The Comeback Moment for Joe Biden, The Voice of the American Dream, or What We Can Learn About His Time in the House of Representatives
The intervening days have offered little comfort to the people who held out hope that President Biden would communicate more during the debate.
Donald Trump poses a grave threat to American democracy if he runs for a second term. Mr. Biden has kept a controlled schedule of public appearances and has not been campaigning vigorously to disprove doubts. He has largely avoided interacting with voters or journalists, which can reveal his limitations, as well as interactions that can cause him trouble on the debate stage. He has continued to appear as a declined man, even after he broke his teleprompter in an interview with George Stephanopoulos on Friday.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer supports Biden. Schumer replied in the same way, “as I’ve said before, I’m with Joe.”
Mr. Clyburn caused some hand-wringing among Democrats last week when he discussed the possibility of a “mini-primary“ to replace Mr. Biden before the Democratic National Convention next month should he withdraw from the race. But he moved to clarify, that he considered the idea to be hypothetical.
Mr. Jeffries hasn’t done much since then to make people know he doesn’t like the idea of having Mr. Biden at the top of the ticket. He did not speak up when the high-level meeting was being held to defend the president or rally the Democrats around the vice president despite the fact that the meeting was being held in private.
“The reality is Joe Biden has confronted and had to come back from tragedy, from trials, from tribulations throughout his entire life,” Mr. Jeffries said during an interview with MSNBC. There’s a comeback moment right now, so that’s what the moment is.
At a time when the party is reeling from scandal, the Biden campaign is getting some solace from the backing of Black Democrats. It chose a Black church in Philadelphia as the backdrop on Sunday for Mr. Biden to make his case.
If we stick together, Mr. Biden said to the congregation at the Mount Airy Church of God in Christ in Philadelphia.
A letter to the president condemning the decision to step down from the 2020 presidential race in support of Donald Trump, Rep. David Waters, and The Up First podcast
Several members of the important committees privately told the president on Sunday he had to withdraw from the race, and Ms. Waters was one of the few Democrats who spoke out for him in the high-level virtual meeting. Representative David Scott of Georgia, another senior member of the Black Caucus, also spoke in favor of Mr. Biden, the people said.
Affirmative, Representative Waters said to the audience at the New Orleans festival that it wouldn’t be any other Democratic candidate. It is going to be Biden.
“The choice for American leadership and our democracy is clear,” Representative Joyce Beatty of Ohio, a former chairwoman of the Black Caucus, said in a social media post late Sunday in which she lauded Mr. Biden’s record as a defender of democracy.
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In his letter, Biden said he had spoken with party leaders and Democratic voters and said, “I am not blind” to the concerns expressed, but said: “I wouldn’t be running again if I did not absolutely believe I was the best person to beat Donald Trump in 2024.”
The Justice Department said in a court filing that Boeing will plead guilty to a crime stemming from two fatal crashes of the MAX. As part of the plea deal Boeing will pay a $246 million fine and invest up to $450 million in safety and compliance programs.
Do you eat too hard? A wise seat to the bill: Boeing will plead guilty to fraud and Hurricane Beryl lands in Texas
France’s far-right party fell far short of getting a majority after a historic number of voters participated in the country’s snap elections. The voter turnout was over sixty five percent.
The National Hurricane Center said that this morning’s storm was a Category 1 Hurricane and it made landfall in Texas. More than 100 Texas counties are under a state disaster declaration. More than 2,500 responders have been dispatched across the state.
Dining out with friends is a lot of fun, but it takes a while to pay for your meal. Splitting the bill is a fine art. The editor of New York Magazine says that the check should be divvied up equally when the meal is over. She gives advice on keeping things fair and square.
Source: Boeing will plead guilty to fraud and Hurricane Beryl lands in Texas
The South: A Story from the Past, a Moment of Truth, and a Conversation with Biden at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Indigenous arts and culture from across Latin America were on display at this year’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival. A lot of the people from the Latin American contingent at the festival are related to skateboards, from a women’s all-female Bolivian skateboarding crew to artists singing and painting. One of the artists NPR’s team met was Ubaldo Sanchez from Guatemala. He painted a giant kite by the closing of the festival, after his portrait of former President Obama was selected for his White House collection. 📷 There is a special connection between the two people, and read about it in the photos from the festival.
Biden insisted that he would continue his campaign even though he struggled in the debate with Trump, which alarmed Democrats about his ability to win and govern. He has said he had a cold and jet lag, and has been working since to try to demonstrate he is still up to the job.
“Come on, give me a break. Come with me. Watch. He said to watch, referring to recent campaign stops. “I’m getting so frustrated by the elites… in the party who ‘they know so much more.’ If any of the guys think I shouldn’t run, then I should run against them. Go ahead. Announce for president. At the convention, challenge me.
He said Democratic voters had spoken during the primaries — and that it was their decision to make, “not the press, not the pundits, not the big donors.”
It was open to anyone who wanted to run. Three people challenged me. He left the primaries so he could run as an independent. He referred to the two people as Robert F Kennedy Jr. and Rep. DeanPhillips.
When asked about the caucus discussion, Deborah Ross mentioned a political term southerners usually use to describe Democrats who vote for candidates with their label, “I’m from North Carolina.” If we were Democrats we would vote for a yellow dog over a Republican, and we wouldn’t tolerate Donald Trump being a junkyard dog.
Democrat senators remain split over Biden’s future in the party: a closed-door meeting after a day of fundraising for reelection
He called on those who think he shouldn’t run for president to do so at the MSNBC interview and he also denied there was any chance that top Congressional leaders would come to him asking.
Trahan released a statement after the meeting saying she shared her concerns about Biden with voters.
Most members exiting the meeting barely spoke to the flood of reporters waiting outside, with some simply saying it’s good to have a “family conversation” and the discussion is “exactly what we should be doing as a party.”
Despite mounting pressure over the weekend from Democrats calling on Biden to step aside from the campaign, the proverbial dam did not break when lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill.
The internal party heads into its second week after Democratic lawmakers expressed deep concerns about President Biden’s ability to campaign aggressively enough to win the election after a poor debate performance against former President Donald Trump.
Montana Senator Jon Tester, perhaps the most vulnerable Democrat running for reelection in a state Trump won handily in 2020, pointed to a written statement he issued a day earlier saying he had concerns and the president needed to demonstrate he could do the job. He characterized Tuesday’s closed door discussion as constructive.
Dick Durbin, the second highest ranking Democrat in the Senate, said that it still remains to be seen and that the president is putting together his campaign.
Multiple Senate Democrats say this week is really the unofficial deadline for the party to debate the best path forward, if in fact there is a move to get behind an alternative nominee.
The Democrats congregated at the DNC headquarters for close to two hours in a private meeting. According to the members of the meeting, those leaving the meeting were advised not to talk to the media and that the lawmakers were not allowed to bring phones. Top leaders left through a back entrance, avoiding reporters.
Rep. Lou Correa: ‘I didn’t see that” Donald Trump is not the guy to win the White House, so he shouldn’t be the guy
California Rep. Lou Correa, who backs Biden, said the “vast, vast majority” of those who spoke up during the private session support Biden as the nominee.
“I was surprised how much support Biden had in that room, not that it matters, because the voters, they’ve already chosen their nominee,” he told reporters. He admitted there was “some concern, but I didn’t really see a lot of people saying he shouldn’t be the guy.”
The congressman said there were differences of opinion in the meeting, but they are all united in their opinion that Donald Trump cannot regain the White House.
