Political leaders voice growing concerns over President Biden's candidacy

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Political leaders crossed the federation are expressing increasing concerns astir President Joe Biden's quality to tally for a 2nd term.

The AP reports that erstwhile President Barack Obama and erstwhile House Speaker Nancy Pelosi person urged Biden to driblet out.

In a connection sent retired Thursday, Congressman Jim Costa urged Biden to measurement speech successful the race, writing:

"President Biden has been an unthinkable President who has led this state backmost to spot aft the Pandemic. I americium arrogant of the enactment we person done to walk monumental authorities that is starring to the archetypal existent investments successful our communities successful decades. But for the bully of the country, I deliberation it is clip for the President to walk the torch to the adjacent procreation to transportation connected the bequest helium started. Democrats request to unite and present their strongest squad to the American radical successful this election."

We asked our ABC30 governmental analysts to measurement successful connected the aboriginal of Biden's candidacy.

Republican Connie Conway thinks Biden volition driblet retired but won't denote it for a fewer much days.

"If I had to guess, I would conjecture that wrong the adjacent fewer days, President Biden volition denote that he's not going to tally again. I, personally, don't deliberation it'll hap earlier tonight. Because I deliberation everybody wants Trump to springiness a speech, assuming that Biden volition beryllium the nominee," said Conway.

A caller video of President Biden aboriginal Thursday greeting showed him dilatory walking disconnected Air Force One, hours aft investigating affirmative for COVID-19.

Just past week, helium mistakenly called Ukraine President Zelenskyy the sanction of the antheral he's warring a warfare against: Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Later that day, helium called his moving mate, Vice President Trump.

These slip-ups adhd to the questions astir President Biden's quality to pb until 2029, if re-elected.

"Assuming helium tin triumph it? Can helium enactment determination for 4 years? It seems little and little apt that helium volition person the stamina and the virility to marque it the full 4 years," said Conway.

But Democrat Henry Perea says that nary substance what, the enactment volition beryllium down Biden.

"But successful my opinion, helium has a large bid of the satellite stage. And what's happening and however he's handling it. He and his team. I deliberation they're doing a large job. He's done a large occupation the past 3 and a fractional years arsenic our President and until helium makes the decision, otherwise, I'm going to beryllium down him. 100%," said Perea.

In the meantime, conscionable hours aft surviving an assassination attempt, erstwhile President Donald Trump received his party's information astatine the RNC successful Milwaukee.

The Democratic National Convention volition commencement connected August 19th successful Chicago, but the enactment volition nominate their campaigner virtually connected August 7th.

Both of our governmental analysts accidental the champion happening radical tin bash is workout their close to vote, arsenic we proceed to ticker the developments connected who volition pb our federation starting successful 2025.

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