{"id":1542373,"date":"2022-07-07T07:20:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T11:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1542373"},"modified":"2022-07-07T07:20:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T11:20:22","slug":"the-knives-come-out-for-biden-as-contenders-crop-up-for-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-knives-come-out-for-biden-as-contenders-crop-up-for-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"The Knives Come Out for Biden as Contenders Crop Up for 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-knives-come-out-for-biden-as-contenders-crop-up-for-2024%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1542373&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The number of possible Democratic 2024 presidential hopefuls is piling up as questions within the party grow over whether President Joe Biden is cut out for another four years.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration is struggling to\u00a0be plagued by a series of crises, from rising inflation and gas prices to fallout over the president\u2019s response to the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. As a result, more members of the Democratic Party are coming out of the woodwork to express criticism over Biden\u2019s leadership \u2013 and more <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/23\/joe-biden-running-again-speculation-rises-alternatives-2024\/\">potential<\/a> 2024 contenders are presenting themselves as alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>The list of potential Democratic 2024 presidential contenders is already lengthy, with Govs. Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Phil Murphy of New Jersey, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Jared Polis of Colorado, Gavin Newsom of California and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan were all highlighted in a May piece by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2022\/05\/biden-2024-democrats-search-for-alternative.html\">Intelligencer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, yet another mass shooting, which occurred on July 4 in Highland Park, Illinois, hasn\u2019t helped soothe Democrat\u2019s concerns over Biden.<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/07\/06\/biden-gun-bill-highland-park-shooting-00044166\">Politico<\/a> and The <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/Syffh#selection-633.0-633.176\">Washington Post<\/a> both criticized Biden\u2019s reaction to the July 4 attack, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/highland-park-shooting-illinois-watch-live-stream-today-2022-07-05\/\">which left<\/a> seven dead and over 40 injured. Biden, Politico reported, \u201cinitially made just passing reference to the shooting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pritzker, who has already <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/3542412-illinois-governor-says-its-certainly-possible-biden-will-face-primary-challenge\/\">suggested<\/a> an open primary in 2024, had a very different approach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are going to be people who say that today is not the day, that now is not the time to talk about guns,\u201d the Illinois governor <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/05\/dems-gun-control-highland-park\/\">said<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m telling you there is no better day and no better time than right here and right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Post described his reaction as \u201cfiery\u201d since it \u201ctook direct aim at those blocking gun control legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7467054\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7467054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bipartisan group of mayors and governors, including Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley and Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, speak to reporters after meeeting on infrastructure with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, U.S. July 14, 2021. REUTERS\/Jonathan Ernst<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pritzker isn\u2019t the only potential contender stepping up his game. Newsom aired an <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/05\/freedom-under-attack-california-gavin-newsom-ad-ron-desantis-florida\/\">ad<\/a> in Florida on July 4 seemingly targeting Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Newsom\u2019s ad specifically honed in on the idea of \u201cfreedom\u201d and declared that this key value is \u201cunder attack\u201d in DeSantis\u2019s state.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis is <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/22\/ron-desantis-leads-donald-trump-poll-new-hampshire-2024\/\">polling<\/a> as a top potential Republican candidate, alongside former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>These growing actions from potential 2024 Democratic presidential candidates come as more members of the Democratic Party are openly criticizing Biden. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/24\/aoc-warns-biden-losing-support-key-democrat-voters\/\">(RELATED:\u00a0\u2018Collapse\u2019: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Warns Biden Is Losing Support Of Key Democrat Voters)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the view of many distraught Democrats, the country is facing a full-blown crisis on a range of fronts, and Biden seems unable or unwilling to respond with appropriate force,\u201d The Post wrote.<\/p>\n<p>As some Democrats grapple with the president\u2019s reactions and handling of various issues, others are nervous \u201cthat Biden remains trapped in a prior age of political decorum and unquestioning fealty to institutions and has been slow to recognize both the existential threat felt by some of his supporters,\u201d according to Politico.<\/p>\n<p>CNN, in a piece <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/07\/05\/politics\/democrats-frustrated-biden-lack-of-urgency-supreme-court-setbacks\/index.html\">published<\/a> Tuesday, highlighted yet another issue raising red flags within the party: the Biden administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/29\/aoc-scotus-abortion-guns-vouchers\/\">response<\/a> to the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Some Democrats have reportedly expressed frustration over the fact that aides are still sorting out response actions, even though the Supreme Court\u2019s draft opinion was leaked to the media well before the official decision came.<\/p>\n<p>This specific concern, according to CNN, isn\u2019t just limited to Biden\u2019s response regarding the Supreme Court decision. It represents a wider issue that Democrats see regarding the administration. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/13\/democratic-party-hopes-joe-biden-wont-run-reelection-2024\/\">(RELATED:\u00a0A Slew Of Democrats Are Quietly Hoping Biden Won\u2019t Run In 2024)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats worry the lack of decisions and authority are deepening their own midterm problems\u00a0and feeding a sense that the President couldn\u2019t truly handle the extra complications of a run for reelection in 2024 \u2013 and along the way, reinforcing narratives that he\u2019s an old man not fit for the moment,\u201d the CNN article reads.<\/p>\n<p>Amid all of this, the president is reportedly trying to convince Democrats that he\u2019s the only man for the job come 2024. With support seemingly waning, Biden has been personally pitching himself to members of his party with an argument similar to one he made for his 2020 run, NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/joe-biden\/biden-pitches-democrats-biden-president-2024-rcna35820\">reported<\/a> on June 29.<\/p>\n<p>That pitch, according to NBC News, is simple: That he\u2019s the only man who can beat Trump in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Whether that pitch works, however, remains to be seen. At least one Democrat pointed out to NBC News that Biden\u2019s reasoning sounds extremely familiar to past years.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIt\u2019s basically the same argument he was making at this point in 2018 about why he thought he might have to run,\u201d a Democrat familiar with Biden\u2019s remarks told the network. \u201cHe would just walk through every candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of possible Democratic 2024 presidential hopefuls is piling up as questions within the party grow over whether President Joe Biden is cut out for another four years.The Biden<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1575997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1542373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1542373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1542373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1542373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1575997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1542373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1542373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1542373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}