Voter breaks silence after Biden campaign staffer tried to end interview critical of the president: ‘Chilling’

A voter who criticized President Biden is talking out about his encounter with a Biden campaign staffer after he mentioned she tried to shut down his interview with a New York Times reporter. 

Stephen Stubbs, a First Amendment lawyer from Henderson, Nevada, advised Fox News Digital in an interview that he was invited to attend a June 28 campaign occasion at the East Las Vegas Community Center that includes Vice President Kamala Harris.

Stubbs mentioned he initially wished to attend the Harris occasion to hear how the administration deliberate to take care of inflation, however in the wake of Biden’s efficiency at the CNN Presidential Debate, he wished to hear what she would say relating to questions on Biden’s psychological acuity.

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally on June 28, 2024, in Las Vegas.  (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service by way of Getty Images)

“Everybody was talking about the debate the night before. Everybody was. And everybody was concerned. There were a few people that were vocal and saying, we have to move forward with what we have, so let’s not talk negatively. But 90% of the people were critical of Joe Biden and [were] very, very worried,” he recalled. 

Staffers carrying Biden-Harris shirts at the occasion went round “strongly hinting” that folks shouldn’t say something detrimental about the president at a Biden occasion, in accordance to Stubbs. 

He mentioned he was sitting outdoors consuming his tacos and ice cream and occurred to sit subsequent to the chairwoman of the Democratic Party in Nevada, who was approached a couple of minutes later by New York Times politics fellow Simon Levien for an interview. 

A Biden/Harris campaign signal is seen throughout a press convention relating to the January 6, 2021 assault on the US Capitol, in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 29, 2024.

Stubbs mentioned he started speaking to Levien, who then requested him what he thought of the debate the evening earlier than. 

A Biden staffer who was following Levien around took out her telephone and commenced recording their dialog. “That in itself was kind of intimidating,” Stubbs advised Fox News Digital.

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He mentioned he started questioning why Biden couldn’t articulate for 90 minutes at the debate what he’s doing each day as president.

President Joe Biden (R) and Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump take part in the CNN Presidential Debate at the CNN Studios on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“I’m concerned about who’s running the country right now. And I said, from what I saw last night, Biden should step down and Kamala Harris [who] was elected the vice president, that is her job, she should fulfill the rest of his term. And when I said that, the staffer said, I’m going to stop this right now. This is a Biden event. I’m sorry, but I’m going to stop this. She tried to stop it,” Stubbs defined. 

“Now, to the New York Times’ credit, they turned to her and said, no. I’m continuing with this interview, but the whole time she was giving me, like, daggers. Just daggers. Like, how dare you talk negatively about Biden to the New York Times.” 

Levien recognized the staffer as Clio Calvo-Platero, deputy communications director for the Biden campaign in Nevada.

Calvo-Platero twice tried to end interviews with voters who have been critical of Biden: as soon as with Democratic voter Amy Nelson and the different with Stubbs, in accordance to a vice presidential pool report from Levien. 

US President Joe Biden, left, speaks throughout a campaign occasion at Pearson Community Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. (Ian Maule/Bloomberg by way of Getty Images)

The Biden campaign didn’t reply to Fox News Digital’s requests for remark about the incident.

Stubbs, who describes himself as a constitutionalist, mentioned he’s a registered Democrat who voted third-party in the 2020 election as a result of he wasn’t proud of both Trump or Biden.

He mentioned his interplay with Calvo-Platero “shocked” his conscience. “I didn’t appreciate it,” he added. “She is the one that ordered us; it wasn’t a request; she ordered us to stop talking. That was chilling.”

Stubbs advised Fox News Digital he’s an undecided voter heading into November. He has points with each Trump and Biden and likens the selection to “chlamydia” or “gonorrhea.”

“Neither one is a good choice,” he mentioned. “I’m begging someone to give me a reason not to vote for Trump.”

Donald Trump (L) and Joe Biden (R) throughout the last presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 22, 2020.               Brendan Smialowski and Jim WatsonAFP by way of Getty Images (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKIJIM WATSON/AFP by way of Getty Images)

The Nevada native added that he likes Biden’s Supreme Court decide, Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson, the administration’s environmental insurance policies and its assist for unions and unionized staff. 

As for Trump, Stubbs mentioned he takes challenge along with his “pro-police militarization and selling weapons of war to police departments.” 

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Inflation is the most vital challenge for him heading into November as a result of it’s hurting his household and grownup kids “deeply.” 

Stubbs mentioned his last concern about Biden is that he’s being stored in a “bubble.”

“He’s not hearing feedback from real Americans, right? Look, I am not convinced that Biden has the mental acuity to do the job today. I think the responsible thing for him to do is to say, for the good of the country, I’m going to put myself aside and any ego I might have, step down and Mrs. Harris is going to finish out my term. It’s not very long, right? And you know what? Give her a shot,” he advised Fox News Digital.

“My problem is, is that if Biden stays in the race, we don’t really know who Trump is running against. It’s a person behind a curtain. We don’t know who’s making the analysis and the decisions because Biden doesn’t have the mental acuity,” Stubbs continued. 

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“The curtain has to be open. We have to know what is going on, who is running the country. That’s the first thing I asked that reporter. Who is running the country? We need to know.” 

The White House has repeatedly mentioned Biden had a foul evening throughout the debate, citing a chilly and jetlag and insists that he’s the one making choices. Biden himself insists he’s up for his duties as president and is the candidate finest suited to defeat former President Trump in November.