Billionaire Bill Ackman, who has reportedly donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Democrats like former president Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, blasted First Lady Jill Biden for her apparent refusal to consider her husband stepping down from being the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee.

After President Joe Biden’s disastrous performance at the debate with former President Trump on Thursday, numerous Democrats called for Biden to step aside so someone else could enter the race, but Jill Biden fiercely claimed her husband would keep running. Vogue reported:

The debate on June 27 spurred a discussion about whether President Joe Biden should remain the Democratic nominee. Dr. Jill Biden, the first lady and Vogue’s August cover subject, has fiercely defended her husband and stood by him. Reached by phone on June 30 at Camp David, where the Biden family had gathered for the weekend, she told Vogue that they “will not let those 90 minutes define the four years he’s been president. We will continue to fight.” 

Ackman took to X to post his reaction to Biden staying in the race. He wrote:

I no longer blame @POTUS Biden for not stepping aside. He no longer has the mental acuity to make important judgments about himself. It is becoming increasingly clear however that the fault lies with  @FLOTUS  Jill Biden. FL Jill Biden becomes irrelevant the moment her husband is no longer president. No more Air Force One. No more glamorous life. No more White House dinners for dignitaries. No more being treated like a queen when traveling the world.

“I am sorry to be harsh, but what has become entirely clear is that the First Lady values what is best for herself over her husband’s health and the safety and security of the country at large,” he continued. “Stress is a contributor to neurological deterioration and the doctors must have told her so. Think about how much stress she is putting Biden under by making him continue. Now in public appearances she treats him like an infant (‘You answered every question!’) or an old man as she walks him off the stage. And she gets the crowd wound up and cheering at events.”

“Perhaps she thinks the crowd is cheering for her,” he surmised. “Her power has clearly grown as he gets weaker. And she likes the feeling of power. She speaks for the president when he can’t or when he is napping. She tells his team and staff when he is available, and when he is not. She likes being in control.”

“We all do,” he commented. “Which begs the question, how many decisions of the president are actually made by the FL? Her ‘friends’ likely don’t tell her the truth as they want to continue to be invited to the White House and to be able to say that they are friends with the FL and the president. Jill Biden is destroying her own legacy along with the president’s. The whole thing would just be a tragedy for the Biden family if it didn’t put the country at greater risk in a world in turmoil.”

“Perhaps she didn’t understand what ‘in sickness and in health’ meant,” he concluded.

I no longer blame @POTUS Biden for not stepping aside. He no longer has the mental acuity to make important judgments about himself.

It is becoming increasingly clear however that the fault lies with @FLOTUS Jill Biden.

FL Jill Biden becomes irrelevant the moment her husband…

— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) June 30, 2024