Former president Barack Obama has privately expressed concerns to Democrats about President Joe Biden’s candidacy.
US President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama arrive in New York City for a campaign event aboard the same plane to raise funds for the Biden-Harris 2024 reelection campaign on March 28, 2024 in New York, United States.
Using mountains of data showing Biden’s standing could wipe out the ranks of Democrats in Congress, frank conversations in public and private, and now, the president’s own time off the campaign trail afterTime is of the essence.
And on Wednesday, California Rep. Adam Schiff, a close ally of Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, became the highest-profile House Democrat to call for Biden to drop his reelection bid, saying that while the decision is Biden's alone to make, he believes it's time to “pass the torch.” To be sure, many Democrats want Biden to stay in the race. And the Democratic National Committee is pushing ahead with plans for a virtual vote to formally make Biden its nominee in the first week of August, ahead of the Democratic National Convention that begins Aug. 19 in Chicago.
But among Democrats nationwide, nearly two-thirds say Biden should step aside and let his party nominate a different candidate, according to . That sharply undercuts Biden's post-debate claim that “average Democrats” are still with him even if some “big names” are turning on him. Schiff said that by bowing out, Biden would"secure his legacy of leadership by allowing us to defeat Donald Trump in the upcoming election.”
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