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President Joe Biden remains defiant having written to congressional Democrats insisting he will remain in the race for the White House after more members of the party added their voices to calls for him to step aside on Sunday – an unwelcome distraction as the president prepares to host a major Nato summit in Washington, DC this week.
In behind-closed-door crisis talks convened by House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, several representatives suggested it was time for Biden, 81, to make way following his disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump.
Five Democrats have now come forward publicly to say the same, with Vice President Kamala Harris tipped to take over as the party’s 2024 nominee and praised by the influential Adam Schiff yesterday.
But the president insisted in an ABC interview on Friday that only “the Lord Almighty” could persuade him to go, saying he remains convinced he is the right man to challenge Trump. He doubled down on that in a call to MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Monday morning after spending the weekend on the campaign trail in Pennsylvania.
On Monday afternoon, the White House denied Biden has Parkinson’s disease at the daily briefing.
Key Points
- More Democrats call for Biden to step aside from 2024 race in private ‘crisis talks’
- Fifth House Democrat calls publicly for president to drop out
- Schiff says Harris would be a ‘phenomenal’ president
- Biden prepares for Nato summit with eyes of the world upon him
- President continues campaign push in Pennsylvania
Biden to meet with Congressional Black Caucus
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As Joe Biden struggles to convince his fellow Democrats that he remains the right man to take on Donald Trump in November following his disastrous debate performance in Atlanta last month, two party insiders have proposed a novel “blitz primary” process for choosing his successor.
Rosa Brooks and Ted Dintersmith, a Georgetown University law professor and venture capitalist respectively, began circulating a memo to wealthy party donors and members of the Biden administration and campaign on July 2 in which they outline their plan for replacing the 81-year-old president as the Democratic nominee.
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Oliver O'Connell8 July 2024 21:05 1720468654White House denies Biden has Parkinson’s
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre flatly denied that President Joe Biden is being treated for or has been diagnosed with the neurological disorder Parkinson’s Disease after reporters pressed her on why a specialist with expertise in the disease has visited the White House on multiple occasions.
“Has the president been treated for Parkinson’s? No. Is he being treated for Parkinson’s? No, he’s not. Is he taking medication for Parkinson’s? No,” she said after a heated back-and-forth with reporters over why Dr Kevin Cannard, a former military officer who is a medical doctor with expertise in neurological and movement disorders, visited the White House Medical Unit’s clinic once a month from last July through this past March.
Andrew Feinberg reports from the White House.
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Press Secretary refuses to say why a Parkinson’s specialist has visited the White House eight times
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Oliver O'Connell8 July 2024 20:17 1720465568White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says the president has a “check-in” with his doctor a couple of times a week while he is exercising. She adds that he had such a check-in today.
Regarding reports that neurologist and specialist in Parkinson’s Disease, Dr Kevin Cannard visited the White House a reported eight times from Walter Reed Medical Center, the press secretary would not be led on any further information citing security reasons.
Jean-Pierre said that the president does not have Parkinson’s and does not take medication for it.
Oliver O'Connell8 July 2024 20:06 1720465236Rob Reiner urges Biden ‘to step down’ in unexpected statement
Joe Biden has lost crucial support in the form of Hollywood star – and Democratic donor – Rob Reiner, who has urged him to step down from his presidential re-election bid.
On Sunday (7 July), the director of films including Stand by Me, This is Spinal Tap and When Harry Met Sally shared his unexpected and candid view on the party leader, whose capability has been thrown into question in recent months.
Jacob Stolworthy has the story.
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Oliver O'Connell8 July 2024 20:00 1720465118Kirby says he has seen no reason to doubt Biden lucidity
The White House’s John Kirby was asked about Joe Biden’s mental capability at the press briefing and said that the debate performance of the president was “not reflective of the man, and the leader, and the commander in chief’
He added: “In my experience — the last two and a half years — I have not seen any reason whatsoever to question or doubt his lucidity, his grasp of context, his probing nature, and the degree to which he is completely in charge of facts and figures.”
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