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Anderson Cooper 360

Rep. Doggett Becomes First Sitting Democratic To Call On Biden To Withdraw

Anderson Cooper 360

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3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Anderson speaks to Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas, who today became the first sitting Democratic member of Congress to call on President Biden to withdraw from the presidential race. Plus, CNN's Elle Reeve speaks to voters in the "Never Trump" movement, and their reaction to President Biden's debate performance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Tonight on 360, we're joined by the first Democratic Congress member to call for President

0:05.8

Biden's departure from the race as new reporting by the New York Times suggests the President's

0:10.2

mental lapses are growing, quote, more frequent and more pronounced and more

0:14.8

worrisome.

0:15.8

Also tonight, with Trump amplifying calls for retribution, even televised treason trials

0:20.6

against opponents, how the Supreme Court's landmark ruling

0:23.7

makes using the presidency for vengeance that much easier.

0:27.3

And more fallout from that ruling, his New York sentencing set for next week

0:31.4

just slip to September.

0:33.0

Good evening, thanks for joining us.

0:35.0

President Biden has just weighed in again on his debate disaster Thursday night.

0:38.0

Speaking at a fundraiser tonight, reporters in the room,

0:41.0

quote, the president is saying,

0:42.0

I decided to travel around the world a couple of times

0:45.1

shortly before the debate I didn't listen to my staff and then I almost fell asleep on stage

0:50.8

reporters in the room said he seemed to be joking when he said the part about almost falling

0:54.3

asleep on stage.

0:55.8

But regarding his travel, factually speaking, the president got back from his last trip abroad

1:00.1

June 15th.

1:01.5

The debate was 12 days later. In any case his explanation comes at the end of a day

1:06.0

in which the first cracks opened up in what was a fairly solid wall of Democratic support.

1:10.9

Solid until today when a Democratic congressman who joins me in a moment,

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