Biden fights to keep Democrats and donors on his side

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Joe Biden is pushing back against calls to drop out of the presidential race, trying to reassure Capitol Hill Democrats and campaign donors that he's in it to win it. Also, Donald Trump takes to social media to deny any knowledge of or involvement in Project 2025, saying he even disagrees with some of the content. Plus, French voters reject a far-right takeover -- could the same thing happen here in November? Susan Glasser, Mike Memoli, Dave Weigel, Ahmed Baba, Mark McKinnon, and Chuck Rocha join The 11th Hour.

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0:00.0	Tonight Joe Biden defies calls to end his run for the White House telling
0:06.2	Democrats I am not going anywhere. Plus the election that pushed back
0:10.9	against the far right could what just happened in France
0:14.0	happened here in the US. Then Donald Trump and Project 2025, why he's now
0:20.0	distancing himself from a radical right-wing agenda from his own allies as the
0:25.7	11th hour gets underway on this Monday night.
0:30.8	Good evening once again. I'm Stephanie Rule and we are now 120 days away from
0:38.1	the election and as President Biden begins a week that some say may decide his political future, he has come out swinging.
0:46.2	Today the president forcefully pushed back on Democrats who want him to drop out of the
0:51.3	race, saying that the voters have spoken
0:54.0	and daring a potential alternative candidate to challenge him at next month's convention.
0:59.1	Here's my colleague Kelly O'Donnell with the details.
1:02.0	The message from President Biden today Kelly O'Donnell with the details.
1:03.2	The message from President Biden today, the debate over his debate is over.
1:08.0	I am not going anywhere.
1:10.3	The President says he has now assessed the country's mood after visiting
1:14.4	voters across battleground states. Today he phoned into MS NBC's morning
1:19.5	Joe. I wanted to make sure I was right that the average voter out there still wanted Joe Biden and I'm confident they do.
1:28.0	The first lady amplifying his message in three states.
1:32.0	For all the talk out there about this race Joe has made it
1:35.6	clear that he's all in. And to Democrats on Capitol Hill the president sent
1:42.2	more than 1,200 words to get on board.
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