Biden Resists Pressure as Vows to Stay in Race

Sat Jul 20 2024
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REHOBOTH BEACH: US President Joe Biden has vowed to stay in the White House race today, challenging a growing Democratic party revolt that raised rumors he could bow out as soon as this weekend.

The 81-year-old President said in a statement from the Delaware beach home where he is in Covid isolation, “The stakes are high, and the choice is clear. Together, we will win,”.

He said, “I look forward to getting back on the campaign track next week,” as his doctors’ said Biden was bouncing back from the indications of the disease.

But his political health appeared to be in far worse shape, with ten more House Democrats and two senators joining the list of legislators publicly calling on Biden to quit November’s election encounter with Trump.

A disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump three weeks ago triggered terror about Biden’s health and age. Over 30 House Democrats and around four senators have now called on Bident to drop out. Top Democrats have expressed concerns, polls showing Donald Trump on course for a return to the Oval Office.

According to media reports, former president Barack Obama also privately expressed concerns to Democrats about President Joe Biden’s chances of winning the Presidential election.  In his private conversations with allies in recent days, Obama said that he likely can’t defeat Republican’s candidate Donald Trump. He Joe Biden’s debate disaster a bad night as he put out a supportive statement defending Joe Biden as the Democrats were tearing into the President. He believes Biden should seriously assess the viability of continuing his candidacy, according to a report in the Washington Post, citing sources briefed on Obama’s thinking.

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