White House Defends Biden’s Ability To Lead

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 3 July 2024

⏱️ 83 minutes

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We break down the details on the first congressional Democrat to speak out on the record that President Biden should drop out of the 2024 race. This as several Democratic governors push for a meeting with the president to discuss the 2024 election. Plus, the sentencing for Donald Trump in the New York hush money cover up case has now been delayed by months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	At least one sitting House Democrat is publicly calling on President Biden to drop out of the
0:06.4	2024 race. The lead starts right now.
0:10.1	The very first congressional Democrat on the record urging the president to step aside in the November election at the same time several Democratic governors are
0:17.4	Uniting and pushing for a meeting with the president to express their own concerns.
0:23.2	How far will the Democratic Party go?
0:25.2	Coming up, new reporting on the conversations.
0:27.2	Plus, some breaking news.
0:29.0	The sentencing for Donald Trump
0:30.6	and the New York hush money cover-up case
0:32.1	has now been delayed by months.
0:34.8	The twist in this and other cases, a direct result of yesterday's US Supreme Court decision
0:39.7	on presidential immunity.
0:41.7	And a fake elector in the 2020 election is overseeing elections.
0:46.6	I'm sorry a fake elector in the 2020 election is overseeing elections in 2024.
0:50.5	The growing pressure on this man to step down from the election board, even pressure from a group of grannies.
0:56.0	And welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper. We start with breaking news in our
1:05.7	2024 lead. The Biden White House is insisting this afternoon that President
1:10.0	Biden is indeed fit to lead and fit to serve another four years as president despite growing
1:16.2	concerns amongst Democrats after Biden's shaky debate performance.
1:22.1	That includes what I'm hearing today directly from
1:23.6	Democratic sources who say that Democratic governors convened a call
1:27.6	yesterday afternoon. This was apparently only governors, not their staffers, not
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