{"id":2286143,"date":"2024-06-30T15:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T19:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/raskin-admits-conversations-are-being-had-about-bidens-2024-candidacy-washington-examiner-2\/"},"modified":"2024-06-30T15:57:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T19:57:38","slug":"raskin-admits-conversations-are-being-had-about-bidens-2024-candidacy-washington-examiner-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/raskin-admits-conversations-are-being-had-about-bidens-2024-candidacy-washington-examiner-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Raskin acknowledges discussions about Biden&#8217;s 2024 run &#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\">20<\/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%2Fraskin-admits-conversations-are-being-had-about-bidens-2024-candidacy-washington-examiner-2%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=2286143&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>Democratic Representative Jamie Raskin, a \u2062strong supporter of\u2063 President Joe\u2063 Biden, acknowledged on MSNBC with Ali Velshi that Democrats \u2063are\u2062 contemplating whether Biden should continue as the\u2063 party&#8217;s presidential\u2063 candidate following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-debate-four-things-at-stake-for-gop-candidates-onstage\/\" title=\"Republican debate: Four things at stake for GOP candidates onstage\">weak debate performance<\/a> against former President Donald Trump.\u2062 This marks a significant\u2064 shift \u2064from previous statements by other senior \u2062Democratic lawmakers, who defended Biden while admitting\u200b the debate went poorly without suggesting he withdraw. Raskin emphasized \u2062the\u2064 importance of unity within\u200b the party and the central involvement of Biden in campaign discussions, regardless of\u2064 who the candidate might be.  <\/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 data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jamie-raskin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jamie Raskin<\/a> (D-MD), a stalwart supporter of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/?source=%2Fopinion%2Fbidens-betrayal&amp;utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=Pmax_USA_All-Website_Keywords(tCPA)&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiAibeuBhAAEiwAiXBoJPR-m3dFCAkvnBlGxej9MNtnhxBlL9pMsuKkge1telvdm5i9JTgyghoCL-4QAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a>, admitted Sunday that there are talks among Democrats on &ldquo;whether he&rsquo;s the candidate or whether he isn&rsquo;t the candidate&rdquo; after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-teacher-pleads-guilty-after-mailing-white-powder-threats-to-elementary-school-staffers\/\" title=\"Ex-Teacher Pleads Guilty After Mailing White Powder Threats To Elementary School Staffers\">poor performance<\/a> against former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> in the first presidential debate.<\/p>\n<p>Raskin&rsquo;s comments are a major departure from what most ranking Democratic lawmakers have said publicly in defense of the president, as most have at least acknowledged Biden had a &ldquo;bad&rdquo; debate, while stopping short of calling him to drop out of the presidential race.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re having a serious conversation about what to do,&rdquo; Raskin said in an interview with MSNBC&rsquo;s Ali Velsh.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One thing I can tell you is that regardless of what President Biden decides, our party is going to be unified, and our party also needs him at the very center of our deliberations in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>campaign<\/a>, and so whether he&rsquo;s the candidate or someone else is the candidate,&rdquo; Raskin added.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the Maryland representative talked down against Biden&rsquo;s naysayers who raised questions about his mental acuity when special counsel Robert Hur&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2845770\/hur-report-biden-as-elderly-man-poor-memory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>nearly 400-page report regarding<\/a> his decision not to prosecute Biden criminally described him as an &ldquo;elderly man with a poor memory.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/raskin-admits-conversations-are-being-had-about-bidens-2024-candidacy-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Raskin acknowledges discussions about Biden&#039;s 2024 run - Washington Examiner\">age-based cheap shots<\/a> at President Biden show you how desperate they are, while Donald Trump is fumbling around every day,&rdquo; Raskin said back in February.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rep. Raskin: I just spent an hour with President Biden where he regaled the entire Democratic caucus. All these age-based cheap shots at President Biden show you how desperate they are, while Donald Trump is fumbling around every day <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F6uVrlirYe\">pic.twitter.com\/F6uVrlirYe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BidenHQ\/status\/1755747885679870397?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, House Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY) told MSNBC on Sunday that he believed in Biden&rsquo;s commitment to have a &ldquo;comeback&rdquo; after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/for-biden-the-debate-stakes-couldnt-be-higher-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"For Biden, the debate stakes couldn\u2019t be higher - Washington Examiner\">poor debate performance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been very clear that it was an underwhelming performance on Thursday, during the debate, as President Biden and his campaign have acknowledged. It certainly was a setback. But of course, I believe a setback is nothing more than a setup for a comeback,&rdquo; Jeffries said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) revealed on Sunday that Democrats are debating if President Joe Biden should be their candidate following his disappointing debate performance against Donald Trump. 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