{"id":2288804,"date":"2024-07-03T16:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T20:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-scrambles-to-respond-to-report-that-biden-is-seriously-considering-quitting\/"},"modified":"2024-07-03T16:55:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T20:55:05","slug":"white-house-scrambles-to-respond-to-report-that-biden-is-seriously-considering-quitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-scrambles-to-respond-to-report-that-biden-is-seriously-considering-quitting\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Scrambles to Respond to Report That Biden Is Seriously Considering Quitting"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fwhite-house-scrambles-to-respond-to-report-that-biden-is-seriously-considering-quitting%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=2288804&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 article discusses the speculation surrounding President Joe Biden \u2064potentially withdrawing\u2062 from the presidential race due to concerns about his debate performance \u2064and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-obama-and-bidens-america-last-ethos-demoted-the-u-s-from-world-leader-to-loser\/\" title=\"Obama and Biden&#039;s &quot;America-Last&quot; approach diminished U.S. from global leader to loser.\">declining \u200dmental faculties<\/a>. Despite \u200dcalls from Democrats for him to \u2064step down, Biden&#8217;s camp \u2064has expressed his intention to continue in the race. However, a report from The New York Times suggests that Biden may \u2063consider stepping down if he is\u200d unable to salvage his reputation in the coming days. \u200cThe article also mentions a\u200b poll showing former President Donald Trump leading Biden nationally\u2063 and in battleground states. The White House has strongly denied\u200b the\u2062 report of Biden considering withdrawal, with Biden himself declaring his commitment to stay in the race. the article highlights the uncertainty and \u200dchallenges facing the Biden \u200dcampaign \u200das the election approaches.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/maustin\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/maustin\/%20\"><span>Michael Austin<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 3, 2024 at 1:17pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Will President Joe Biden withdraw from the presidential race?<\/p>\n<p>Many Democrats began <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/large-group-house-dems-reportedly-set-call-biden-step-aside-dam-broken\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saying he should do so<\/a> following the president\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-admits-nearly-fell-asleep-debate-stage-offers-extremely-unconvincing-excuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-mcconnell-isnt-expecting-the-gop-to-retake-the-senate\/\" title=\"Why McConnell Isn\u2019t Expecting the GOP to Retake the Senate\">disastrous debate performance<\/a><\/a> against former President Donald Trump last week.<\/p>\n<p>During the debate, Biden\u2019s seemingly declining mental faculties were put on full display. The president constantly mumbled, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/focus-group-of-undecided-voters-overwhelmingly-swayed-by-debate-it-wasnt-even-close\/\" title=\"Focus Group of Undecided Voters Overwhelmingly Swayed by Debate - It Wasn&#039;t Even Close\">made incoherent statements<\/a>, lost his train of thought, sounded hoarse and overall did not appear to be cognitively well.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Democrats\u2019 calls for him to step down, for the last several days, the messaging from Biden\u2019s camp has been adamant that he wishes to see this election cycle through to the finish line.<\/p>\n<p>A report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/03\/us\/politics\/biden-withdraw-election-debate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> on Wednesday said this may no longer be the case.<\/p>\n<p>It said the president told an anonymous source (referred to by the Times as an \u201cally\u201d) in the last 24 hours that if he is unable to salvage his reputation in the coming days, he will consider stepping down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe knows if he has two more events like that, we\u2019re in a different place,\u201d the ally said.<\/p>\n<p>The source said the next few events on Biden\u2019s schedule, including a Friday interview with ABC News\u2019 George Stephanopoulos and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-bets-on-first-in-the-nation-south-carolina-to-sell-his-doubters-on-a-second-term\/\" title=\"Biden relies on South Carolina to convince skeptics for a second term\">multiple campaign stops<\/a>, must go well for him to recover from the debate debacle.<\/p>\n<p>The White House strongly denied the report\u2019s authenticity shortly after it was published Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat claim is absolutely false,\u201d White House senior deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the New York Times had provided us with more than 7 minutes to comment we would have told them so,\u201d Bates said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">That claim is absolutely false. If the New York Times had provided us with more than 7 minutes to comment we would have told them so. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SRTYIVTy7v\">https:\/\/t.co\/SRTYIVTy7v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewJBates46\/status\/1808515890004050293?\">July 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Politico reporter Elena Schneider, Biden vowed during a campaign call Wednesday afternoon that he will not drop out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me say this as clearly as I possibly can as simply and straightforward as I can: I am running \u2026 no one\u2019s pushing me out. I\u2019m not leaving. I\u2019m in this race to the end and we\u2019re going to win,\u201d the president said, according to Schneider.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President Biden on campaign call that just wrapped, per person on the call:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me say this as clearly as I possibly can as simply and straightforward as I can: I am running\u2026no one\u2019s pushing me out. I\u2019m not leaving. I\u2019m in this race to the end and we\u2019re going to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elena Schneider (@ec_schneider) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ec_schneider\/status\/1808556283793973561?\">July 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u201cally\u201d was not the only anonymous source cited by the Times.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Wednesday report, a \u201ctop adviser\u201d also came forward to say Biden is aware of his current predicament.<\/p>\n<p>That person said the questions about his well-being vex the president, who believes he is mentally sharp and \u201cdoesn\u2019t get how others don\u2019t accept that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Given the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/stunning-post-debate-poll-sparks-panic-cnns-airwaves-never-seen-numbers-bad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post-debate poll numbers<\/a>, Democrats should be worried as we get closer to the November election.<\/p>\n<p>A Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-biden-poll-debate-democrats-turnout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News\/YouGov<\/a> poll of likely voters found Trump topped Biden 50 percent to 48 percent nationally.<\/p>\n<p>In battleground states, the presumptive Republican nominee\u2019s margin grew even wider to 51 percent over 48 percent for the president.<\/p>\n<p>The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 percentage points.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. 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Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/body><\/html><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will President Joe Biden drop out of the presidential race? Many Democrats are calling for him to do so after his poor debate performance against former President Donald Trump. Biden&#8217;s mental decline was evident during the debate, with him mumbling, making incoherent statements, and losing his train of thought. Despite calls for him to step down, Biden&#8217;s camp has stated that he intends to continue with the election. However, a report from The New York Times suggests that Biden may consider stepping down if he is unable to recover his reputation in the coming days. The White House has denied this report. Biden himself has stated that he will not drop out and is determined to stay in the race until the end. Poll numbers show Trump leading nationally and in battleground states, causing concern for Democrats as the election approaches<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2093,"featured_media":2288805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Joe-Biden-6.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,7642,3819,6354,32127],"class_list":["post-2288804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-quitting","tag-report","tag-respond","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Joe-Biden-6.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288804","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\/2093"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2288804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2288805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2288804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2288804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2288804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}