2024-07-20 05:18:00
If Biden backs down
Pelosi wants open primaries for presidential candidates
July 20, 2024, 7:18 am
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The US President is currently recovering from coronary disease in his home state. Meanwhile, more and more Democratic representatives and senators are moving away from Joe Biden. Nancy Pelosi already seems to have an idea of how her successor might be arranged.
California Representative Nancy Pelosi supports an open primary for Joe Biden’s potential successor as the Democratic presidential candidate. If the current president were to withdraw, Pelosi would prefer this “competitive” process to directly appointing Vice President Kamala Harris, the New York Times reported, citing sources in the California Democratic delegation. In a meeting with the delegation, Pelosi is said to have suggested that Biden withdraw. With Biden, the Democrats would lose any chance.
It is said that the former first lady of the Democrats in the House of Representatives told Biden point blank that he probably would not be able to defeat his predecessor Trump this time. If he stays in the race, the Democrats would not be able to regain control of the House of Representatives in the November elections, Pelosi is also said to have told Biden.
Currently there is a new demand for Biden to withdraw. Among them is now California Representative Zoe Lofgren, a close friend of former Speaker Pelosi. According to CNN, the president is “angry” with Pelosi, who has previously failed to give clear support to the president of the United States.
On Friday, Representative Gabe Vasquez of New Mexico asked President Biden to “step aside to give the Democrats the best chance to win in November.” Vasquez, who is in a close fight for his congressional seat, joins several other vulnerable Democrats who have called on the president to withdraw from the race.
Also on Friday, Democrats Jared Huffman of California, Mark Veasey of Texas, Chuy Garcia of Illinois and Mark Pocan of Wisconsin – the Democratic members of the US House of Representatives – spoke in an open letter in favor of Biden “carrying the torch” of his new generation democratic leaders”. In total, more than 30 Democrats in Congress are now asking Biden to withdraw. On Friday alone, ten joined the chorus of party members asking Biden to abandon the race.
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