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More Democrats urge Biden to consider dropping out as he's off campaign trail with COVID

PBS News Hour - Segments

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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While President Biden remains off the campaign trail with COVID, the calls urging him to drop out of the presidential race are growing. Two Democratic sources confirm to the News Hour that Senate Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries both met privately with President Biden in the last week to convey their concerns. White House Correspondent Laura Barrón-López reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Let's turn now to our White House correspondent Laura Barone Lopez in Washington

0:04.4

for more on those calls for President Biden to drop out of the race. Laura

0:08.8

what's been the Biden campaign's response to all of this? I asked a senior Biden advisor about all these calls today, Jeff, and they texted back saying

0:17.8

he is the nominee of the Democratic Party and plans to win in November.

0:21.8

The campaign is not budging on this Jeff and

0:24.6

deputy campaign manager Quinton folks in Milwaukee today so that they are not

0:29.3

considering any scenario where President Biden is not at the top of the ticket.

0:35.0

I don't want to be rude but I do not know how many more times we can answer that.

0:40.0

Joe Biden has said he is running for President of the United States.

0:42.0

Our campaign is moving forward, withdrawing a vision. Biden has said he is running for president of the United States.

0:42.7

Our campaign is moving forward,

0:44.0

withdrawing a vision and a contrast between that

0:46.4

of Project 2025 and what we have seen for the past three days here in Milwaukee,

0:50.6

the extreme agenda of Republicans,

0:52.2

and that's why our focus is.

0:54.0

So even though some sources close to the campaign tell me that a lot of staffers there are

0:58.0

anxious and waiting for a shoe to drop publicly the campaign is holding its ground.

1:03.0

Laura, we know you've been talking to other Democratic sources as well.

1:06.0

What are you hearing from them about these efforts to get President Biden to step aside?

1:11.0

A number of the Democrats that I spoke to today,

1:12.8

Amna, whether they were lawmakers or donors or party

1:16.4

operatives, say that the next 72 hours are going to be critical.

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