“He is doing some soul searching, I know that for a fact,” one of the sources said.who asked to remain anonymous. “He’s thinking about it very seriously.”
Biden, 81, has faced mounting pressure from prominent members of his party to give up his position on the ballot after his poor debate showing against former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, that raised questions about his age and ability to win in November.
The president has pushed back against the calls, arguing that he has won millions of votes in primaries in recent months and is the choice of Democratic voters.
Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi give the thumbs down to Joe Biden’s candidacy in the US
Citing sources from the environment of Barack Obama, The Washington Post said Thursday that the former president, still very influential in the party, believes Biden’s chances of victory have diminished, so he must “seriously consider the viability of his candidacy.”
Obama is the most prominent Democrat to join a growing number of voices that They ask Biden to throw in the towel.
According to American media, Democratic leaders in Congress, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, They have informed the president in separate meetings that His candidacy threatens the party’s chances in the elections.
CNN claims that the influential Nancy Pelosi, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, He told the president that polls indicate that not only will he not win, but that he could cause the Democrats to lose seats. in the legislative elections held at the same time.
And several senior Democrats told Axios on condition of anonymity that they believe the mounting pressure will lead to Biden to withdraw his candidacy. It is not ruled out that he will do so this weekend.
On Wednesday, the California congressman Adam Schiff asked Biden to “pass the baton”.A score of members of the House of Representatives and a senator have also begged him.
70% of Americans believe that Joe Biden should withdraw his candidacy
Nearly two-thirds of Democrats and the 70% of Americans They consider that Biden should withdraw his candidacy for the November 5 election and make way for another representative of the Democratic Party to run, according to a poll by Associated Press (AP)-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
The poll was conducted July 11-15, three weeks after the first presidential debate in which the current president faced former president and Republican front-runner Donald Trump.
This scenario revealed a Democratic candidate who was not very lucid and inconsistent in his proposals for a new term.
Doubts and concerns about the ability of Biden to once again take command of the US government continued to escalate after other episodes of confusion that the president starred in at the summit of the NATO which was held in Washington.
Source: Ambito
