(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) President Joe Biden appeared to acknowledge that his pathway for re-election is narrowing following a coup from Democratic Party officials, several media outlets reported on Thursday, citing remarks from individuals close to Biden.
“Reality is setting in,” an anonymous source told the New York Times, referring to the idea that President Donald Trump is poised to make a comeback if Biden does not drop out of the race.
In remarks to Axios, top Democrats indicated that private pressure from former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.; Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.; and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., will coerce Biden to announce an exit “as soon as this weekend.”
President Biden may decide to drop out of the presidential race as soon as this weekend, according to several top Democrats who believe the rising pressure will persuade the 81-year-old. https://t.co/Czmy98XMvQ
— Axios (@axios) July 18, 2024
One of Biden’s close friends said that the president’s “choice is to be one of history’s heroes, or to be sure of the fact that there’ll never be a Biden presidential library.” The friend added, “I pray that he does the right thing. He’s headed that way.”
Biden is currently at his Delaware beach home, where he is recovering after testing positive for COVID-19. This isolation has prompted Biden to realize that despite millions of Democratic primary voters picking him as the nominee, party officials want him out.
In response to expectations of a potential announcement, White House spokesperson Andrew Bates simply wrote on X, “No.”
— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) July 19, 2024
Biden campaign spokesperson TJ Ducklo — a former White House staffer who left in disgrace in 2021 after threatening a reporter who exposed him for having a relationship with embattled reporter Alexis McCammond — also refuted these allegations, calling Biden the “party’s nominee.”
A Community Note (Twitter’s fact-checking mechanism) placed a context label adjacent to Ducklo’s tweet, clarifying that Biden is “NOT” the Democratic nominee as the delegates have not nominated him.
Joe Biden is his party’s nominee. He’s the President of the United States. He’s running for reelection. Baseless conjecture from anonymous sources isn’t a scoop. Tonight a convicted felon will talk about how he’ll make people’s lives worse if he gains power. Let’s focus. https://t.co/RZBb9k6g9d
— TJ Ducklo (@TDucklo) July 18, 2024
