The White House briefing room was filled with shouting following press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre repeatedly declined to answer questions regarding the president’s health and whether Dr. Parkinson’s visits to the White House were regarding the president.
Dr. Kevin Canard, a neurologist at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center who specializes in movement disorders, visited the White House eight times in eight months, according to official visitor logs.
Democratic lawmakers have met privately to discuss crisis-hit United States President Joe Biden’s re-election bid as questions continue to swirl regarding the president’s physical and mental health.
The closed-door talks on Tuesday (9/7) underscored ongoing disagreements within the party over Biden’s electability following his disastrous debate performance last month once morest Republican challenger Donald Trump.
The party leaders in the U.S. Senate and House, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, have said little regarding the closed-door talks between Democratic lawmakers, who anyway do not have the power to sideline Biden even if they agree to a deal. common course of action.
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Biden’s poor performance on June 27 once morest Trump and low public approval have raised new doubts among some Democrats regarding his ability to win or keep up with the demands of his grueling job for another 4-1/2 years.
Representative Mikie Sherrill became the seventh House Democrat to publicly call on Biden to drop out of the race, saying in a statement: “The stakes are too high — and the threat is too real — for him to remain silent.”
Even more lawmakers have expressed concerns that Biden did not do enough in the coming days to convince voters that the debate was an aberration, rather than a true reflection of his abilities.
But the president continues to argue that he is in the best position to defeat former President Trump, 78, who he sees as the only threat to American democracy.
Senate Majority Leader Schumer deflected questions regarding Biden’s fitness, saying three times, “I’m with Joe,” during a brief exchange with reporters following Senate Democrats met over lunch to discuss the president’s campaign.
“While President Biden has made it clear that he feels he is the best candidate to win this election, nothing that has happened in the last twelve days suggests that voters see things the same way,” spokesman Lori Trahan said in a statement. on Tuesday.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll last week found that one in three registered Democratic voters believed Biden should drop out of the race, with 59 percent saying he is too old to work in government.
The poll also found that none of his potential replacements fared better in a race once morest Trump. The poll showed Biden and Trump tied at 40% each.
The New York Times reported a few days ago that an expert on this neurodegenerative disease was summoned eight times in eight months to the White House, from the summer of 2023 to this spring of 2024.
In the battle once morest the report, Biden’s personal doctor also entered, who in a public letter denies the reports and those regarding neurological disorders, while the first lady is “putting her back” to rally the voters once more, reminding them that the opponent is Trump.
Trump himself, however, is taking a wait-and-see attitude and may be waiting to clear up the landscape for the Democrats before announcing the name of his vice-presidential candidate.
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