{"id":2286148,"date":"2024-06-30T16:11:14","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T20:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/raskin-admits-conversations-are-being-had-about-bidens-2024-candidacy-washington-examiner-3\/"},"modified":"2024-06-30T16:12:39","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T20:12:39","slug":"raskin-admits-conversations-are-being-had-about-bidens-2024-candidacy-washington-examiner-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/raskin-admits-conversations-are-being-had-about-bidens-2024-candidacy-washington-examiner-3\/","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-3%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=2286148&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>Representative Jamie Raskin, a Democrat from\u2062 Maryland and a strong supporter of President Joe Biden, acknowledged that\u2063 within the Democratic Party, there are\u200c ongoing discussions \u2064about whether\u200d Biden should continue\u2063 as the\u200c candidate following a subpar performance against former President Donald Trump in the first presidential debate. \u200dWhile most high-ranking Democrats\u2063 have defended Biden, admitting only that the debate went poorly for him, Raskin&#8217;s statements \u2063during an MSNBC interview mark\u2064 a significant shift. He emphasized that the party is engaged in serious conversations about the way forward, stressing the importance of unity and \u200dBiden&#8217;s central role in\u200d party deliberations, regardless of \u200cwhether he remains the presidential candidate.  <\/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 underwhelming debate performance against Donald Trump. 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