Democratic Lawmakers Appear Divided Over Biden

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 10 July 2024

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Democratic Senators hash it out behind closed doors to determine what their response will be to growing concerns over Biden’s presidential bid. With President Biden’s big NATO speech just minutes away, we look at what his message might be and what it might need to be. Also, Donald Trump returns to the campaign trail, pushing a watered down platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Disarray does not even begin to describe it. The lead starts right now.
0:07.0	I'm going to disagree with some people in that room, but I'm all there on Joe Biden.
0:14.8	Democratic senators behind closed doors hashing it out.
0:17.6	House Democrats met earlier one describing a sense of sadness in the room all this
0:21.7	with plummeting poll numbers with
0:23.3	Biden on top of the ticket ahead the Democratic Party split as the Biden's
0:27.9	dig in but first the message President Biden needs to convey on the world stage with his big NATO speech now just minutes away.
0:35.8	Plus, Donald Trump's return to the campaign trail pushing a watered down platform,
0:41.1	trying to say he knows nothing of controversial project 2025.
0:45.0	We're live in Miami with what he says next.
0:48.0	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper. We're going to start in our 2024 lead with a
0:55.5	feeling of quote sadness. That's how one top Democratic lawmaker described
0:59.5	today's House Caucus meeting to discuss whether President Biden should remain at the top of the ticket
1:04.8	in the race for president, telling CNN's Lauren Fox it was, quote, talking about someone you love
1:09.7	who's in obvious decline. Senate Democrats emerging from their own
1:13.9	meaning just minutes ago the consensus there seems to be that there is no
1:16.8	consensus. While almost no new lawmakers have publicly called on
1:22.2	President Biden to drop out of the race.
1:24.8	Some members still expressing a lot of concern over Biden's candidacy behind the scenes.
1:30.7	Even after the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
1:34.0	publicly have thrown their support behind President Biden,
1:37.6	along with others who say they are still Team Biden.
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