreons overthrew a president?😭

[@oregonsbragia]

No.

[@DuckyQSimmons]

I’m guessing RON KLAIN is the person Cenk spoke with.

[@dylancleveland]

When tf did Cenk think that Trump was going to win in 2016? He was cocky for Clinton up until election night started to go south lmao

[@vojtam5063]

By taking credit for Biden stepping down he proved to me, that he is a narcissist. Sure you did that. 😂

[@akhalif68]

Where is Jimmy Dore...?!?!?

[@Bob-op5tm]

Cenk had no say in Biden leaving

[@carebear2272]

If Biden was a real man he would have never gotten pushed out………ok just trying to have fun and step on some toes calm down everyone 8)

[@bobbb5750]

One name…PELOSI

[@bramthebreaker883]

The way, right, this guy, right, speaks right..? Right? It really is both fascinating and refreshing to see Cenk in the Lex-light though!👏🏼 Right?

[@official_zeater1260]

To say there would be statues of Biden says a lot.

[@Lzanocco]

Another full of it liberal.

[@jaycedaniel4358]

Cenk is just soo boring...

[@tommyanderson014]

Jesus Christ Ceno derangement syndrome is actually a thing I guess? Nobody in the comments have specific criticisms, just general negative comments

[@Bluesbreaker-uf8ti]

I think Trump and Cenk are my 2 least favorite Lex interviews.

[@jackal7610]

I know you are a free speech advocate. I get it. I appreciate it. This guy has no value. His insights are meaningless & useless. He’s not a serious, mature person.

[@hangtime1111]

A other wabbo thinking trump is a danger to something imaginary

[@adamdarrow]

Does Cenk have an ego, sure, but I find Trump supporters making such an accusation to be hypocritical.

[@christoner2666]

This guy had and has zero role. Lex posting his buddies is comical

[@hapbalance3312]

Real people, their opinions, what about democracy and the overall voting power within a democracy, this guys is exactly what you want to think of him, come on USA

[@invisiblecollege893]

Poor guy doesn’t know how lost he is

[@davidli3582]

Cenk is from Turkey, right? That makes sense. He's a complete and utter turkey! 🦃

[@NONE2NONE]

Such a dopey guy. He’s like the nobody who tries to convince you he was the man in high school. He’s literally uncle Rico

[@Bob-qo7pu]

yeah he didn't 'voluntarily' make that decision when the money faucet turned off. Same thing as take the shot or lose your lively hood.

[@jesselivermore2291]

lex you are lowering the content of your show by bring these clowns in, i cant keep watching this.

[@Readabookfoofoo]

Dude is a faker to the core.

[@chrisdraughn5941]

Thank you Nancy Pelosi !!

[@Breakthefirstwall]

Chunk knew Trump would win in 2016? There's a funny compilation of him on election day that disproves that.

[@invisiblecollege893]

Double speak is a trait of Orwellian soldiers

[@farmthreads5679]

OK Chenk, who was and is running the USA

[@knutthompson7879]

Yeah it wasn’t like that. Oh sure there was plenty of Biden apologetics, but he is writing fan fiction here