NEW DELHI: Following US president Joe Biden‘s poor performance in the US presidential debate against former President and Republican nominee Donald Trump, senior Democrats have rallied behind their nominee and dismissed suggestions that Biden should end his 2024 campaign for a second four-year term in the White House. Key Democratic officials, including Senator Raphael Warnock, Representative Jim Clyburn, and Governor Wes Moore, have expressed their continued support for Biden, attributing his debate performance to “preparation overload” and asserting that he should remain in the race.
Georgia Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock told NBC’s “Meet the Press” program, “Bad debates happen. The question is, ‘Who has Donald Trump ever shown up for other than himself and people like himself?’ I’m with Joe Biden, and it’s our assignment to make sure that he gets over the finish line come November.”
Representative Jim Clyburn of South Carolina also voiced his support for Biden, stating to CNN, “I do not believe that Joe Biden has a problem leading for the next four years because he’s done a great job of leading for the last three-and-a-half years. I always say that the best predictor of future behavior is past performance.”
The Biden campaign, in a Saturday night fundraising appeal, argued against replacing him as the Democratic nominee, warning that it would lead to chaos before the August national party convention and ultimately result in losing the national election. Former Biden White House communications aide Kate Bedingfield reported that the campaign had raised $33 million since the debate.
While Republican leaders such as Reince Priebus and Senator Lindsey Graham criticized Biden’s debate performance, calling it an “incoherent, almost impossible mess” and labeling him a “compromised president,” Biden himself has not indicated any intention to drop out of the race. In fact, he reiterated his commitment to running for president, telling supporters, “I know I’m not a young man… but I know what I do know: I know how to tell the truth!”
Meanwhile, after spending the weekend at campaign fundraising events in New York and New Jersey, Biden went to Camp David, the presidential retreat outside Washington, for a long-planned family get-together
According to VOA, Joe Biden has not indicated that he plans to drop out of the race and, in fact, voiced just the opposite.
Georgia Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock told NBC’s “Meet the Press” program, “Bad debates happen. The question is, ‘Who has Donald Trump ever shown up for other than himself and people like himself?’ I’m with Joe Biden, and it’s our assignment to make sure that he gets over the finish line come November.”
Representative Jim Clyburn of South Carolina also voiced his support for Biden, stating to CNN, “I do not believe that Joe Biden has a problem leading for the next four years because he’s done a great job of leading for the last three-and-a-half years. I always say that the best predictor of future behavior is past performance.”
The Biden campaign, in a Saturday night fundraising appeal, argued against replacing him as the Democratic nominee, warning that it would lead to chaos before the August national party convention and ultimately result in losing the national election. Former Biden White House communications aide Kate Bedingfield reported that the campaign had raised $33 million since the debate.
While Republican leaders such as Reince Priebus and Senator Lindsey Graham criticized Biden’s debate performance, calling it an “incoherent, almost impossible mess” and labeling him a “compromised president,” Biden himself has not indicated any intention to drop out of the race. In fact, he reiterated his commitment to running for president, telling supporters, “I know I’m not a young man… but I know what I do know: I know how to tell the truth!”
Meanwhile, after spending the weekend at campaign fundraising events in New York and New Jersey, Biden went to Camp David, the presidential retreat outside Washington, for a long-planned family get-together
According to VOA, Joe Biden has not indicated that he plans to drop out of the race and, in fact, voiced just the opposite.