Several top Democrats have alluded to President Biden dropping out of the presidential race as “soon as this weekend.”
Axios posted on X, suggesting Biden might yield to mounting pressure and consider stepping aside to enhance the Democrats’ chances of winning against former President Donald Trump.
Biden is being advised that if he remains in office, former President Trump might win by a large margin in November.
To make matters worse for Biden, the 81-year-old is reportedly isolating due to COVID.
As previously reported by The Dallas Express, there has been ongoing chatter about America’s lack of confidence in Biden’s ability to hold the country’s highest office.
This recent post by Axios has sparked a wide range of reactions, with individuals expressing various perspectives.
“Just waiting on his price demands to be met,” posted an X user, ‘That one guy you met that one time,’ referring to Biden’s possible exit from the presidential race.
“They gave him 2 very simple choices: 1. Drop out and be a party legend forever, with Jill and Hunter being fully taken care of socially and financially 2. Stay in and have the Biden family ostracized from the party forever,” posted another user, ‘AGORACOM-George.’
“How can you drop out and still remain president,” someone else remarked, user AndyKirn.ΞTH.
Here is more of what Axios reported:
Several top Democrats privately tell us the rising pressure of party congressional leaders and close friends will persuade President Biden to decide to drop out of the presidential race, as soon as this weekend.
Why it matters: The 81-year-old president, now self-isolating with COVID, remains publicly dug in. But privately he’s resigned to mounting pressure, bad polls, and untenable scrutiny making it impossible to continue his campaign, the Democrats tell us.
Behind the scenes: The private message, distilled to its bluntest form: The top leaders of his party, his friends and key donors believe he can’t win, can’t change public perceptions of his age and acuity, and can’t deliver congressional majorities.
- The president is being told that if he stays in, former President Trump could win in a landslide and wipe away Biden’s legacy and Democrats’ hopes in November.
State of play: The pressure to step aside as a candidate has been rising to intolerable levels, especially over the past few days.
- Democrats fully expect polls after the Republican National Convention to show a possible blowout that could bring down Democrats in Congress, too.
- “His choice is to be one of history’s heroes, or to be sure of the fact that there’ll never be a Biden presidential library,” one of the president’s close friends told us. “I pray that he does the right thing. He’s headed that way.”
- Yesterday’s AP poll, showing nearly two-thirds of Democrats want Biden to withdraw from the presidential race, ricocheted through the White House and Congress.
A panic pressure campaign is pounding Biden. It has been relentless — and coordinated.
- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told Biden in Rehoboth Beach, Del., on Saturday — the day of the assassination attempt on Trump — that it would be best if he dropped out, ABC News first reported. Dems on Capitol Hill want him out, and worry they’ll lose winnable seats if not.
- Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), a mastermind of the campaign to get Biden out, told him that he could destroy Democrats’ chances of taking back the House. We’re told she’s also worried about donations drying up.
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) delivered a similar, if more subtle, message to Biden.
- Former President Obama has spoken loudly with his silence — and his former aides trashing Biden in public.
- Bill and Hillary Clinton are doing what Obama’s doing. So are their former aides.
- We increasingly hear top Biden aides, including ones who initially urged him to fight on after his disastrous debate on June 27 — 21 days ago — are saying it’s now when, not if, Biden announces he’s not running.
Between the lines: Democratic insiders were hoping to avoid this. They love and respect Biden and appreciate his historic accomplishments.
