A Keynote to the Campaign for the Reionization of President Donald Trump and the Biden Message to the House Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
Democrats who vote for any candidate without the party label are referred to as “I’m from North Carolina” by southerners. We are yellow dog Democrats, we would vote for a yellow dog instead of a Republican, if Donald Trump was elected, because he is the best suited to run the country.
On Monday, Biden sent a two-page letter to the Democrats, telling them he was committed to remaining in the race and that the speculation about whether he should drop out helped Trump.
He gave two interviews in recent days and called on detractors who think he shouldn’t challenge him at the convention and he dismissed the possibility of top Congressional leaders coming to him.
The president has been reaching out to members. He got a call from the Congressional Black Caucus. Black voters were critical in propelling Biden to the White House four years ago and remain a critical voting bloc for him this cycle.
Several Democrats who did speak to reporters stressed that Biden was the nominee and the party needs to return to campaigning and making the contrast between Biden’s record and Trump’s agenda.
The Massachusetts lawmaker who leads the House Democrats on messaging released a statement after the meeting saying she shared concerns about Biden with voters.
One member who was granted anonymity to talk about the private meeting told NPR it felt like a funeral as they discussed how difficult it is for Democrats.
Despite mounting pressure over the weekend from Democrats calling on Biden to step aside from the campaign, the proverbial dam did not break when lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill.
No other House or Senate Democrats joined the push for the president to withdraw as the 2024 presidential nominee, but lawmakers leaving a pair of closed door party meetings on both sides of the Capitol did not emerge on the same page. The Democrats have to flip the House and keep control of the Senate in order to win the election.
The internal party heads into its second week after Democratic lawmakers expressed deep concerns about President Biden’s ability to campaign aggressively enough to win the election after a poor debate performance against former President Donald Trump.
Biden continues to have the support of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. But when pressed three times about the president’s viability as a candidate and a possible challenge, Schumer repeated the same curt answer: “as I’ve said before, I’m with Joe.”
Montana Senator Jon Tester, perhaps the most vulnerable Democrat running for reelection in a state Trump won handily in 2020, pointed to a written statement he issued a day earlier saying he had concerns and the president needed to demonstrate he could do the job. He called Tuesday’s closed door discussion constructive.
The senator from Illinois said that the president is putting together his campaign and that it was still not clear if Biden would remain on the ticket.
Multiple Senate Democrats say this week is really the unofficial deadline for the party to debate the best path forward, if in fact there is a move to get behind an alternative nominee.
House Democrats huddled in a private meeting Tuesday morning at the Democratic National Committee headquarters close to the Capitol for close to two hours. Lawmakers were not allowed to bring phones, and the recommendation to those leaving the session was not to discuss the conversation with the media, according to members leaving the meeting. Top leaders left through a back entrance, avoiding reporters.
‘What Do We Want to Learn From Your Votes?’ Rep. Lou Correa, Rep. Hank Johnson, and Rep. John Fetterman
California Rep. Lou Correa, who backs Biden, said the “vast, vast majority” of those who spoke up during the private session support Biden as the nominee.
“I was surprised how much support Biden had in that room, not that it matters, because the voters, they’ve already chosen their nominee,” he told reporters. He admitted there was some concern but he didn’t see many people say he shouldn’t be the guy.
Georgia Rep. Hank Johnson said he doesn’t think there was “disunity in the room,” adding: “There were differences of opinion expressed, but we’re all unified in the fact that we can’t allow Donald Trump to regain the White House.”
Fetterman claimed that he was the only one who had knocked Trump’s ass in the election. It was always going to be close. He’s going to win on that.
Biden loyalists say that Democrats are hurting the president and their own chances of being elected in the election by publicly expressing their concerns. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., told reporters Biden is a great president and he doesn’t think the venting is helpful
Biden and the State of the Party: What Do We Really Want to Know About Running for the Next Senate? Nancy Pelosi, a House Speaker, and the New Jersey Sen. Nancy Sherill
“It’s up to the president to decide if he is going to run,” she said. “We’re all encouraging him to to make that decision. Because time is running short.”
Nancy Pelosi, the former House Speaker, has refrained from speaking to questions if Biden should drop out. Pelosi said in the interview that she believes Biden has a good president, but she took a cautious approach to the questions about his future.
frontline Democrats who are running in highly competitive districts are afraid of Biden. On Wednesday, New York Rep. Pat Ryan joined Rep. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey as the latest at-risk Democrats calling on Biden to step aside.
Democrats will hold a special meeting at their campaign headquarters near the capitol to hear from senior Biden advisors Mike Donilon and Steve Ricchetti, and Biden Campaign Chair Jen O’Malley Dillon, according to the source.
The Senate leadership source who was granted anonymity said that Biden campaign officials are going to meet with Senators on Thursday.
“Its true that I said that,” Bennet repeated in an interview on CNN. “I think Donald Trump is on track to win this election and I think he’ll take with him the Senate and the House.”
Lawmakers have said both publicly and privately that the party is badly fractured on the issue, giving heightened power to drips of information from individual members who choose to voice their opinions. After CNN reported that a senator had told his colleagues that he was worried that Trump would win in a landslide, public concern began to increase.