President publicly insists he will be party’s nominee in election as leaders in Congress tell him they doubt he can beat Trump

Joe Biden has reportedly become more open in recent days to hearing arguments that he should step aside as the Democratic presidential candidate after the party’s two main congressional leaders told him they doubted his ability to beat Donald Trump.

While continuing to insist he will be the party’s nominee in November, the president has reportedly started asking questions about negative polling data and whether Vice-President Kamala Harris, considered the favourite to replace him if were to withdraw, fares better.

The indications of a possible rethink come after Biden tested positive on Wednesday for Covid-19, forcing him to isolate for several days while curtailing a campaigning visit to Nevada that had been part of a drive to show his candidacy was very much alive.

It also coincides with fresh polling data showing that he now trails Trump by two points in Virginia, a state he won by 10 points in 2020.

  • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    65·
    4 months ago

    congress does that; and it’s been the policy of every president… and the last president was impeached for withholding aid.

    • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialEnglish
      2·
      4 months ago

      Except in this case it’s actually against the law to continue supplying military aid

      Except under circumstances specified in this section, no security assistance may be provided to any country the government of which engages in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights.