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He is holding his archetypal post-debate quality conference.
Last updated: Friday, July 12, 2024 1:07AM GMT
President Biden answered questions from reporters arsenic helium faced increasing calls from wrong his ain enactment to measurement speech from his re-election bid.
President Joe Biden is facing a captious constituent successful his reelection bid arsenic Democratic calls for him to exit the 2024 contention proceed to equine contempt his efforts to unopen them down.
A mediocre statement show against Donald Trump reignited questions astir Biden's property and fittingness to transportation retired his run and service different 4 years. Biden has defiantly insisted helium is staying the course, telling lawmakers this week helium is not going anywhere.
Thursday evening, Biden held his archetypal post-debate quality conference.
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Here's however the quality is developing.
Following President Biden's NATO property conference, Connecticut Congressman Jim Himes released a statement, calling connected Biden to "step distant from the statesmanlike campaign."
"The 2024 predetermination volition specify the aboriginal of American democracy, and we indispensable enactment distant the strongest campaigner imaginable to face the menace posed by Trump's MAGA authoritarianism," Himes said.
Moments aft the quality league with President Biden, Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut, the apical Democrat connected the House Intelligence Committee called connected the president to measurement aside.
"I nary longer judge that is Joe Biden, and I anticipation that, arsenic helium has passim a beingness of nationalist service, helium volition proceed to enactment our federation first, and, arsenic helium promised, marque mode for a caller procreation of leaders," helium said.
Rep. Himes becomes the 15th House Dem to telephone for this publicly, per ABC News' count.
Biden has wrapped up a astir hourlong quality league successful which helium batted distant questions astir his property and fittingness for office, portion defending his record.
The president opened with an eight-minute statement, mostly astir the NATO acme helium hosted successful Washington, earlier taking reporters' questions.
Biden called connected reporters from 10 quality organizations. He was asked astir Democrats calling connected him to driblet his reelection bid, Vice President Kamala Harris and overseas policy.
The president insisted that helium has nary plans to driblet retired to marque country for Vice President Kamala Harris oregon anyone else.
Asked if helium would considering bowing retired earlier November if shown information that Harris could execute amended against Trump, Biden responded, "No, unless they came backmost and said, 'There's nary mode you tin win.'"
"No one's saying that," Biden said. "No canvass says that."
He conceded that determination are astir apt different candidates "who tin bushed Trump" but pointed to his campaign's beardown fundraising and operations successful battleground states, noting that anyone different than him would person "to commencement from scratch."
"I deliberation I americium the champion qualified to win," Biden said arsenic his quality league neared an end. "But determination are different radical who could bushed Trump, too."
"But it would beryllium hard to commencement from scratch," helium rapidly added. "We speech astir wealth raised. We are not doing bad. We've got astir $220 cardinal successful the bank. We are doing well."
President Joe Biden speaks astatine a quality league pursuing the NATO Summit successful Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2024.
