Joe Biden announced his withdrawal from the US presidential candidacy. As is well known, the latter gave a deplorable performance in the presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, which is why democratic politicians and leading American newspapers asked for his resignation.
Joe Biden is withdrawing from the presidential candidacy, the US president announced on his social media page.
The White House announced on Wednesday that the American president was infected with the coronavirus; because of this, he canceled his campaign program for the day. According to the statement, the president has been vaccinated and received the booster vaccine, so his symptoms are mild, but he will travel home to his home in the state of Delaware, where he will be quarantined. According to the information, Biden will also perform his official duties during this time, and the White House will provide regular information on the president's condition. They also started his medication.
Democrats urged Joe Biden to step down
After his poor performance in the televised presidential debate, Democratic politicians and leading American newspapers also requested and/or demanded that Joe Biden withdraw from the candidacy. For a long time, Biden seemed to be adamant, but recently the Democratic presidential candidate, Nancy Pelosi, approached him about his resignation.
Nancy Pelosi spoke with Joe Biden a week ago and told him that she and other members of the Democratic Party were concerned about him staying in the race for president.
However, he is not the only one, since after Biden's anemic performance in his debate against Trump, many people - including Democratic representatives - suggested that the president withdraw from the candidacy, because they could have imagined that the now 81-year-old politician would be able to continue for four more years lead one of the world's greatest powers. Biden previously spoke about the maximum if "God asks", then maybe he will step down, but otherwise he will stay and beat Trump.
On Wednesday, influential congressman Adam Schiff, who is running for a Senate seat in November, asked Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential candidacy. The Californian politician issued a statement in which he expressed doubts about Joe Biden's ability to defeat Donald Trump in November.
The politician, who belongs to the progressive wing of the Democrats, stated in the statement that a second Trump presidency would undermine the foundations of American democracy. He also expressed his belief that it would be time for Joe Biden to pass the torch and let others defeat Donald Trump in the upcoming election in order to preserve his political legacy. Earlier, the editorial staff of The New York Times also asked the president to withdraw from the candidacy.
The majority leader of the Senate, Senator Chuck Schumer, and Representative Hakeem Jeffries, who leads the Democrats in the minority in the House of Representatives, met on Wednesday, after which they proposed to postpone the presidential nominating convention to finalize the nomination due to the questions that have arisen surrounding Joe Biden's presidential candidacy. This was originally planned for August 19–22. would have been held in Chicago between
The leadership of the Democratic Party also announced on Wednesday that it still considers a virtual vote necessary to advance and make Joe Biden's candidacy final and official already at the beginning of August. The exact date and details of this were discussed with the party's rule-making committee. According to the proposal, remote voting will be held from August 1 to 7. should have been kept between
He gave an interview a few days ago
Biden gave an almost one-hour interview to NBC reporter Lester Holt on Monday, July 15, at nine o'clock local time. This was the US president's first interview since his challenger, Republican Donald Trump, was attacked. In the conversation, Biden's mental health was also discussed, as well as the fact that several of his allies have recently raised the possibility of Biden's resignation, and they are waiting for the president himself to decide on this.
BIDEN REVEALED THAT THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST TRUMP HAD NO INFLUENCE ON HIS EARLIER DECISION AND HE STILL REMAINS IN THE RACE.
He said that currently, according to public opinion polls, there is not much difference between him and his challenger, and it was already known that there would be a close race between the two candidates. The president argued for himself that since Franklin Roosevelt, America has not had such a successful president, as he believes that no one has succeeded in passing so many important pieces of legislation. However, Biden feels that his work is not finished yet, which is why he is asking the Americans for another authorization.
Scandalous performance
The American presidential candidate debate at the end of June did not go at all the way Joe Biden and his team imagined. Instead of the program points of the Democrats, the current president's mental capacity and medical fitness became a question. President Joe Biden started the debate right off the bat with a blunder when he claimed to have created 15,000 jobs, when the correct number is 15 million.
By the way, Biden entered the stage with a low, stuttering voice and an open-mouthed, staring look. He sometimes struggled to finish his thoughts, and on issues like abortion, where Democrats have an advantage, he gave way to his opponent.
The president of the United States explained the scandalous performance with the time difference, as he visited Europe several times in the two weeks before the debate. Joe Biden admitted it was a bad decision. "I didn't listen to my crew […] and then I almost fell asleep on stage," the president said. He added that this is not an excuse, just an explanation of what happened. The president also apologized for his poor performance and said that it is "critical" for him to win this year's presidential election.
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