Biden in discussions with family to leave presidential race: Report

[LAUREN TAYLOR]

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS UNDER INCREASING PRESSURE FROM DEMOCRATS TO STEP ASIDE AND CREATE ROOM FOR A NEW DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. 

NBC NEWS REPORTS THE BIDEN FAMILY AND THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM ARE IN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT BIDEN’S EXIT PLAN FOR THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL RACE.

ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, BIDEN’S ALLIES SAY THEY BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT WILL TAKE THAT STEP WITH A “CAREFULLY CALCULATED PLAN IN PLACE” THAT WOULD PUT DEMOCRATS IN THE BEST POSITION TO BEAT REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WHILE ALSO NOTING BIDEN’S FIVE DECADES OF SERVING IN ELECTED OFFICE.

HOWEVER – BIDEN HAS REPEATEDLY SAID HE WILL NOT QUIT THE RACE.

HIS CAMPAIGN CHAIR JEN O’MALLEY DILLION SPOKE OUT FRIDAY ON MSNBC’S MORNING JOE PROGRAM:

(JEN O’MALLEY DILLION / BIDEN CAMPAIGN CHAIR)

“AND LOOK, ABSOLUTELY THE PRESIDENT’S IN THIS RACE. YOU’VE HEARD HIM SAY THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN. AND I THINK WE SAW ON DISPLAY LAST NIGHT EXACTLY WHY  BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP IS NOT GOING TO OFFER ANYTHING NEW TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. HE’S THE SAME PERSON HE WAS IN 2020. HE’S THE SAME PERSON HE WAS AT THE DEBATE STAGE. HE’S THE SAME PERSON HE IS THAT’S ABOUT HIMSELF, NOT ABOUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND JOE BIDEN IS MORE COMMITTED THAN EVER TO BEAT DONALD TRUMP.”

[JOE BIDEN]

DILLION ACKNOWLEDGED IT’S BEEN A TOUGH COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR THE CAMPAIGN SINCE BIDEN AND TRUMP DEBATED ON JUNE 27TH – WHEN BIDEN STUMBLED OVER HIS WORDS. 

SINCE THE DEBATE, BIDEN HAS EXPLAINED HIS PERFORMANCE WASN’T UP TO PAR BECAUSE HE WAS SICK WITH A COLD AND THE NIGHT WAS A “ONE OFF.”

THE PRESIDENT SAT DOWN FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH NBC NEWS EARLIER THIS WEEK:

[JOE BIDEN] 

“I’VE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME. THE IDEA THAT I’M THE OLD GUY, I AM. I’M OLD. BUT I’M ONLY THREE YEARS OLDER THAN TRUMP, NUMBER ONE. AND NUMBER TWO, MY MENTAL ACUITY HAS BEEN PRETTY DAMN GOOD. I’VE GOTTEN MORE DONE THAN ANY PRESIDENT HAS IN A LONG, LONG TIME IN THREE AND A HALF YEARS.”

[LAUREN TAYLOR] 

ON FRIDAY – CALLS FOR BIDEN TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE GREW.

FOUR HOUSE DEMOCRATS ISSUED A JOINT STATEMENT CALLING ON THE PRESIDENT TO EXIT THE RACE SAYING IN A STATEMENT QUOTE:

“Mr. President, with great admiration for you personally, sincere respect for your decades of public service and patriotic leadership, and deep appreciation for everything we have accomplished together during your presidency, it is now time for you to pass the torch to a new generation of Democratic leaders.” 

AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT – 27 CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS HAVE CALLED ON BIDEN TO STEP ASIDE. 

And a democratic group is working to take that message directly to biden in the coming days – working to release a new ad on MSNBC, including ‘morning joe’.

The ad from ‘pass the torch’ is scheduled to begin airing monday in the washington region and delaware where biden is currently isolating after a covid diagnosis. 

IT WAS REPORTED EARLIER THIS WEEK AND FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI AND SENATE MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SHUMER HAVE BOTH CALLED PRESIDENT BIDEN AND ASKED HIM TO DROP OUT.

SEVERAL REPORTS SURFACED FRIDAY INDICATING BIDEN WILL MAKE A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING HIS POLITICAL FUTURE THIS WEEKEND.

THE DEMOCRAT CONVENTION BEGINS IN ONE MONTH ON AUGUST 19TH.

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