Hill Democrats: Joe Biden won’t take us down with him

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🗓️ 4 July 2024

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Jake goes over Hill Democrats' response to calls for Biden to drop out of the race. Plus: Inside the next leaders of House Dem groups and The Canvass. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.1	It is Thursday, July 4th, 2024. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day.
0:51.2	Number one, how Hill Dems are spinning the Biden flub, number two, inside the
0:55.5	next group of House Democratic leaders. And number three, who the Hill thinks is going to be the
1:00.5	next Senate Republican leader? Let's get into it. Happy July 4th. Thank you to everybody who has
1:07.6	served this country, who has made this country great, everybody who's currently serving this country in any way, shape, or form. Enjoy the day. Please be safe and enjoy the
1:18.5	day off. Remember, Congress is back in just a couple days, so you really want to get it all
1:23.3	in while you can on this otherwise very relaxing week. A week actually we thought was going to be relaxing.
1:30.0	Clearly is not because of the hubbub and the furor over Joe Biden's debate performance.
1:37.3	Now, with Biden swearing effectively that he's going to remain in the race, and here's
1:43.2	my view on that, everybody says he's going to remain in the race. And here's my view on that.
1:51.5	Everybody says they are going to stay in the race until they're not. I'm not suggesting Biden's going to get out of the race, but I don't have any knowledge of that. But he has no choice
1:56.1	but to say that he's going to stay in the race until there's a moment, if there is a moment where he decides
2:01.5	he's not. He, uh, the governors left their meeting with Biden last night saying that he is
2:07.9	staying in the race. And, um, so, we are right now working under the hypothesis that he is staying
2:15.3	in the race. So with Biden saying that,
2:18.2	the critical question for House and Senate Democrats is, are they going to get wiped out in
2:22.7	November? There are now 123 days until Election Day, not that many. And Democrats are trying
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