Biden’s defi­ance and denial raise prospects of fight with Democ­rats over nom­i­na­tion

Biden’s defiance and denial raise prospects of fight with Democrats over nomination

Pres­i­dent Joe Biden’s first inter­view after his dis­as­trous debate show­ing was a pre­view of what is like­ly to hap­pen if Demo­c­ra­t­ic lead­ers go to the White House to per­suade him to stand down in the 2024 elec­tion.
“If the Lord Almighty came down and said, ‘Joe, get out of the race,’ I’d get out of the race. But the Lord Almighty’s not com­ing down,” Biden said.
That doesn’t bode well for Sen­ate Major­i­ty Leader Chuck Schumer (D‑NY), Sen. Mark Warn­er (D‑VA), House Minor­i­ty Leader Hakeem Jef­fries (D‑NY), for­mer House Speak­er Nan­cy Pelosi (D‑CA), or even for­mer Pres­i­dent Barack Oba­ma.
George Stephanopou­los con­duct­ed the inter­view for ABC News like it was an inter­ven­tion. The for­mer Clin­ton White House com­mu­ni­ca­tions direc­tor almost plead­ed with Biden to con­sid­er whether he was mis­judg­ing his abil­i­ty to win the race and his fit­ness to con­tin­ue to serve in office until age 86.
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