Joe Biden allies reject calls for him dropping out of 2024 race; show support

While President Joe Biden was away at Camp David for a longplanned family gettogether key US Democratic leaders stood firmly behind his back rejecting the notion that he should end his 2024 campaign for a second fouryear term in the White House because of his halting and disjointed debate performance last week against former President Donald Trump reported Voice of America VOAThe Democratic allies of Biden readily acknowledged the 81yearold Bidens shortcomings in the nationally televised 90minute debate in which he struggled at times to complete sentences and at one point mistakenly said he had killed off Medicare the governments health insurance program for older Americans According to a new CBSYouGov poll Americans by a 7227 per cent margin do not think that Biden has the mental and cognitive health to serve as president a reading that was seven percentage points worse on the same question compared to three weeks ago VOA reportedHowever national polling between Biden and Trump still showed the contest remains a dead heat Meanwhile the key Democratic officials rejected the suggestion of some rankandfile Democrats and editorials in The New York Times and The Atlanta JournalConstitution that he drop out of the race for a younger candidate The unfortunate truth is that Biden should withdraw from the race for the good of the nation he has served so admirably for half a century the Atlanta JournalConstitution saidThe Atlanta JournalConstitution is the leading newspaper in the key southern political battleground state of Georgia The shade of retirement is now necessary for President Biden it added according to VOA Oh absolutely not Georgia Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock told NBCs Meet the Press program Bad debates happen The question is Who has Donald Trump ever shown up for other than himself and people like himself Im with Joe Biden and its our assignment to make sure that he gets over the finish line come NovemberRepresentative Jim Clyburn of South Carolina a prominent Biden supporter told CNNs State of the Union show I do not believe that Joe Biden has a problem leading for the next four years because hes done a great job of leading for the last threeandahalf years I always say that the best predictor of future behaviour is past performance He contended that what happened at the debate was preparation overload reported VOAGovernor Wes Moore of Maryland said on CBSs Face the Nation that the president had a difficult night just like every single one of us do but that it should not force him out of the November 5 election Joe Biden is not going to take himself out of this race nor should he Bidens campaign in a Saturday night fundraising appeal says replacing him as the Democratic standardbearer would lead to weeks of chaos before the August national party convention to pick a new nominee and be a highway to losing the national electionKate Bedingfield a former Biden White House communications aide told CNN that the Biden campaign had raised USD 33 million since the debate Reince Priebus the former chairman of the Republican National Committee and once Trumps White House chief of staff called Biden staying in the race just all downside for Joe Biden This is not a bad debate night he said on ABCs This Week show This was an incoherent almost impossible messSenator Lindsey Graham Republican of South Carolina said Hes Biden a decent man Hes a failed president He is compromised Thats the storyline here Thats what the world saw a compromised president Biden after spending the weekend at campaign fundraising events in New York and New Jersey went to Camp David the presidential retreat outside Washington for a longplanned family gettogether according to VOAJoe Biden has not indicated that he plans to drop out of the race and in fact voiced just the opposite On Friday the day after the debate Biden told supporters I know Im not a young man I dont walk as easily as I used to I dont speak as smoothly as I used to I dont debate as well as I used to but I know what I do know I know how to tell the truth Biden added that he would not be running for a second term if he did not believe with all my heart and soul I can do thisThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever