Biden may withdraw from the presidential race at the end of the week

On Thursday, the American website Axios quoted a number of senior Democrats that increasing pressure from party leaders in Congress and close friends will convince President Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race at the end of this week.

The 81-year-old president, who is now isolating himself due to his infection with the Corona virus, did not announce this publicly.

The website reported that Biden secretly succumbed to mounting pressure and poor opinion polls, “making it impossible to continue his campaign.”

He stated that senior Democratic Party leaders, Biden's friends and major donors believe he cannot win.

The website continued, “The president was told that if he remained in office, Trump might win by a landslide and erase Biden’s legacy and the Democrats’ hopes.”

Democrats expect that opinion polls after the Republican National Convention will show a potential explosion that could lead to the downfall of Democrats in Congress as well.

One of the president's close friends told Axios that "his choice is to be one of history's heroes, or to be certain of the fact that there will never be a presidential library for Biden," and said, "I pray to God that he does the right thing." "It's heading in that direction."

Yesterday, Wednesday, an Associated Press poll showed that nearly two-thirds of Democrats want Biden to withdraw from the presidential race, and this has been echoed in the White House and Congress.

Obama: He should reconsider

In a related context, the Washington Post reported today, Thursday, citing several informed sources, that former US President Barack Obama informed allies in recent days that President Biden’s path to victory in the upcoming elections has greatly diminished and that he believes that Biden needs to seriously think about the feasibility of... You nominate him.

Obama, who still has great influence in the Democratic Party, assumed the US presidency from 2009 until 2017, and throughout his two terms, Biden assumed the position of Vice President.

If the information is confirmed, Obama will be the most prominent Democratic figure so far to call on Biden to withdraw his candidacy against the backdrop of a television debate in which he performed disastrously against Republican candidate Donald Trump.

Biden, whose infection with Covid was announced by the White House during his trip to Las Vegas as part of his election campaign on Wednesday, has moved to his residence in Delaware, where he will need to isolate himself, but he “continues to fully perform his duties during this period.”

Biden rejects the concerns raised about his age and physical fitness, and insists on moving forward in the presidential race.

However, pressure is increasing on the president, whom the leaders of the Democratic majority in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, and the Democratic minority in the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, reportedly met with recently and expressed “fears” that his candidacy would undermine the party’s chances in the November elections.

Source: American press