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Biden’s Not Budging. Neither Are Those Who Want Him to Exit the Race.

It’s going to be fascinating to see how this all unfolds.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readJul 5, 2024
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It’s been over a week since the disastrous debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, and as one might expect the calls for Biden to exit the race and let someone else run in his stead have only gotten more intense. Of course, it certainly doesn’t help the fact that virtually every time he or someone close to him tries to say or do something to quell concerns it only adds to them. I mean, are we really supposed to feel better about the fact that the President is going to try and limit his activities and engagements past 8PM in order to get more sleep?

Nevertheless, he’s not budging. Joe Biden and his camp continue to insist that he’s staying in the race and that he’s not going anywhere.

Well, neither are those who want him out.

Edward-Isaac Dovere with CNN reports:

“Amid the ongoing fallout from Joe Biden’s debate performance, talk in many top Democratic circles has already moved to who Kamala Harris’ running mate would be.

That’s how certain a widening group of leading party officials, operatives and donors are that the president’s slow start to salvage his campaign just won’t…

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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