Joe Biden says he would consider dropping out of the US presidential race due to a health problem.[Lo haría] “If a doctor told me that I had this or that problem…” the US president said in an interview that will be broadcast on Wednesday night in local time. The Democrat insisted that no doctor has told him that he has any condition that would limit him when it comes to exercising his office.
In a conversation with Ed Gordon of Black Entertainment Television (BET), Biden insists that he made “a serious mistake” in the debate with Donald Trump on June 27, according to some excerpts of the interview that have already been broadcast by the network. His disastrous performance that day has caused his campaign team to try to raise the profile of the president, who has increased the number of interviews, and even gave his first long press conference in more than 18 months, with the intention of demonstrating his ability to continue in the presidency. In a recent interview with the ABC network, Biden said that he will only give up fighting for the presidency again if God asks him to.
The 81-year-old president admits during the interview, which will air on Wednesday, that he entered the presidential race in 2020 as a “transitional candidate” for the Democratic Party, but that the context of the country has changed. “I thought I could just go ahead and leave it to him.” [el cargo] “I’ve been talking to someone else, but I didn’t anticipate the country being so divided. Frankly, I think the only thing that comes with age is a little more wisdom and I’ve proven that I know how to get things done,” Biden said in one of the excerpts from the interview that were released in advance this morning.
The US president says he is in good physical shape. This statement is supported by his personal physician, Dr Kevin O’Connor, who said last February that the octogenarian politician is a “healthy, active and robust man, who is in good shape to carry out his responsibilities as president.”
Democrats are sticking to their plan to nominate Biden in an unusual telematic process scheduled for August 7. This is ahead of the date of the convention, which is scheduled for August 19 in Chicago. Initially, the telematic nomination was a response to a request from the Ohio legislature, controlled by Republicans, which set the deadline for registering candidates on the ballot for early next month. But this election system has taken on a new meaning after Biden’s poor performance in the Atlanta debate. Twenty congressmen from his party have asked him to abandon the race for the White House and the president’s campaign team hopes that his nomination will silence criticism and allow the party to close ranks.
Adam Schiff, an influential congressman seeking a Senate seat in November, on Wednesday became the latest of the top Democrats to call on Biden to throw in the towel. In a statement, Schiff said it was time to “pass the torch” and thus ensure a positive legacy. “A second Trump presidency could undermine the foundations of our democracy and I am seriously concerned that the president could beat Trump in the Senate.” [las elecciones del 5 de] November,” admits Schiff, a veteran California lawmaker.
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Biden will court the Latino vote on Wednesday with a speech before the Hispanic organization UnidosUS in the key state of Nevada, where he plans to announce specific measures to improve the educational and economic opportunities of this minority.
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