According to the New York Times, some of US President Joe Biden’s advisers are meeting with US senators ahead of his press conference. They are looking for ways to keep him out of the presidential election.
According to media reports, some advisers to US President Joe Biden do not believe the 81-year-old can win the presidential election in November against Republican rival Donald Trump. In recent days, they have tried to find ways to convince Biden to drop out of the race, the New York Times reported, citing unnamed sources.
Biden is adamant he wants to stay in the race. According to the newspaper, his close circle of advisers, which includes his family, will also support it.
The White House denies dissent
The White House denied that Biden’s team would unite behind the Democrats. “This is clearly not true,” White House spokesman Andrew Bates was quoted as saying by the newspaper. “President Biden’s team is behind him.”
But many of Biden’s allies have zero chance of winning the November election, US broadcaster NBC reported. “He needs to get out,” the station quoted an unnamed representative from Biden’s campaign as saying. “He will never recover from this.”
Biden has been campaigning for his candidacy for two weeks. In the party’s internal primaries, he collected the necessary delegate votes to be selected as the nominee at the Democratic convention in August. Therefore, only he can decide to quit.
The debate over the candidacy has since appeared on television
However, since the televised debate against Trump, some supporters and party members have questioned whether Biden still has the mental health to run for a second term. The debate also overshadows the NATO summit currently taking place in the US capital, Washington. Every day new doubts are added. But the 81-year-old remains committed to his candidacy so far.
Ahead of the much-anticipated Biden press conference, the president’s senior advisers met with senators. Among others, Jen O’Malley Dillon, chairman of Biden’s campaign team, was scheduled to campaign for the incumbent in the chamber of Congress on Thursday. The Democrat was a senator for more than three decades — from 1973 to 2009. Asked if aides could address the chamber’s concerns about the election, Sen. Joe Manchin replied: “Only the president can do that.”
In the Senate and the other chamber, the House of Representatives, there are fears that the president’s slump in the polls could damage his party’s chances in Congress. On November 5, one-third of the Senate and the entire House of Representatives, except for the President, will be up for re-election. The majority there is very narrow. Many party colleagues and celebrities have openly called on Biden to withdraw his application, while other influential Democrats have been noticeably wary. The president has repeatedly said he is committed to his application. (APA/dpa)
