President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris made surprise appearances on a Democratic National Committee Zoom call today where the president made clear he still intends on running for re-election after a disappointing debate performance last Thursday.
Biden: ‘No one’s pushing me out’ https://t.co/XSZHNRAgMs
— POLITICO (@politico) July 3, 2024
From Politico:
“Let me say this as clearly as I possibly can — as simply and straightforward as I can: I am running … no one’s pushing me out. I’m not leaving. I’m in this race to the end and we’re going to win,” Biden said on the call.
Biden’s forcefulness and resolve, especially compared to how he came across during last week’s debate, was as reassuring to several attendees, who discussed the call afterward via text message, as what he said.
Vice President Kamala Harris, whose profile has risen in recent days as Democrats focus on her with new seriousness as a possible replacement atop the ticket, was seated beside Biden on the video call.
“We will not back down,” Harris said. “We will follow our president’s lead. We will fight, and we will win.”
White House staffers have also reportedly been encouraged to ignore “noise” and “chatter” about Biden’s debate performance. The New York Times and Siena College released the results of their post-debate survey today, which found that Trump now leads Biden by 6 points (49% to 43%) among likely voters nationally — a 3-point shift from before the debate.
Donald Trump now leads President Biden by six percentage points among likely voters after last week’s debate, a new poll from The New York Times and Siena College showed. https://t.co/6kUsrsQFrn
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 3, 2024
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