{"id":40376,"date":"2024-07-06T04:57:22","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T04:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=40376"},"modified":"2024-07-06T05:02:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T05:02:00","slug":"biden-digs-in-as-democrats-consider-forcing-him-out-of-presidential-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=40376","title":{"rendered":"Biden digs in as Democrats consider forcing him out of presidential race"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reuters:   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MADISON, Wisconsin, July 5  &#8211; President Joe Biden on Friday battled to put down an uprising among some Democrats pushing him to abandon his reelection campaign after a poor debate performance, vowing that &#8220;I&#8217;m staying in the race.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a fiery speech to supporters in Wisconsin and in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/biden-calls-debate-bad-episode-abc-news-interview-2024-07-05\/\">an ABC News interview<\/a>, Biden argued he is the best Democratic candidate to prevent Republican Donald Trump from regaining the White House in the Nov. 5 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/joe-bidens-disastrous-debate-blamed-bad-preparation-exhaustion-2024-06-30\/\">halting performance<\/a>&nbsp;at his debate with Trump on June 27 raised serious concerns among some Democrats about his mental acuity and stamina at age 81.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a movement afoot in the party to persuade him to step aside, with critics warning he faces near-certain defeat and could drag other Democrats down with him. House Democrats and a group of senators are expected to convene on the topic when they return to Washington next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some public opinion polls have shown Trump widening a lead since the debate, and a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/one-three-democrats-think-biden-should-quit-race-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2024-07-02\/\">Reuters\/Ipsos poll<\/a>&nbsp;found that one in three Democrats want Biden to quit the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden rejected the movement on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We had a little debate last week. Can\u2019t say it was my best performance. But ever since then there\u2019s been a lot of speculation. \u2018What\u2019s Joe gonna do? Is he gonna stay in the race? Is he gonna drop out?&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;Well here\u2019s my answer: I am running and gonna win again.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reuters: MADISON, Wisconsin, July 5 &#8211; President Joe Biden on Friday battled to put down an uprising among some Democrats pushing him to abandon his reelection campaign after a poor debate performance, vowing that &#8220;I&#8217;m staying in the race.&#8221; In a fiery speech to supporters in Wisconsin and in&nbsp;an ABC News interview, Biden argued he is the best Democratic candidate to prevent Republican Donald Trump from regaining the White House in the Nov. 5 election. Biden&#8217;s&nbsp;halting performance&nbsp;at his debate with Trump on June 27 raised serious concerns among some Democrats about his mental acuity and stamina at age 81. 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