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(NewsNation) — In a run memo, the Biden-Harris run said the president volition continue to beryllium connected the apical of the Democratic ticket and said determination is elector enactment for his run.
The memo, obtained by NewsNation, dismissed quality stories reporting connected President Joe Biden's faltering enactment and expanding calls from wrong his ain enactment to measurement aside.
"But connected the ground, the presumption is different," the run said, earlier moving connected to discussing Project 2025 and the request to decision Trump.
What is Project 2025?
The email focused connected the request to decision erstwhile President Donald Trump successful November, citing Project 2025, a arguable connection for overhauling authorities that includes important restrictions connected abortion, wide firing of non-political national employees, overhauling the FBI and Justice Department into much governmental agencies and severely cutting oregon privatizing societal services.
Recent headlines astir Project 2025 person propelled it into focus, with the run email noting it has been searched for much than the NFL oregon Taylor Swift.
Trump has attempted to region himself from Project 2025, but galore of those progressive successful drafting the connection person significant ties to his campaign.
Biden run woes
The memo comes arsenic Biden has been struggling to person Democrats helium is inactive susceptible of campaigning, beating Trump and governing the federation for a 2nd term.
Biden's struggles began pursuing the first statesmanlike debate, wherever his show sparked alarm among Democrats. The run excused the show arsenic an "anomaly," blaming a acold and the president's caller question abroad.
The run worked to enactment up support, meeting with Democratic lawmakers connected Capitol Hill and crossed the country. The run besides promoted respective high-profile interviews, Biden's quality astatine a NATO summit successful D.C., and run events.
Several of those events were marred by gaffes, adding to Democrats' fears alternatively of soothing them.
Biden's run besides suspended governmental advertizing pursuing an assassination attempt connected erstwhile President Donald Trump astatine a rally successful Butler, Pennsylvania.
The Biden campy deed different hurdle connected Wednesday, erstwhile the president tested affirmative for COVID, starring to canceled events arsenic Biden self-isolates successful Delaware.
Shifting enactment for Biden
Even arsenic apical Democrats stay publically supportive of the president, determination are reports that some, including erstwhile House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., person been privately pressuring Biden to reassess.
Former President Barack Obama is also said to beryllium shifting enactment away from his erstwhile vice president, reportedly telling allies that it's clip for Biden to instrumentality a hard look astatine his chances.
The fig of Democrats openly calling for Biden to driblet out has besides grown, with an expanding fig of House Democrats and a tiny but increasing fig of Democratic Senators putting nationalist unit connected Biden to measurement aside.
Voters person besides been skittish astir Biden's chances, with a increasing fig of Democrats saying determination should beryllium different candidate.
However, Biden supporters are speaking retired arsenic well. At caller events, Biden was greeted by crowds chanting "Don't you quit" and connected Friday, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Bold PAC endorsed the president.
Biden has maintained he volition beryllium the nominee and said successful 1 interrogation lone the "Lord Almighty himself" could person him to measurement aside, though helium aboriginal said a superior aesculapian information would besides pb him to reconsider.
What happens if Biden withdraws?
Democrats person besides pushed backmost a virtual vote to formally nominate Biden. The ballot is being held up of the Democratic National Convention successful August successful bid to conscionable a ballot deadline successful Ohio.
Should Biden measurement speech oregon should delegates effort to force a replacement astatine the DNC, it's not wholly wide who would instrumentality over.
Vice President Kamala Harris is the evident prime and 1 that would contiguous the fewest logistical challenges, But recent polls suggest she could bash adjacent worse against Trump than Biden.
Other names that person been floated see California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Should Harris apical the ticket, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper person been mentioned arsenic imaginable vice statesmanlike nominees oregon adjacent Biden replacements.
