The official announcement was released minutes after Janet Murguia, president of United States US, announced that the president was canceling his participation in an annual event of the nation’s largest civil rights organization for Latinos, an important demographic in his bid for the White House. “I feel good,” said Biden, 81.told reporters as he boarded Air Force One, which will transport him to his residence in Delaware.
“He shared his disappointment at not being able to come this late,” Murguía said. to the more than a thousand people who were waiting for the president at the MGM Convention Center from Las Vegas. “The president was at many events as we know, and he tested positive for Covid,” he added, causing a sigh from the audience, which dispersed minutes later.
US: Joe Biden suspends his campaign due to Covid-19 amid doubts about his candidacy
Karine Jean-Pierre, Spokesperson for the Presidency, brought reassurance by stating that The president “is vaccinated and reinforced, and suffers from mild symptoms”Biden presented on Wednesday afternoon with “upper respiratory symptoms, including rhinorrhea (runny nose) and non-productive cough, with general malaise,” detailed the medical report included in the statement.
Biden will return to his residence Delaware, reported the White House, “where will be isolated and will continue with his responsibilities.”
On Tuesday, the president spoke at the annual conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he appeared forceful and called for calming the tensions in the polarized political climate in the United States. Biden was back on track with a campaign agenda in Las Vegasfollowing the attempted assassination of his rival Donald Trump on Saturday.
Biden is fighting for his nomination after his questionable performance in the first debate of the campaign against Donald Trump almost a month ago, when the president showed problems expressing himself and appeared confused and tired at times.
Joe Biden’s health casts doubt on his nomination at the Democratic Convention
The politician has brushed aside criticism and calls to drop out of the race for a second term in office. White House. But in an interview recorded on Tuesday he said that You may want to reconsider your application if you are diagnosed with a health problem.
“If I had some medical problem that came up, if somebody, if the doctors came to me and said ‘you have such a problem,'” Biden replied to BET when asked what would make him back off the November fight, in an interview taped Tuesday.
Nearly two-thirds of his own party want the leader step aside, according to a recent poll by Associated Press and the Research Center NORC.
The influential congressman Adam Schiff On Wednesday he became the most important Democrat to ask for Biden that in order to “ensure his legacy”, he should end his electoral attempt.
“A second presidency of Trump will undermine the very foundations of our democracy“And I have serious doubts that the president can defeat Donald Trump in November,” Schiff told the Los Angeles Times.
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