President Joe Biden has faced more calls from fellow Democrats to step aside in the race for the White House after making more major mistakes at the NATO summit.
His performance at the Washington event was seen as decisive for the 81 year old after disastrous debate performance against rival donald trump last month.
However, speaking at the end of the three-day summit, he mistakenly referred to Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy as “President Putin”, prompting gasps from those present, before correcting himself.
Shortly after, he mixed up the names of Vice President Kamala Harris and Trump.
He public mistakes on the world stage They have only served to fuel concern among members of his own party that he is not in the best position to defeat Trump. November 5 and serve another four-year term in the White House.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries met with Biden to discuss the president’s candidacy and the “path forward.”
Democrats also worry that Biden could cause them to lose seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate, leaving them without a hold on power in Washington should Trump win the White House.
Moscow has also moved to capitalize on Biden’s mistakes, joking that he had proven himself to be “a pro-Russian candidate controlled by the Kremlin.”
Despite growing criticism from his allies, Biden has made clear that he had no intention of resigning.
He said, “If I show up at the convention and everyone says they want someone else, that’s the democratic process.”
But resorting to a stage whisper he often uses for emphasis, he added: “That’s not going to happen.”
However, this has failed to reassure some Democrats.
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Urging Biden to step aside, Colorado Rep. Brittany Pettersen wrote on social media: “Please pass the torch to one of our many capable Democratic leaders so we have the best chance of defeating Donald Trump.” .
Connecticut Rep. Jim Himes praised Biden as “a remarkable leader of unparalleled public service” but said it was time to go.
He said: “The 2024 election will define the future of American democracy, and we must field the strongest candidate possible to confront the threat posed by Trump’s promised MAGA (Make America Great Again) authoritarianism.”
“I no longer believe he is Joe Biden, and I hope that, as he has done throughout his lifetime of public service, he will continue to put our nation first and, as he promised, usher in a new generation of leaders.”
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Rep. Scott Peters of California argued that Biden’s performance in last month’s debate was “not a problem” and that polls in swing states had “worsened alarmingly” since then.
He said: “Today I ask President Biden to withdraw from the presidential campaign.
“There is a lot at stake and we are on a lost course.
“My conscience demands that I speak out and put loyalty to the country and democracy before my great affection and loyalty to the president and those around him.
“We must find a candidate from our deep talent pool who can defeat Donald Trump.”
Rep. Eric Sorensen of Illinois, who is running for re-election in a competitive district in November, said he is “hopeful that President Biden will step aside in his campaign for president” and be replaced by “a candidate for presidency that communicates a positive attitude. vision for every person in this country.
He added: “In 2020, Joe Biden ran for president with the goal of putting country before party. Today I ask him to do it again.”
Meanwhile, Jeffries, a prominent Democrat, said he had met with Biden on Thursday night.
He wrote in a letter to colleagues: “In my conversation with President Biden, I directly expressed the full breadth of knowledge, candid perspectives, and conclusions about the way forward that the caucus has shared in our recent time together.”
As the presidential nominating conventions approach, a Democratic leadership aide said time was running out and that if Biden did not resign in the coming weeks, the party would “have to join him.”
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