Pressure is mounting on Joe Biden to end his re-election campaign after it emerged that former President Barack Obama told allies that his path to victory has been significantly diminished.
Obama said he believes the US president needs to seriously consider the viability of his candidacy. The Washington Post reportedciting multiple sources who had been informed about the former leader’s thinking.
Meanwhile, mr biden He reportedly said he would consider dropping out of the 2024 race if a doctor diagnosed him with a “medical condition.”
In a pre-recorded interview with BET NewsThe president said he would reevaluate his campaign “if I had any medical conditions that arose.”
“If doctors came to me and said, ‘You have this problem and that problem,'” he added.
He also acknowledged that he had run for president as a “transitional candidate” and hoped to “pass it on to someone else.”
But he said he did not expect how divided the United States would be, adding: “There is more to do and I am reluctant to give up on that.”
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Several senior Democratic leaders have reportedly privately pressured him to drop his campaign.
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Biden they are concerned he will not not only lose the White House, but also cost the party any chance of taking back the House of Representatives in the next five years. November elections, according to various reports.
So far, 20 of the 264 Democrats in Congress have called on the 81-year-old president to leave office after his terrible performance during a debate against donald trump78 years old, last month.
Biden has insisted he will not back down, arguing that he has beaten Trump before and will do it again.
Biden was heard sounding bad during the interview
Asked about reports that Biden might be warming to the idea of dropping out of the race, his deputy campaign manager, Quentin Fulks, told the Associated Press news agency: “He’s not hesitant at all.”
Coming after Mr. Biden tested positive for COVID-19 during a campaign visit to Nevada, forcing him to return to his home in Delaware to work in isolation.
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