{"id":2285617,"date":"2024-06-28T20:02:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T00:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-doubts-biden-will-step-down-you-cant-negotiate-with-him-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-28T20:02:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T00:02:53","slug":"mccarthy-doubts-biden-will-step-down-you-cant-negotiate-with-him-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-doubts-biden-will-step-down-you-cant-negotiate-with-him-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy doubts Biden will step down: \u2018You can\u2019t negotiate with him\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fmccarthy-doubts-biden-will-step-down-you-cant-negotiate-with-him-washington-examiner%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=2285617&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>Former Speaker of the House Kevin\u2064 McCarthy spoke on Fox Business regarding President Joe Biden&#8217;s potential\u200b candidacy for re-election. McCarthy firmly believes that Biden\u2063 will remain the Democratic nominee and has no intention of \u200bstepping aside. He mentioned that Biden&#8217;s persistence in staying in the race is \u2063also supported by his wife, Jill Biden. McCarthy highlighted the difficulty in negotiating directly\u200c with\u200c Biden, observing that Biden often\u2064 diverts to unrelated topics, such \u2062as cars, and that meaningful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">negotiations<\/a> had to be conducted with \u200chis staff instead. This \u200binsight was based on McCarthy&#8217;s experiences with Biden \u2063during\u200c his time as speaker, particularly during negotiations such as the debt\u200d ceiling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-celebs-rage-in-defeat-after-barrett-confirmation-revolting-disgraceful-unconscionable\/\" title=\"Hollywood Celebs Rage in Defeat After Barrett Confirmation: &#039;Revolting. Disgraceful. Unconscionable&#039;\">raise<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former Speaker of the House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kevin-mccarthy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kevin McCarthy<\/a> stepped into the debate about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>debate<\/a> on Friday, saying he does not believe President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> will step down as Democratic candidate.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Joe Biden is going to be the nominee. Joe Biden is not going to give it up,&rdquo; McCarthy said on Fox Business. &ldquo;Why? Because Jill does not want to give it up either.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>For the Democratic party to nominate someone besides Biden, 81, he would have to step out of the race himself because of all the delegates he&rsquo;s collected through primary elections.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I learned when I was negotiating with him, you can&rsquo;t negotiate with him. He just talks about cars. You have to negotiate with staff,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy negotiated with Biden frequently during his stint as speaker. It was a deal they made to raise the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-with-full-control-of-government-democrats-massive-wish-list-is-stalling\/\" title=\"Even With Full Control Of Government, Democrats\u2019 Massive Wish List Is Stalling\">debt ceiling<\/a> that saw McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2450398\/mccarthy-ousted-in-historic-vote-to-strip-him-of-speakership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>ousted<\/a> from his position, as others in his party opposed him for working with Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic strategists and voters were alarmed by Biden&rsquo;s debate performance on Thursday night. While facing former President Donald Trump, Biden stumbled over his words, lost his train of thought, and moved very slowly. Immediately after the debate ended, analysts on CNN&rsquo;s panel brought up the possibility that Democrats would have to start considering replacing Biden.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&nbsp;think there&lsquo;s a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">people&#038;nbsp<\/a>;who are going to want to see&nbsp;[Biden] consider taking a different&nbsp;course now. We&lsquo;re still far&nbsp;from our convention, and there&nbsp;is time for this party to&nbsp;figure out a different way&nbsp;forward if he will allow us to&nbsp;do that,&rdquo; Van Jones, who worked in the Obama White House, said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/?d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other Republicans have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3063723\/house-gop-calls-biden-removal-office-debate-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>floated the idea<\/a> of using the 25th Amendment to remove Biden from office. The <em>New York Times <\/em>editorial board has since <a href=\"http:\/\/New%20York%20Times%20editorial%20board%20urges%20Biden%20to%20step%20aside%20after%20debate%20fallout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>called<\/a> on Biden to step down as well, saying it would be &ldquo;the best chance to protect the soul of the nation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;His problem is age,&rdquo; McCarthy said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not even what he said. It&rsquo;s just the look of [what] he did, his actions, which everybody knows &mdash; he&rsquo;s not the same person he used to be.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy weighed in on Friday, asserting on Fox Business that President Joe Biden will not relinquish his position as the Democratic nominee. &#8220;Joe Biden is going to be the nominee. He&#8217;s not going to give it up,&#8221; McCarthy stated, suggesting Jill Biden&#8217;s influence as a factor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2970,"featured_media":2285618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bidenmccarthydebate.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,7565,3663,33266],"class_list":["post-2285617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-doubts","tag-mccarthy","tag-step-down"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bidenmccarthydebate.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285617","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\/2970"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2285617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2285618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2285617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2285617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2285617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}