With the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s contagion of covid 19 this Thursday, simultaneously with the final part of the Republican Convention in which the former president Donald Trump He returned to public participation after the armed attack he suffered at the weekend, Pressure is mounting for Biden to drop out of the presidential raceit is now more likely that he will listen to the comments and give up running for elections this weekend, according to sources who briefed Axios.
Suggestions that he should retire began after his participation in the debate against Trump on June 27, but they came mainly from the media and some detractors who criticized her age, Now the scenario has changed and it is members of his own party, the Democrats, who have said, both publicly and anonymously, that Biden should step aside.
The Washington Post reported that former President Barack Obama told those close to him that Biden must “seriously reconsider the future of his candidacy when he sees that his chances of victory have been considerably reduced.”
In addition to Obama, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.; former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.; and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries have all suggested it’s time for him to step down as it jeopardizes the current Democratic majority in the Senate and would complicate retaking the House.
In addition to these figures, 22 representatives and one Democratic senator requested to elect another candidate.
If Biden steps down, Axios says the most likely scenario is that he will throw his support behind current Vice President Kamala Harris, and Democrats are projected to win the presidency with votes from Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, it says.
