Berlin. “For the good of the country,” Biden should drop out of the race, Peter Welch wrote in the Washington Post blog The US Election News.
- First Democratic senator calls for Biden’s withdrawal
It’s time for November 5th, so it will be on USA chosen. The supposed candidates President of the United States Joe Biden and his challenger Donald Trumpare already competing for Election campaign warm up. During several appearances, the opponents regularly exchange blows. In the blog we inform you about the latest news in the period leading up to the US Elections 2024.
US Election 2024 – Current News July 11: First Democratic US Senator Calls for Biden’s Withdrawal
6:45 am: For the first time, a senator… US Democrats President Joe Biden publicly called for him to drop out of the White House race. “For the good of the country, I urge President Biden to withdraw from the race,” Vermont Sen. Peter Welch said in an opinion piece in the Washington Post on Wednesday (local time).
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Since his disastrous appearance, Biden has found himself in a televised duel with his rival. Donald Trump In late June, he faced a growing debate about his physical and mental fitness for the presidency — including within his own party. By Wednesday, the Hollywood star had George Clooneya prominent Democratic supporter, Biden in an op-ed for the New York Times asked to withdraw from the election campaign.
Biden spoke in a hoarse voice during the TV debate and repeated himself confused in his words and not finishing sentences. Despite criticism, the oldest president in US history, at 81, says he is “determined” to enter the race Presidential election stay in November.
Biden hits back at critical issue with clenched fist
1:14: A clenched fist: with this gesture, the President of the USA Joe Biden a reporter’s question about whether Nancy Pelosi still supports his presidential bid. The Democrat is considered a close confidant of the 81-year-old. In a television interview on Wednesday, she declined to give clear support to her party colleagues. “It’s up to the president to decide whether he will run,” she said. “We all encourage him to make that decision because time is running out.”
US President Joe Biden poses for a group photo with other heads of state at the NATO summit.
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To the scene with the clenched fist happened at the NATO summit in Washington. The heads of state and government of the 32 NATO countries gathered for a family photo. A journalist asked Biden the question there. Biden’s self-confident counterattack worried the Federal Chancellor, among others. Olaf Scholzwho was diagonally behind him, to smile.
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