What changes if Joe Biden steps down?
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
The conversation around US President Joe Biden among Democrats has been nonstop since the first debate with his opponent, Donald Trump. Will he step down? And if he does, how much would it change the course of the Democratic party?
In this episode:
- Ali Harb (@Harbpeace), Al Jazeera English Journalist
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by David Enders and Duha Mosaad, with Mohammed Zain Shafi Khan, Veronique Eshaya, and our host Malika Bilal.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, And Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, will Joe Biden go? |
| 0:13.3 | Here's my answer. |
| 0:14.8 | I am running and going to win again. |
| 0:18.5 | Some donors and senior Democrats would like to see him step aside as his party's presidential |
| 0:23.8 | candidate. |
| 0:24.8 | But if he did, what would change? |
| 0:29.7 | I'm Maliga Bilal, and this is the take. |
| 0:36.6 | My name's Ali Harp. I am a journalist for Al Jazeera English, based in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:41.5 | For the past few weeks, I've been focused on the U.S. elections and the fallout from the Trump-Biden debate last month. |
| 0:50.6 | Based in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:51.9 | So you know that there has been non nonstop chatter in D.C. |
| 0:56.8 | And in the media since Biden's debate last month. |
| 1:00.6 | This morning, the pressure on President Biden intensifying as Democrats on Capitol Hill grow increasingly anxious about his campaign. |
| 1:08.1 | The latest on Monday morning of this week was a call where four senior Democrats in Congress |
| 1:14.6 | called on Biden to step down. |
| 1:16.8 | In the wake of that debate performance, at least four more House Democrats now say they |
| 1:21.4 | believe the president should leave the race, bringing the total to at least nine. |
| 1:26.2 | This is according to Democratic Party sources |
| 1:28.6 | and leaked reports in U.S. media. |
| 1:31.1 | What is the mood right now in Washington? |
| 1:35.2 | Confusion, I would say in one words, |
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