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President Joe Biden faces pressure from within his party to step aside following a lackluster debate performance against Donald Trump.
Democratic legislators and analysts are urging him to reconsider his candidacy before the convention.
“I’m not going anywhere,” Biden said.
Despite concerns about his performance and viability, Biden insists he is staying in the 2024 contest.
“You got me, man. I’m not going anywhere. Alright,” Biden said. “You know, I used to think, when I was a Senator, there was always congestion on the highways. There’s no congestion anymore! We go out on the highway and there’s no congestion!”
He added, “The way they get me to stop talking, they’ll say, ‘we just shut down all the roads, Mr. President. You’re gonna lose all the votes if you don’t get in,’ but anyway.”
Reports suggest Biden is contemplating his ability to convince voters of his fitness for office.
A CBS News poll indicates a growing number of Americans doubt his mental and cognitive health, with 72% believing he is unfit to serve as president, leading to calls, even from within the Democratic Party, for him not to seek reelection.
“Biden is slowly reaching out to Democratic elected officials and has a meeting with Democratic governors at the White House scheduled for Wednesday evening. He is also continuing to reach out to people he has long trusted and has told at least one person that he is open to the possibility that his plans to move on from his debate performance — and flip the focus back to his challenger, Mr. Trump — may not work. Several allies of Biden, who has huddled with the family and advisers since the debate on Thursday, have underscored that the president is still in the fight of his political life and largely sees this moment as a chance to come back from being counted out, as he has done many times throughout his half-century career,” one report noted.
