{"id":2305823,"date":"2024-07-22T20:22:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T00:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-in-to-harris-campaign-meeting-as-president-avoids-cameras-for-another-day-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-22T20:23:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T00:23:22","slug":"biden-joins-harris-campaign-meeting-as-president-continues-to-avoid-cameras-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-joins-harris-campaign-meeting-as-president-continues-to-avoid-cameras-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden joins Harris campaign meeting as president continues to avoid cameras &#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\">28<\/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%2Fbiden-joins-harris-campaign-meeting-as-president-continues-to-avoid-cameras-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=2305823&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 summary is about President Joe Biden \u200dcalling into Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s campaign meeting in Wilmington, Delaware. This was the first time \u200dBiden spoke publicly in \u200bdays, as he had been recovering from COVID-19. Biden wished\u200b Harris well and explained his decision to suspend his reelection bid. He expressed his support for \u2064Harris \u200dand\u2064 her campaign team. Despite \u200cthis, speculation about Biden&#8217;s whereabouts continues \u200dto grow \u200das he has\u2064 not\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tuesday-september-14th-2021\/\" title=\"Tuesday | September 14th, 2021\">appeared publicly<\/a> since\u200b testing positive for COVID-19.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/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\"><\/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\/\"><\/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\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Biden calls in to Harris campaign meeting as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-joins-harris-campaign-meeting-as-he-continues-to-avoid-cameras-for-another-day\/\" title=\"Biden joins Harris campaign meeting as he continues to avoid cameras for another day\">president avoids cameras<\/a> for another day<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1709594\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> called in to Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3094913\/watch-live-harris-first-meeting-campaign-headquarters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>campaign meeting<\/a> in Wilmington, Delaware, speaking for the first time in days but still not showing his face.<\/p>\n<p>The president had not been heard from since last Wednesday when he tested positive for COVID-19, forcing him to cancel an event. Now, on Monday, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Harris gathered her election team<\/a> to outline their path to victory, Biden called in to wish her well and explain his decision to suspend his reelection bid.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Julie, if I didn&rsquo;t have COVID, I&rsquo;d be standing there with you,&rdquo; Biden told his campaign manager who is now working for Harris, Julie&nbsp;Chavez Rodr&iacute;guez. &ldquo;I want to say hello to Kamala if she can hear me. I know she&rsquo;s going to be speaking shortly. I want to say to the team: Embrace her. She&rsquo;s the best.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden: I know yesterday&#8217;s news was surprising and it&#8217;s hard for you to hear, but it was the right thing do&hellip; I think we made the right decision. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CkVhNrEEg4\">pic.twitter.com\/CkVhNrEEg4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Acyn (@Acyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/1815505154797674921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I know yesterday&rsquo;s news was surprising and it&rsquo;s hard for you to hear, but it was the right thing to do. &hellip; I think we made the right decision,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-vice-president-mike-pence-joins-the-heritage-foundation\/\" title=\"Former Vice President Mike Pence Joins The Heritage Foundation\">president added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&rsquo;s words from the telephone are unlikely to cool speculation as to where he is, especially as a growing number of Republicans have said that if he doesn&rsquo;t believe he can run for reelection, he shouldn&rsquo;t remain in the White House. The president has asserted he will finish his term.<\/p>\n<p>Even as Biden passed the torch to Harris, he did so without a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-americans-blame-biden-not-trump-for-afghanistan-debacle-poll\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Americans Blame Biden, Not Trump, For Afghanistan Debacle: Poll\">national address<\/a>, instead writing a letter and circulating it on the internet. His allies have said his absence from the public eye has been because of his COVID-19 diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s doctor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3094836\/bidens-doctor-insists-performing-all-duties-republicans-question-whereabouts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said on Monday<\/a> that Biden is still continuing his duties and that the public will be informed of any changes in his recovery process. Still, some GOP lawmakers, such as Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), want to see &ldquo;proof of life.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Biden has been said to be recovering at his home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Dr. Kevin C. O&rsquo;Connor said on Sunday his &ldquo;symptoms have improved significantly&rdquo; and he is on the road to recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Harris looks sure to gain the Democratic nomination for president after Biden&rsquo;s and other leading Democrats&rsquo;s endorsements. However, her campaign has its work cut out with less than one month before the Democratic National Convention.<\/p>\n<p> <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_1709594\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1709594\"}});<\/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\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden participated in a campaign meeting for Vice President Harris over the phone, as he has not been seen in public since testing positive for COVID-19. He expressed his support for Harris and explained his decision to suspend his reelection bid. Despite his absence, Biden&#8217;s doctor stated that he is still fulfilling his duties and recovering at home. Some Republicans have called for proof of his well-being, but Harris is expected to secure the Democratic nomination for president with endorsements from Biden and other party leaders<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2734,"featured_media":2305824,"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-harris-call.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,35841,4021,3669,32076],"class_list":["post-2305823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-campaign-meeting","tag-harris","tag-president","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/biden-harris-call.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305823","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\/2734"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2305823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2305824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2305823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2305823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2305823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}