This information is published by the Washington Post, citing numerous sources with knowledge of the matter.
Joe Biden: Pressure mounting to drop out of presidential race – ‘He could quit over the weekend’
Several top Democrats believe that mounting pressure from congressional leaders and close friends of the party will convince President Biden to decide to drop out of the presidential race, even this weekend.
Why it matters according to axios.com: The 81-year-old president, now in isolation with COVID, continues to make public appearances. But he has privately resigned to mounting pressure, poor polling and unfounded scrutiny making it impossible for him to continue his campaign, Democrats say.
His top party leaders, friends and key donors believe he can’t win, can’t change public perception of his age and acuity, and can’t deliver congressional majorities.
The president is being told that if he stays, former President Trump could win in a landslide and wipe out Biden’s legacy and Democratic hopes in November.
State of play: The pressure to drop out as a contender has increased to unbearable levels, especially in the last few days.
Inside, White House officials believe former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was behind Rep. Adam Schiff’s call for President Joe Biden to drop out of the US presidential race, and that she told Biden that cannot win the Nov. 5 election, said a senior White House source with direct knowledge of the matter.
Schiff said in a statement yesterday that he had “serious concerns” about whether Biden could beat Republican rival Donald Trump, the first Democrat to speak out since Saturday’s assassination attempt on the former president. . Joe Biden’s campaign team believed the shooting incident, during which Trump was injured in his right ear, dampened calls for the US president to drop out of the race before Schiff’s statement. .
“Nancy is behind it. He doesn’t miss an opportunity. Schiff would not have made this move without her approval,” said the source, who did not want to be named.
Pelosi is “convinced that public sentiment is against the president of the United States and that he cannot change it,” the source added.
Pelosi’s office and the White House did not respond to requests for comment.
Nancy Pelosi, one of the most influential members of Biden’s party and a fixture in Washington for decades, routinely quotes a quote from a speech given by former President Abraham Lincoln at leadership meetings, according to the source. In the speech, Lincoln said “With common sense, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.”
“I don’t think I would say he’s dropping out of the race,” before the public exhortation from top Democratic leadership figures, the source said. “I hadn’t seen him bend, but now who knows?”
“There is a path” to victory, “but it will be difficult. It won’t be easy for Kamala,” the source added, referring to Vice President Kamala Harris, who would potentially replace Biden as the Democratic nominee in the election. Democrats are “doing this to ourselves. It’s disappointing, but we have to do it, with or without a change” on the ballot, the source said, adding that there was “no other option”.
Joe Biden: Bets are already kicking him out – See what he’s betting after news he has coronavirus
Joe Biden: According to bookmakers, bets on Biden withdrawing his candidacy have skyrocketed after he was diagnosed with the new coronavirus.
Two hours after the White House announced that the US President was infected, online bookmaker Polymarket put the probability of “Biden out of the presidential race” at 69%, a figure that remained almost unchanged until this morning.
“Biden just tested positive for Covid. Earlier today he had said that he would consider withdrawing his candidacy “if a medical reason arises”. Bets that he will leave soared to 66%,” wrote Polymarket on platform X. Although betting on US political developments is prohibited, Polymarket allows international users to bet yes or no on propositions predicting global Facts.
“If I had some medical condition that came up, if someone, if the doctors came and told me you have this particular problem, only then would I probably withdraw from the race,” Biden had said a few hours before he tested positive for the coronavirus.
Joe Biden: The image of the American president is shocking – Unable to walk – He stopped several times before getting off Air Force One
President Joe Biden returned to Delaware Wednesday night after testing positive for COVID-19 while on the campaign trail in Las Vegas.
The unmasked 81-year-old — whose political future is in jeopardy because of age-related concerns — slowly left Air Force One, pausing several times, before donning a mask inside the black SUV taking him to Rehoboth. .
He also appeared to need some help as he was slowly pushed into the car before the motorcade pulled away.
In the past 24 hours, private conversations with three top congressional Democrats have been leaked — and all have reportedly given Biden the same advice — he’s not going to win and it’s time to go.
Late Wednesday, CNN reported that Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi privately told Biden that he can’t beat former President Donald Trump and that it could sink Democrats’ chances in Congress.
ABC also reported that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries delivered a similar message to Biden as Schumer did when they met last week.
Jeffries had written a letter to colleagues about the meeting, but did not disclose the conversation.
A spokesman declined to disclose those details Wednesday, saying the letter to House Democrats “speaks for itself.”
“It was a private conversation that will remain private,” the spokesman said.
That was not the case for Rep. Adam Schiff, who The New York Times reported was telling Democratic donors in the Hamptons on Saturday — before former President Donald Trump’s assassination attempt — that Biden couldn’t win.
Schiff also told the crowd that Biden’s unpopularity could kill the party’s chances in Congress as well.
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