President Joe Biden is facing the harsh reality that many Democrats at the highest levels I want him to consider how moving away from the 2024 elections Clearing the way for a new candidate at the top of the ticket could be the party’s best chance of avoiding widespread losses in November.
These are crucial days for the president and his party: donald trump ended with enthusiasm Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, where he accepted the party’s presidential nomination. His running mate, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, also addressed a national audience for the first time as the Republican Party’s vice presidential candidate.
The Biden campaign is calling an all-staff meeting for Friday, while the Democratic National Committee the government’s regulatory arm also hopes to meet.
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Former president Barack Obama has a delicate balance to strike: how to weigh the growing opposition to the President Joe Biden continuing his campaign with his loyalty to his former running mate.
In recent days, Obama has received calls from congressional leaders, Democratic governors and major donors in which he shared your discomfort about the outlook for Biden’s campaign following his calamitous performance in the June 27 debate against his predecessor, Donald Trump.
But even as he listened to Democrats’ concerns, Obama insisted that the decision to stay in the race was up to Biden alone, according to several people familiar with the matter who requested anonymity to discuss the private conversations.
Read more about how Obama is responding to the debate over Biden’s candidacy
Tucker Carlson returned to Fox News airwaves 15 months later being unceremoniously firedseen Thursday in coverage of a speech at the Republican National Convention that highlighted his growing influence in Donald Trump’s world.
Carlson called on the Republican nominee to return as president a changed man who has effectively “become the leader of this nation” following last Saturday’s decision. assassination attempt.
His 11-minute speech in Milwaukee also highlighted changes in the media personality, who said privately after the 2020 election that “I really can’t wait” ignore Trump. Before being given the primetime role on the convention’s climactic night, he was seen throughout the convention and reportedly lobbied Trump to select Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio as his running mate.
Fox News aired Carlson’s speech in prime time, during the same time slot in which he was once the most popular personality on cable television news. CNN and MSNBC did not report it.
“That was Tucker Carlson,” said his Fox replacement, Jesse Watters. “You might remember him at 8 o’clock here.”
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The sometimes contradictory brand continued with the choice of speakers in the final hours of the convention.
Earlier this week, Trump turned to women to soften his image: his former press secretary and governor of Arkansas. Sarah Huckabee Sanders; former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway; his 17-year-old granddaughter, Kai Trump.
But on the RNC’s biggest night, Trump lined up a host of figures from the professional wrestling world, including Hulk Hogan, a telling choice for someone who has long admired traditional masculinity, praised tough guys and embraced a combative, no-holds-barred attitude. style of politics.
This image of resistance is one that Trump summoned immediately after the attempt on his life days ago, when, shortly after being shot and injured, he raised his fist in the air and whispered, “Fight!” – an appeal that his supporters considered a chant.
Read more final night conclusions from the RNC
On Friday, the Democratic National Committee The party’s legislative arm hopes to meet to discuss plans for a virtual roll call vote on the president’s nomination in early August, ahead of the party’s convention later that month.
Campaign officials say Biden was even more committed to staying in the race, even with calls for him to leave. And senior West Wing aides have had no internal discussions or conversations with the president about Biden dropping out.
But there is also time to reconsider. Biden has been told that the campaign is having trouble raising money, and top Democrats see an opportunity, since he is away from the campaign for a few days, to encourage his departure. In his office, some are resigned to the likelihood of him losing in November.
Republicans are ending a nominating convention that celebrated the former president donald trump not just as party leader, but as a living martyr who survived an alleged assassin’s bullet and is ready to work for everyday Americans after a sweeping victory in November.
The unified portraits sought to erase the image of a man whose presidency was often embroiled in chaos and infighting and ended with a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Democrats have repeatedly used footage from that day to try to block his return and highlighted his recurring use of inflammatory and hard-line rhetoric.
There’s still a lot of campaigning between now, the first voting windows and Election Day. Therefore, the effectiveness of the messaging effort remains to be seen. But it was an impressive four days for a Republican Party that, over the course of three presidential elections, was reshaped by Trump’s personality and policies.
Read more conclusions of the closing stanza of the Republican Party meeting in Wisconsin
Trump concluded his speech after more than an hour and a half, leading the crowd in a shift to “Make America Great Again” as he ended it.
Melania Trump joined him on stage after he finished, and the band launched into, “Hold On, I’m Coming,” a song Trump often plays at the end of his campaign rallies.
The Trump family now joins him on stage, including his daughter, Ivanka, and son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Although they joined him at the White House, the couple were not part of his campaign.
Red, white and blue balloons are falling over the convention.
