Day 1,837: abet

Mr Biden is blameless for his failing powers, but not for a second disqualification, which is his insistence, abetted by his family, senior staff and Democratic elites, that he is still up to the world’s toughest job.

Why Biden must withdraw

Artwork of the day 
Encouragement Before the Battle
Pieter van Hanselaere
Date: 1825
Style: Neoclassicism
Genre: genre painting

Word of the day 
abet: to help or encourage someone to do something wrong or illegal:

Quote of the day
“We are here to witness the creation and to abet it.”

― Annie Dillard, Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters