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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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.
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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.
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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.
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