Joe Biden Still Says He’s Not Going Anywhere.

Yeah, it’s over.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readJul 13, 2024
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It’s incredible, really, how back and forth I’ve gone with each passing day since the disastrous debate that prompted virtually the entire nation to question whether or not President Joe Biden is fit for office. There are some days where I think there’s absolutely no way he’s going to continue this campaign. They won’t let him, right? The donors have spoken, he’s a liability, he can’t be THAT stubborn and narcissistic can he?

Ah, but he can.

Once again, Biden is saying he’s not going anywhere.

Martin Pengelly and Kari Paul with The Guardian write:

“Joe Biden delivered a defiant speech on Friday evening in the battleground state of Michigan, firmly dismissing the doubt swirling around his survival as the Democratic presidential nominee.

Biden held a rally at a high school gymnasium in Detroit as part of his visit to the critical swing state that chose Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020. He walked on stage to audience chants of “don’t you quit” and addressed the speculation head on: “I am running, and we’re gonna win,” he said. “I’m not going anywhere.”

Throughout the speech, Biden reiterated his plans for a second term, including codifying abortion rights, signing the John Lewis Voting…

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Lauren Elizabeth

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