Joe Biden will face the most high-pressure presidential news conference of modern times on Thursday after a shocking day that shook his reelection campaign to its core.
As Biden’s political position continued to crumble, the gravity of his solo presence at the NATO summit’s end became increasingly apparent. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made it plain that a president who refused to budge should reconsider his choices, and his supporters in Congress and Hollywood urged him to do the right thing by the party and the nation.
A small number of Democrats in Congress have joined the rebellion, but it seems to be more widespread. This reflects the widespread fear on Capitol Hill that former President Trump could trigger a Republican landslide, giving conservatives complete control of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
Some Democrats worry that the 81-year-old Biden’s resolve to run again, even if his decreased abilities were highlighted during the debate, would put the democracy he claims to be fighting to protect in jeopardy.
The president is determined that he would not relinquish power to a younger Democrat, despite the fact that his political fortunes were already bleak prior to the dismal debate. A split in his party’s support, a decline in fundraising, and unflattering polling data might all render his position impossible. Things were starting to fall into place that may make this tragic trifecta a reality as Biden welcomed world leaders at the NATO summit on Wednesday and led deliberations about how to save Ukraine.
At the press conference, which will take place precisely two weeks after Biden’s disorienting and confused performance in the debate sent his campaign tumbling, nothing less than his prospects of being re-elected will be at stake. It’s the most recent in a string of high-profile occasions that have become painful tests of Biden’s mental and physical health, where a gaffe or misunderstanding might spell political catastrophe. At the AWN discussion, the public formed the perception that the president is ill-prepared to lead the country, and any indication that his reasoning or performance are impaired by age might spark a dramatic uprising on the part of the Democrats.
The president’s foundation is crumbling.
Pelosi, who is still a major player in the party’s power dynamics, started the day by going against Biden’s claims that his nomination and his terrible performance in the debates were over. That Biden should “decide if he is going to run” was her statement during her appearance on “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, but her remarks were widely taken by those in Washington as a push for Biden to reconsider. It seemed like the California Democrat was giving the president another opportunity to subtly reconsider his stance after he had previously stated, “I’m not going anywhere.”
All day long, legislators conveyed the same message. Republican Representative Ritchie Torres told AWN, “If we are going on a political suicide mission, then we should at least be honest about it.” Torres is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, which has backed Biden. Rep. Pat Ryan, a centrist from New York, urged Biden to fulfill his promise to pave the way for future leaders from the next generation. It is our moral obligation to nominate the most formidable opponent to Trump because he poses an existential danger to American democracy. While Joe Biden is undoubtedly a patriot, he is not the most qualified opponent to Trump at this time.
Also, on Wednesday night, Democratic senator from Vermont Peter Welch publicly demanded that Joe Biden step down. When Trump was in office, he rescued us, and now he wants to do it again. However, he should reconsider his suitability for the job. This is not the case, according to Welch’s opinion piece in the Washington Post.
Thursday, senior Biden campaign officials will meet with senators from Democratic states to present the president’s case; nevertheless, a briefing by staffers will not go nearly far enough to meet the demands of members in demonstrating Biden’s power to defeat Trump.
Even as of Tuesday night, it appeared that Biden had managed to slow the tide of public opinion against him. A lot of Democrats are planning to leave Chicago and go into the election thinking their presidential nominee would clinch their defeat, so it’s hard to see how the party will rally behind him at the August convention. He lost support quickly inside the first day.
Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado stated on AWN on Tuesday that Biden could lose and give Trump a landslide to execute his dictatorial agenda. This is a major concern for lawmakers who are listening to voters and analyzing polling data in their states.
No prominent House Democrats have publicly stated that Biden ought to resign. Those who support the president are not gone, either. On Wednesday, Biden ally and campaign co-chair Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware told AWN’s Kaitlan Collins: “He’s going to be our nominee at the convention.” In the fall, he will run as our candidate. He will succeed Barack Obama as president of the USA. It would be a “disgrace to discard and push out an amazing president,” Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, who represents the pivotal swing state, told AWN’s Erin Burnett. Fetterman even threatened to turn up to Thursday’s Senate Democratic meeting armed to the teeth in order to support Biden.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat, promised to relay the concerns of his members to Biden in light of growing dissatisfaction and signs that the party’s prospects in November could be dashed due to the president’s plummeting support.
