36 Democratic lawmakers have publicly called for President Joe Biden, who is currently self-isolating at his beach house in Delaware after contracting COVID-19, to bow out of the 2024 race.
Among these lawmakers is Representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, who said the president “didn’t seem to recognize him” at the Normandy, France event in a recent op-ed for The Boston Globe.
“Of course, that can happen as anyone ages but, as I watched the disastrous debate a few weeks ago, I have to admit that what I saw in Normandy was part of a deeper problem,” Moulton wrote.
In the three weeks since his disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump, the 46th president has shrugged off ever-louder calls from within his own party to make way for a younger candidate to take on Trump in November.
Several influential Democrats, including Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Chuck Schumer, reportedly called on Biden to drop out in private.
While the president has repeated in interviews that he is going nowhere, Axios has reported that he could drop out as soon as this weekend.
Democrats hold ‘pass the torch’ rally outside White House
A group of Democrats held a ‘pass the torch’ rally outside the White House today, calling on President Joe Biden to drop out of the race.
“We only have less than 4 months to figure out how to win this election together,” one speaker said at the rally on Saturday afternoon. “And we can do it — matter of fact, we have to do it.”
Organizers called on attendees to make signs and posts with the slogans “#PassTheTorch” and “#DontRushLosing.”
“Pass the Torch is a newly formed network of activists, organizers, and voters committed to the belief that nothing matters as much as making sure Democrats have a ticket that can beat Donald Trump,” the organizers said.
Katie Hawkinson21 July 2024 04:00
Biden’s doctor gives update
Joe Biden’s doctor has released an update on the president’s condition after being diagnosed with COVID-19 this week.
“President Biden completed his sixth dose of Paxlovid this morning,” Kevin O’Connor, the president’s physician, wrote on Saturday. “He is still experiencing a loose, nonproductive cough and hoarseness, but his symptoms continue to improve steadily. His pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and temperature remain absolutely normal. His oxygen saturation continues to be excellent on room air. His lungs remain clear.”
“Genomic sequencing has determined that the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) variant which the President has encountered is the KP .2.3 variant,” he continued. “According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the KP .2.3 variant accounts for approximately 33.3% of new infections in the United States.”
“The President continues to tolerate treatment well and will continue Paxlovid as planned. He continues to perform all of his presidential duties.”
Katie Hawkinson21 July 2024 03:00
If Biden were to drop out, who could be Kamala Harris’s running mate?
Here’s The Independent’s list of potential replacements who could fall out of a coconut tree and exist in the context of the campaign that came before them.
Eric Garcia21 July 2024 02:00
Is this the week that finally broke Joe Biden?
Within the last week, Joe Biden has acknowledged that he initially ran as a “transitional” candidate; claimed that no poll has shown any other Democratic candidate winning against Donald Trump; and that he would end his campaign if he was diagnosed with an urgent “medical condition.”
There have been daily “is this the end?” moments for Biden’s campaign since his first 2024 debate against his Republican rival, Donald Trump, on June 27, each one eclipsed by the one that followed. Every time, the president has insisted that he will remain the nominee.
Alex Woodward21 July 2024 01:00
Meet the White House doctor who greets Joe Biden every morning
As the entirety of America – and the rest of the world – seeks to amateurishly assess the health of 81-year-old President Joe Biden, two salient questions loom: Where, and who, is the Commander-in-Chief’s doctor?
The answer is Kevin O’Connor, a jovial 58-year-old military physician who’s been treating the Biden family for years. And he holds tremendous power — Biden reiterated this week that he’d reevaluate running “if I had some medical condition that emerged, if somebody, if doctors came to me and said, You got this problem and that problem.”
Meet the White House doctor who greets Joe Biden every morning
A combat-tested 58-year-old military doctor could hold the keys to the Democratic campaign — after President Joe Biden claimed a word from his medical team would make him re-evaluate his candidacy. So who is Kevin O’Connor, the personal physician to the president? Sheila Flynn reports
Sheila Flynn21 July 2024 00:00
Watch: JD Vance accuses Kamala Harris of doing nothing but ‘collect a check’
JD Vance accuses Kamala Harris of doing nothing but ‘collect a check’
Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance joined the former president on the campaign trail in Michigan on Saturday, 20 July. Vance accused Kamala Harris of accomplishing little during her time in the White House as Joe Biden’s vice president. “What the hell have you done other than collect a check?” Vance asked during his speech, prompting the audience to burst into applause. Trump introduced Vance as his vice president pick during the Republican National Convention last week, where he officially became the Republican presidential nominee.
Katie Hawkinson20 July 2024 23:00
Trump speaks at first rally since assassination attempt
Donald Trump is speaking at his first rally since last Saturday, when Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire at his Butler, Pennsylvania campaign event.
Watch live from The Independent:
Katie Hawkinson20 July 2024 22:26
AOC says many who want Joe Biden to drop out of race also want to remove Kamala Harris
Gustaf Kilander20 July 2024 22:08
Trump campaign is preparing to go to battle with Kamala Harris in 2024 campaign if Biden leaves: report
The Trump campaign is reportedly already planning for a potential battle with Kamala Harris if Joe Biden decides to drop out of the 2024 race.
That’s included drawing up attack ads, poll-testing Harris’s vulnerabilities on various issues, and compiling opposition research, two individuals briefed on the matter told The New York Times.
The Trump camp’s thinking is that if Biden drops out, Harris will be the most likely replacement, given that the Democrats wouldn’t want to alienate the Black voters in their base by sidelining the nation’s first Black vice-president, the individuals told the paper.
Josh Marcus20 July 2024 21:30
Democrats hold ‘pass the torch’ rally outside White House
A group of Democrats held a ‘pass the torch’ rally outside the White House today, calling on President Joe Biden to drop out of the race.
“We only have less than 4 months to figure out how to win this election together,” one speaker said at the rally on Saturday afternoon. “And we can do it — matter of fact, we have to do it.”
Organizers called on attendees to make signs and posts with the slogans “#PassTheTorch” and “#DontRushLosing.”
“Pass the Torch is a newly formed network of activists, organizers, and voters committed to the belief that nothing matters as much as making sure Democrats have a ticket that can beat Donald Trump,” the organizers said.
Katie Hawkinson20 July 2024 21:04
