The Rise and Fall of Joe Biden: What America Needs of a Midterm President? An Observational Letter to Mr. Biden
The intervening days have not reassured voters who were hoping that President Biden would communicate during the debate.
Donald Trump is running for a second term which poses a grave threat to American democracy. Mr. Biden has maintained a schedule of public appearances that is well organized and controlled. He’s mostly avoided taking questions from voters or journalists, the kinds that reveal his limitations, and caused him so much trouble on the debate stage. He has appeared as a man in decline since he cast away his teleprompter, most notably in an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on Friday.
His presidency has laid a foundation upon which we can continue our pursuit of a more perfect union and he said that he believes Joe Biden is who our country needs. Mr. Clyburn’s endorsement four years ago is often credited with helping Mr. Biden prevail in the South Carolina presidential primary and propelling him to win his first term.
Some Democrats were concerned after Mr. Clyburn discussed the possibility of amini-primary to replace Mr. Biden before the DNC. But he quickly moved to clarify that he considered the idea strictly hypothetical.
But Mr. Jeffries has done little since then to tamp down on what appears to be a groundswell of sentiment within his ranks in favor of replacing Mr. Biden at the top of the ticket. He didn’t speak up to defend the president or rally the Democrats around him during a private meeting on Sunday that was meant to be a listening session, and he gave no indication to lawmakers whether he believed Mr. Biden should keep his job in the race.
During an interview with MSNBC, Jeffries said that Joe Biden had had to come back from tragedies throughout his life. It is a comeback moment right now.
The Biden campaign has taken solace in the backing of Black Democrats, an influential force on Capitol Hill and in the party, at an otherwise grim time. The church in which Mr. Biden would speak on Sunday was a Black one.
“You know I’ve been doing this a long time, and I’ve honest to God never been more optimistic about America’s future — if we stick together,” Mr. Biden told the congregation at Mount Airy Church of God in Christ in Philadelphia.
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Ms. Waters was also one of the few top Democrats who spoke up for the president during a high-level virtual meeting on Sunday in which several ranking members of key committees privately said he needed to withdraw from the race, according to people who attended and were briefed on the session. The people said Representative David Scott of Georgia spoke in favor of Mr. Biden.
The Representative from California said at the Festival in New Orleans that there would be no other Democratic candidate. The person is going to be Biden.
Joyce Beatty of Ohio was a former chairwoman of the Black Caucus, and she said in a social media post that the choice for American leadership and democracy was clear.
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Boeing will plead guilty to fraud and Hurricane Beryl lands in Texas (Apr. J. Podolski, Phy. D.J. Biden, James A. McKay, J
As Congress returns from recess today, Democrats are in for a tough family conversation. On a private phone call yesterday, four senior House Democrats said that President Biden should not run in the next election. Others have publicly criticized those calling for Biden to step aside. Meanwhile, Biden campaigned in Pennsylvania yesterday like a man on a mission.
In a court filing, the Justice Department said Boeing would plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge stemming from the two crashes of the Max jet. As part of the plea deal, Boeing will pay a large fine and invest a lot of money into safety and compliance programs.
France’s far-right party fell far short of getting a majority after a historic number of voters participated in the country’s snap elections. The country had a big voter turnout.
The National Hurricane Center said in an update that a Category 1 Hurricane occurred in Texas this morning. More than 100 counties in Texas are currently under a state disaster declaration. More than 2,500 responders have been dispatched across the state.
Source: Boeing will plead guilty to fraud and Hurricane Beryl lands in Texas
The Smithsonian Folklife Festival: Latin American Art, Science, Politics, and Political Correctness During the Preliminary Elections
Eating out with friends is a lot of fun, but you have to pay for your meal. Splitting the bill is a fine art. The editor of New York Magazine said there should be a sense of equality when the meal is over. She offers advice on how to keep things “fair and square”:
Indigenous arts and culture from across Latin America were on display at this year’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival. The LatinAmerican contingent at the festival shared their stories and expertise with excited onlookers, from an all-female Bolivian skateboard crew to artists singing and painting. Ubaldonchez was one of the artists that the NPR team met. His portrait of former President Obama was selected for his White House collection, and he successfully painted a giant kite by the festival’s closing. 📷 See photos from the event and read about a connection between the two people.
After he badly flopped in a debate with Donald Trump, Democrats were concerned about his ability to run and govern, so Biden insisted he would go on. He tried to prove he was still up to the job by working since he said he had a cold and jet lag.
Give me some time to think. Come with me. Watch. In recent campaign stops, he referred to voter support. I’m getting frustrated with the elites in the party, they know so much more. If any of these guys do not think that I should run, I will run against them. Go ahead. Make a statement for president. I will be at the convention.
He said Democratic voters had spoken during the primaries — and that it was their decision to make, “not the press, not the pundits, not the big donors.”
“This was a process open to anyone who wanted run. Three people were willing to challenge me. One fared so badly that he left the primaries to run as an independent. Another attacked me for being too told and was soundly defeated,” he said, apparently referring to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., respectively.
When asked if she would talk about Tuesday’s caucus, Deborah Ross said that she would use the term “I’m from North Carolina”, a political term that southerners often use to refer to Democrats who vote for a candidate who is labeled a democrat. We are yellow dog democrats, and we would vote for a yellow dog over a Republican, and we would also vote for a junkyard dog, because that’s who Donald Trump is.
Democrat lawmakers remain split over Biden’s future in the party: An inside look at a closed door meeting between ABC and MSNBC
He gave an interview to ABC where he dismissed the idea that top Congressional leaders would come to him if he challenged them at the convention and then he gave an interview to MSNBC in which he called on detractors who thought he should not run to challenge him.
Massachusetts Rep. Lori Trahan, who is one of the members elected to lead House Democrats on messaging, released a statement after the meeting saying she shared the concerns about Biden that she’s hearing from voters.
One member who was granted anonymity to discuss the private meeting told NPR the meeting felt “like a funeral” and that there was a lot of talk about how difficult the situation is for Democrats.
Despite mounting pressure over the weekend from Democrats calling on Biden to step aside from the campaign, the proverbial dam did not break when lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill.
The internal party is still coming to terms with the fact that Democratic lawmakers are concerned about Biden’s ability to campaign hard enough to win the election after poor debate performance against Trump.
Montana Senator Jon Tester, perhaps the most vulnerable Democrat running for reelection in a state Trump won handily in 2020, pointed to a written statement he issued a day earlier saying he had concerns and the president needed to demonstrate he could do the job. He called the closed door discussion Tuesday “constructive.”
The number two Senate Democratic leader, Dick Durbin of Illinois, when asked about Biden remaining on the ticket, said “it still remains to be seen” and said the president is putting together his campaign.
Multiple Senate Democrats say this week is really the unofficial deadline for the party to debate the best path forward, if in fact there is a move to get behind an alternative nominee.
House Democrats huddled in a private meeting Tuesday morning at the Democratic National Committee headquarters close to the Capitol for close to two hours. Lawmakers were not allowed to bring phones, and the recommendation to those leaving the session was not to discuss the conversation with the media, according to members leaving the meeting. Top leaders left through a back entrance, avoiding reporters.
Lou Correa: Donald Trump Cannot regain the White House and Why Do We Care About Him? Reheating in the Presence of Donald Trump’s Exclusion
Lou Correa said that the majority of those who spoke up during the private session would support Biden as the nominee.
He said that he was surprised by how much support Biden had in that room, because the voters have already chosen their nominee. He said there was some concern, but he did not see a lot of people opposing him.
The Georgia congressman said that there were disagreements in the room but that they all agreed on one thing: Donald Trump cannot regain the White House.