{"id":2288830,"date":"2024-07-03T17:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T21:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/large-group-of-house-dems-reportedly-set-to-call-for-biden-to-step-aside-the-dam-has-broken\/"},"modified":"2024-07-03T17:25:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T21:25:23","slug":"large-group-of-house-dems-reportedly-set-to-call-for-biden-to-step-aside-the-dam-has-broken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/large-group-of-house-dems-reportedly-set-to-call-for-biden-to-step-aside-the-dam-has-broken\/","title":{"rendered":"Large Group of House Dems Reportedly Set to Call for Biden to Step Aside: &#8216;The Dam Has Broken&#8217;"},"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\">36<\/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%2Flarge-group-of-house-dems-reportedly-set-to-call-for-biden-to-step-aside-the-dam-has-broken%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=2288830&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>A group of 25\u2062 House Democrats\u200d are considering\u200d calling on \u200dPresident Joe Biden to end his re-election campaign following his poor performance in a debate against former \u200cPresident Donald Trump. They are giving\u200b the president\u200d the opportunity to prove that\u2063 his debate performance was not indicative of a serious cognitive condition. A poll conducted after the debate showed that 60% of respondents believe Biden is not fit to serve another term, while 24% believe he is. \u200bBiden has blamed\u2062 his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-blames-age-for-poor-debate-performance-not-a-young-man-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Biden blames age for poor debate performance: \u2018Not a young man&#039; - Washington Examiner\">lackluster debate performance<\/a> on a lack of sleep due to extensive travel prior to the event. Despite reports of doubts within his own party, \u200dBiden remains committed \u200bto his re-election campaign and is scheduled to meet with Democratic governors to discuss\u2062 his candidacy.  <\/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\/randydesoto\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/randydesoto\/%20\"><span>Randy DeSoto<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 3, 2024 at 11:54am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Twenty-five House Democrats reportedly are planning to call on President Joe Biden to end his re-election campaign in light of his dismal debate performance last week against former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>They added the caveat that the 81-year-old president need not step aside if he can reassure Americans in the coming days that his face-off with Trump was an outlier episode rather than representative of a serious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-kjp-snaps-reporter-asks-biden-disabled-rough-debate-know-better\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cognitive condition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/biden-reassure-democratic-governors-meeting-after-shaky-debate-performance-2024-07-02\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a> reported Wednesday, \u201cThere are 25 Democratic members of the House of Representatives preparing to call for Biden to step aside if he seems shaky in coming days, according to one House Democratic aide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA second House Democratic aide said moderate House Democrats in competitive districts \u2014 often called \u2018frontliners\u2019 \u2014 were getting hammered with questions in their districts this week,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt looks like the dam has broken,\u201d the second aide said.<\/p>\n<p>During Thursday\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democratic-congressman-says-trump-going-win-bidens-disastrous-debate-clear-months\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> CNN debate<\/a>, Biden lost his train of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-kjp-snaps-at-reporter-when-asked-if-biden-is-disabled-after-rough-debate-you-know-better\/\" title=\"Watch: KJP Snaps at Reporter When Asked if Biden Is &#039;Disabled&#039; After Rough Debate - &#039;You Know Better!&#039;\">thought multiple times<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cabinet-called-on-to-invoke-25th-amendment-oust-biden\/\" title=\"Cabinet Called on to Invoke 25th Amendment, Oust Biden\">made nonsensical statements<\/a> at other moments.<\/p>\n<p>One instance that received a lot of media coverage was when the president gave a rambling, incoherent answer about health care, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-cabinet-called-invoke-25th-amendment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ending with<\/a>, \u201cWe finally beat Medicare.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BIDEN: \u201c\u2026with the COVID.. excuse me.. dealing with.. everything we have to do with.. look.. if\u2026 we finally beat, Medicare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TRUMP: \u201cHe\u2019s right. He did beat Medicare. He\u2019s destroying Medicare.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jgVCpXUhWZ\">pic.twitter.com\/jgVCpXUhWZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Florida\u2019s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FLVoiceNews\/status\/1806496363711963217?\">June 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/747387252\/20240701-politics-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yahoo News\/YouGov poll <\/a>conducted after the debate found that 60 percent of those surveyed believe Biden is not fit to serve another term as president, while 24 percent said he is fit and 16 percent said they were not sure.<\/p>\n<p>The poll was taken Friday through Monday among 1,754 U.S. adults, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p><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> reported Wednesday that Biden \u201chas told a key ally that he knows he may not be able to salvage his candidacy if he cannot convince the public in the coming days that he is up for the job after a disastrous debate performance last week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president, whom this ally emphasized is still deeply in the fight for re-election, understands that his next few appearances heading into the holiday weekend must go well, particularly an interview scheduled for Friday with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News and campaign stops in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<p>The ally said, \u201cHe knows if he has two more events like that, we\u2019re in a different place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White House spokesman Andrew Bates rebutted the Times report, posting on X, \u201cThat 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.\u201d<\/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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/07\/02\/biden-to-meet-with-democratic-governors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>, Biden, while speaking at a campaign event in Virginia on Tuesday, blamed his bad debate performance on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-admits-nearly-fell-asleep-debate-stage-offers-extremely-unconvincing-excuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lack of sleep<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t very smart. I decided to travel around the world a couple times, going through I don\u2019t know how many time zones \u2014 for real, I think it was 15 time zones,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t listen to my staff. And then I came back and nearly fell asleep onstage,\u201d he said. \u201cAt any rate, that\u2019s no excuse, but it is an explanation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/07\/02\/biden-debate-excuse-travel-00166372\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a> noted Biden\u2019s travel in the weeks before the debate included a trip to France for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hot-mic-catches-biden-explaining-french-president-first-one-leave-d-day-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">80th anniversary of D-Day<\/a>, which took place in early June, and then from there on to Italy for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cbs-forced-delete-segment-embarrassing-biden-reporting-history-exposed-air\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Group of Seven summit<\/a> on June 12.<\/p>\n<p>He then returned to the U.S. and went to the West Coast for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/panic-mode-kjp-scrambles-cover-biden-freezes-obama-says-videos-fake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 15 fundraiser<\/a> in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>The president came back to Washington on June 16 and spent the next 11 days preparing for the debate, including six days secluded at Camp David in northern Maryland.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/02\/us\/politics\/biden-lapses.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Times<\/a> reported that Biden\u2019s schedule at Camp David was light, with his debate practice normally not starting until 11 a.m., and the president was given time to take an afternoon nap.<\/p>\n<p>Bates said that Biden\u2019s day would begin \u201cwell before\u201d 11 and included the president getting in some exercise.<\/p>\n<p>A group of Democratic governors is slated to meet with Biden on Wednesday evening at the White House to discuss his candidacy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/direct-candid-conversation-democratic-governors-speak-meeting-biden\/story?id=111644307\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a> said it had confirmed that \u201cIllinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healy, Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee, and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore are among the governors attending in-person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others \u2014 including Arizona\u2019s Katie Hobbs, New Jersey\u2019s Phil Murphy, North Carolina\u2019s Roy Cooper, Pennsylvania\u2019s Josh Shapiro and Washington\u2019s Jay Inslee \u2014 will attend the 6:30 p.m. ET meeting virtually, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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A poll conducted after the debate showed that 60 percent of respondents believe Biden is unfit for another term as president. Biden attributed his poor performance to lack of sleep due to extensive travel in the weeks leading up to the debate. A group of Democratic governors is scheduled to meet with Biden to discuss his candidacy. The Western Journal is urging readers to support their coverage of the 2024 election, emphasizing the importance of the upcoming election<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":2288831,"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\/House-Democrats.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,32327,33841,33795,5894],"class_list":["post-2288830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-breaking-news","tag-call-for-resignation","tag-house-dems","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/House-Democrats.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288830","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\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2288830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2288831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2288830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2288830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2288830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}