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Biden’s plan to keep the White House

Post Reports

The Washington Post

Daily News, Politics, News

4.45.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The results of Super Tuesday set up a highly likely rematch between President Biden and former president Donald Trump. Today on “Post Reports,” the hurdles that the Biden campaign has to overcome in order to secure a victory in November.


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After Super Tuesday nominating contests, GOP candidate Nikki Haley is exiting the presidential race and the stage is set for President Biden and former president Donald Trump to face off again. But Biden’s campaign faces challenges – with voters in some states protesting his support of Israel’s war in Gaza by voting “uncommitted.” 


White House reporter Yasmeen Abutaleb reports on the Biden administration’s strategy to pull voters back in, including having Vice President Harris be more vocal on controversial issues  such as abortion and a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas. 


Today’s show was produced by Emma Talkoff with help from Sabby Robinson. It was mixed by Sean Carter and edited by Monica Campbell.

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0:00.0

So today the day after Super Tuesday and after voters in 15 states picked

0:08.0

their presidential nominee what has seemed inevitable for months is now clear.

0:13.8

This race is going to be a Trump-Biden rematch,

0:16.4

which polls have shown for many months now.

0:19.3

Most voters do not want, but they both swept states on Tuesday night and they are very close both of them

0:26.0

to clenching the nomination.

0:27.6

Especially now with Nicki Haley exiting the race on the GOP side and with Dean Phillips ending his campaign on the Democrat side,

0:36.0

it is President Biden and former President Donald Trump racing to the election in November,

0:41.7

with plenty of hurdles ahead.

0:44.1

I think each candidate is looking at the others seeing where they can capitalize.

0:48.2

So I know the Biden camp sees significant weaknesses in Trump's performance.

0:53.2

Obviously, Trump is leading in a lot of polls recently and so the Trump camp sees a lot of

0:57.6

openings, but I think the primary contests up to this point have shown they both have a lot of weaknesses

1:03.7

to overcome before the fall.

1:07.0

Yasmin Abu Talib is a White House reporter for the post. She's closely

1:12.2

tracking the campaigns. And one of the

1:14.8

challenges facing Biden that's gaining steam is the uncommitted vote to

1:19.4

protest his support of Israel's war in Gaza.

1:23.0

And I think the important thing is, you know, that the Biden campaign and some Democrats

1:27.6

will dismiss it as a not sizable share of the vote, but in an election that's poised to be as close as this one,

1:33.2

Biden cannot afford to alienate more voters

1:36.1

over his foreign policy because his biggest liability

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