Biden’s election crisis: What happens if the US president loses support?
Al Jazeera
More Democrats are calling on Biden to drop out of the race, but the US president has remained defiant against critics.
Washington, DC – Joe Biden says he is not going anywhere. On Thursday, the United States president was once again unequivocal in rejecting calls to drop out of the election race, stressing that he will be the Democratic nominee to beat Donald Trump in November.
But the 81-year-old president’s assertiveness has done little to quiet concerns about his age after a disastrous debate performance last month where he appeared at times confused and unable to articulate policy positions.
A Washington Post/ABC poll on Thursday found that 67 percent of respondents, including 56 percent of Democrats, want Biden to end his campaign.
Later in the day, Congress members Hillary Scholten, Greg Stanton and Ed Case joined a growing list of Democratic officials calling on Biden to end his candidacy.
