{"id":2292278,"date":"2024-07-10T20:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T00:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-panic-not-subsiding-as-biden-seeks-to-run-out-clock-on-swap-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T20:27:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T00:27:56","slug":"democrats-panic-not-subsiding-as-biden-seeks-to-run-out-clock-on-swap-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-panic-not-subsiding-as-biden-seeks-to-run-out-clock-on-swap-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats\u2019 panic not subsiding as Biden seeks to run out clock on swap &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fdemocrats-panic-not-subsiding-as-biden-seeks-to-run-out-clock-on-swap-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=2292278&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 Democrats&#8217; increasing panic as President Joe Biden faces pressure\u200d to withdraw from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/petty-and-small-karl-rove-hammers-trump-and-says-desantis-is-more-popular\/\" title=\"Rove criticizes Trump, praises DeSantis.\">presidential race due<\/a> to \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-democratic-governors-are-hoping-to-hear-at-tonights-meeting-with-biden-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"What Democratic governors are hoping to hear at tonight&#039;s meeting with Biden - Washington Examiner\">poor debate performances<\/a> and controversial comments. With the Democratic National \u2063Convention\u200c approaching, Democrats have a limited time to decide whether to replace Biden as their nominee. Some party members, including House Minority Whip Katherine Clark and\u200c Rep. Dina \u2062Titus, suggest that Biden&#8217;s decision to stay in the\u2062 race is not\u2064 final. Vice \u2064President Kamala Harris\u2064 is seen\u2063 as a potential replacement for \u2062Biden, but opinions are divided on \u2064her viability as a\u200c candidate. Former President Donald Trump has also commented on the situation, stating that Harris \u200dserves as an &#8220;insurance policy&#8221; for Biden. Democrats are considering various scenarios, \u2063including the possibility of Biden stepping down\u2063 to allow Harris to take\u2063 over.\u2062 Despite concerns raised by some Republicans, many \u2063Democrats \u200care supportive of Harris as a 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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democrats\u2019 panic not subsiding as Biden seeks to run out clock on swap<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/rachel-schilke\/\">Rachel Schilke<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-10T20:15:09-04:00\">July 10, 2024 8:15 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1698811\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> appears to be running out the clock ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-national-convention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democratic National Convention<\/a> after the dam on his political future bent but didn\u2019t break following <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House Democratic<\/a> caucus meetings and calls with frontliners concerned about Biden\u2019s candidacy for November.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3076400\/vulnerable-new-york-democrat-pat-ryan-calls-on-biden-to-withdraw-from-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nine House Democrats<\/a> and one senator, Peter Welch (D-VT), have publicly called on Biden to withdraw from the presidential race after his poor debate performance and months of gaffes and mishaps. Of the 10, three Democrats spoke out after the caucus meeting in both chambers on Tuesday from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3074659\/house-democrats-closed-door-meeting-divided-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"which members left divided\">which members left divided<\/a> \u2014 some thought there was almost complete unity, while others felt like they still weren\u2019t in sync.<\/p>\n<p>With the convention quickly approaching in a little over two months, Democrats have a short window if they do decide to replace Biden as their nominee. The president has declared he is running in the race numerous times: in a letter to House Democrats on Monday, in private calls and meetings with groups like the Congressional Black Caucus, and at rallies across the country. <\/p>\n<p>However, comments from leaders and top Democrats about the nomination being \u201cBiden\u2019s decision\u201d are signaling that the panic around Biden\u2019s candidacy is not over. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3076419\/pelosi-democrats-breathing-room-criticize-biden-fitness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"unleashed a frenzy\">unleashed a frenzy<\/a> on Wednesday after noting that it is the president\u2019s choice whether to stay in the race, leading many to speculate about whether Democrats are accepting the inevitable and taking a hands-off approach or insinuating that Biden\u2019s decision to stay the nominee is not final.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden is the nominee,\u201d House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) told reporters on Wednesday. \u201cThere is just no light between our caucus and the work we have done with this administration and the work that we will do in the future. As always, this decision is up to the president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) also implied that the president has not made a decision yet despite his repeated confirmations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019ve got to do something fast, whether \u2026 he decides to run or not. I think tomorrow\u2019s press conference \u2014 a lot of people are watching that to see how that turns out,\u201d Titus said to <em>Politico,<\/em> referring to the White House press briefing where Biden himself will address questions from reporters after dodging similar situations for months.<\/p>\n<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has told Democrats in recent meetings that he will relay the concerns he is hearing to Biden, according to CNN. This comes after Jeffries met with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desperate-house-democrats-attempt-to-end-columbias-anti-israel-encampment-but-its-too-late-for-them\/\" title=\"Democrats&#039; Failed Bid to Close Anti-Israel Camp in Columbia\">swing-district members<\/a> on Wednesday morning and plans to meet with the center-left New Democrat Coalition, per <em>Axios<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Some members are arguing that Biden\u2019s announcement that he is staying in the race doesn\u2019t make it official.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t work that way,\u201d Rep. Jared Huffman (D-MA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/anniegrayercnn\/status\/1811075024830259478?s=46&#038;t=Gepuixs8AegS3Gcy3aXO2g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> to CNN. \u201cI had totally decided to take an Uber to dinner. And then I heard about the gridlock in D.C. because of the NATO traffic. And I redirected to the Metro and it was a really smart decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Waiting in the wings as a likely replacement for Biden is Vice President Kamala Harris. However, in some ways, she serves as an insurance policy for the president to remain on the ticket.<\/p>\n<p>Harris has historically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3038859\/kamala-harris-dogged-by-low-confidence-voters-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>low approval ratings<\/a>. If she proved to be more popular with voters, it would be easier for Biden to step aside and pass the torch to Harris as the new Democratic leader. However, the party is not unified over the idea that Harris can win, with certain polling suggesting she could be a weaker candidate than Biden. <\/p>\n<p>Trump is taking note of the situation as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to give him credit for one brilliant decision: picking Kamala Harris as his VP was the greatest insurance policy of all time. If Joe had picked someone even halfway competent, they would have bounced him from office years ago,\u201d Trump said at his rally in Florida on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Another possibility raised by GOP members is that a vote for Biden is also a vote for Harris because he could remain the nominee but then step down halfway through the term to allow the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> to ascend to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>However, many Democrats are not entertaining the idea that there are concerns over Harris\u2019s viability as a candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s done a very good job as vice president, and I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any reason to talk about her,\u201d Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) said.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) has blasted Democrats for sounding the alarm on Biden\u2019s ability to be president now despite him being the \u201csame Joe Biden\u201d Republicans have seen for some time now. He said in an interview with the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>on Tuesday that Democrats\u2019 \u201cback-room\u201d discussions on whether to replace Biden with Harris or another name shows \u201ccomplete disdain for their own voters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were a number of Democrats who ran against Joe Biden,\u201d Scalise said. \u201cAnd Joe Biden was the clear winner on their side: 14 million Democrat voters went to the polls to vote for Joe Biden to be the candidate for president on their side. And right now in Washington, and you know, back rooms up here, smoke-filled rooms, they want to try to throw out the will of the votes of 14 million people and pick somebody else. And I think that\u2019s about as arrogant and elitist as you can get.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1698811\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1698811\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats are still in a state of panic as President Joe Biden appears to be delaying a decision on his candidacy for the upcoming election. Despite calls from some House Democrats and a senator for Biden to withdraw, he has repeatedly stated his intention to run. There is division within the Democratic caucus on whether Biden should remain the nominee, with some members suggesting that his announcement to stay in the race is not final. Vice President Kamala Harris is seen as a potential replacement for Biden, but there are concerns about her viability as a candidate. Republicans have criticized Democrats for considering replacing Biden, arguing that it goes against the will of the voters who chose him as the nominee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2292279,"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\/07\/biden-panic-clock.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,3685,11658,7359,32076],"class_list":["post-2292278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-democrats","tag-panic","tag-swap","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/biden-panic-clock.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292278","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\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2292278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2292279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2292278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2292278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2292278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}