Biden says he may quit if ‘health situation’ arises
On July 15, 2024, US President Biden boarded Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, USA.
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President Joe Biden said He may reconsider continuing to run Republican candidate Donald Trump would oppose him if his doctor told him he had a “medical condition.”
BET host Ed Gordon asked Biden in the interview, which will air in full Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET: “What is your personal hope… of saying, ‘If I saw that, would I reevaluate?
“If I had some health problem, if someone, if a doctor came to me and said, ‘You have this problem, you have that problem,'” Biden responded, according to a video clip shared ahead of the broadcast.
The 81-year-old Biden, who performed poorly in last month’s presidential debate, has firmly resisted calls from within his party to withdraw from the race.
— Kevin Breuninger
Rep. Adam Smith asks Biden to withdraw from race
Rep. Adam Schiff (L), D-Calif., talks with President Joe Biden after delivering the State of the Union address on the House floor at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, March 7, 2024.
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represent. Adam SchiffThe California Democrat is a vocal proponent of winning the U.S. Senate seat in November, calling on Biden to drop out presidential campaign and let the party nominate another candidate.
Schiff said he had “serious concerns about whether the president could defeat Donald Trump November.
“While the choice to withdraw from the race is President Biden’s alone, I believe it is his time to pass the torch,” Schiff said.
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‘Violence is never acceptable’: Harris breaks silence on Trump shooting, dives into reelection call
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a political event at the Aerospace and Science Experience Center at the Air Zoo in Portage, Michigan, on July 17, 2024.
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Vice President Kamala Harris This is the first time he has publicly commented on this attempt in front of the camera. assassination of Donald Trump A member of the crowd was killed and two others seriously injured at a rally in Pennsylvania.
Harris first expressed her condolences to the family of slain former Pennsylvania firefighter Corey Competore during her remarks to a Michigan abortion rights group. She also said she was “grateful” that Trump was not more seriously injured in Saturday’s shooting.
“Violence is never acceptable,” Harris said. “One of the issues we face now is how we should engage with each other in this campaign.”
Harris then combined her sympathetic message with political talking points to make the case for her and President Joe Biden’s re-election.
“Just as we must reject political violence, we must also have a robust discussion about what is at stake in this election,” she said. “One of the key ideas and one of the principles of this election is the issue of reproductive freedom, and that’s what I’m talking about today. The reason for coming here.”
— Rebecca Picciotto
New poll finds two-thirds of Democrats want Biden to drop out of race
U.S. President Joe Biden leaves the White House for Las Vegas on July 15, 2024 in Washington, DC. USA.
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About two-thirds of Democrats believe President Biden According to the latest polls from the past few days, it’s time to drop out of the presidential race and let someone else take the top spot.
a new one AP/NORC poll A survey released Wednesday showed 65% of Democrats believe Biden should step down. The poll surveyed 1,253 adults from July 11 to July 15. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.8 percentage points.
This result is consistent with a similar finding NBC News Poll Data released on Sunday showed that 62% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning registered voters also believe Biden should withdraw. The poll surveyed 800 registered voters from July 7 to July 9.
Biden has repeatedly rejected polling data that showed pressure to drop out has escalated in the weeks since his debate defeat Donald Trump. Instead, he insists the media and political pundits have over-reported his political weaknesses, not Trump’s.
As of Wednesday, at least 20 Democratic congressman There have been public calls for Biden to drop out of the race, including most recently California Rep. Adam Schiff.
Democratic divisions took on a split screen on the third day of the Republican National Convention, with Republicans rallying heavily around the Trump-Vance vote, especially in the wake of the Pennsylvania rally shooting that left the former president just one fatal bullet away inches.
— Rebecca Picciotto
Democratic National Committee says it won’t ‘rush’ Biden nomination after Democratic lawmakers express concerns
On July 12, 2024, US President Biden delivered a speech while visiting the Garage Grill and Fuel Bar in Northville, Michigan, USA.
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this Democratic National Committee Commitment that its virtual roll call process will be specified President Biden Nominating the party’s official presidential nominee will not begin until August 1, according to a letter to delegates obtained by NBC News.
A virtual roll call could begin as soon as next week, and some Biden allies are pushing for the process. But other Democrats hope Democratic National Committee The early voting process was delayed to give the party time to identify a new nominee as concerns about Biden’s age grew.
“Our goal is not to grow quickly,” wrote Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Bishop Leah Daughtry, co-chair of the Democratic National Committee’s rules committee. “None of this will be rushed.”
The letter from the Democratic National Committee eased some concerns on Capitol Hill.
Shortly after the letter was released, House Democrats canceled efforts to collect signatures on a draft letter that would have called on the Democratic National Committee to host the nomination process in person at the Democratic National Convention as usual.
“We are pleased to see that the pressure is working and the DNC will not continue the hasty process, so we will not be sending a letter at this time,” said a spokesman for Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., who is leading the push. Democratic lawmakers behind the action told CNBC.
Walz and Daughtry noted that while the Democratic National Committee has promised that the virtual voting process will not start before August, it will be completed before the start of the Democratic National Convention on August 19.
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— Rebecca Picciotto
Peter Navarro, freshly released from prison, will speak
Trump’s former trade adviser Peter Navarro scheduled to speak Just hours after he completed a mission, in Milwaukee Sentenced to four months in prison In Miami.
A federal jury convicted Navarro in September of two counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a House Select Committee investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
The U.S. Supreme Court has reject Navarro’s request Release from prison at the earliest opportunity while he appeals his sentence.
— Kevin Breuninger
