Democratic Party in turmoil ahead of Biden's 'big boy' press conference

Several Democrats and progressives rushed to the defense of President Biden as he fielded questions from reporters at the NATO summit about his mental acuity and whether he has what it takes to be successful in the 2024 race for the White House.

"To answer the question on everyone’s minds: No, Joe Biden does not have a doctorate in foreign affairs. He’s just that f---ing good," White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates wrote in a post to X.

Amid growing calls from members of his own party for him to step aside in the presidential election, Biden dismissed the notion he's "slowing down" and insisted at a press conference Wednesday evening he was "determined on running" in this year's election.

Despite a press conference that conservative commentators are slamming as filled with multiple gaffes, several other Democrats took to social media to defend the president's performance.

Kate Bedingfield, a former communications director for Biden, also weighed in on the president's performance, claiming he "needed to show up big tonight and he did."

"Tonight Joe Biden offered a lengthy, detailed dive on the major national security issues he’s juggling combined with a comfortable but forceful defense of his view of where this race stands. 50 minutes of Qs. He needed to show up big tonight and he did," she wrote in a post to X.

Ex-Obama adviser David Axelrod also commended the president's performance, saying in a post on X that Biden is "very comfortable on national security issues."

"The wisdom of doing this press conference at NATO is clear. Shaky on other stuff, the @POTUS is very comfortable on national security issues," Axelrod wrote.

Kyle Morris, who covers politics for Fox News Digital, contributed to this report.

The Biden Administration coordinated a high-stakes “Big Boy Press Conference” for the Commander in Chief on Thursday, perhaps to offset the Biden flubs made over the last few weeks.

Biden went all kinds of ways during his press conference, like his June 27 presidential debate performance against Trump, but one way in particular.

“Anyway,” Biden said several times during his NATO press conference.

Biden said "anyway" at least nine times throughout the roughly 58-minute press conference, according to a transcript of the press event, sparking some on social media to joke about an "anyway drinking game."

Fox News’ "Jesse Watters Primetime" aired a compilation of Biden’s repeated use of "anyway," including six of the instances out of the nine found in the press conference’s transcript. 

The press conference followed a meeting with Biden at the NATO Summit in Washington. During the summit, Biden introduced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as “President Putin” before correcting it. Then during the press conference afterwards, Biden said political foe Donald Trump was his vice presidential choice.

“Look, I wouldn't have picked Vice President Trump to be vice president,” Biden said, not appearing to catch his mistake. “So, I think she not qualified to be president [if I thought] she’s not qualified to be president.”

Fox News Digital reporters Emma Colton and Bradford Betz contributed to this report. 

Chris Hayes, the host of MSNBC’s “All in with Chris Hayes,” used his TV platform Thursday night following President Biden’s “Big Boy” press conference to challenge Democratic National Chairman Jaime Harrison on whether Biden is fit to run another campaign, much less the country.

"The good faith concern here for people who admire Joe Biden and think he's done a good job is that the nature of time and the stress of the job means that it will be very difficult for him to effectively execute the next four months of the campaign and effectively execute a second term," Hayes said to Harrison.

Harrison immediately diverted the conversation to attack Trump instead of showing quick support for Biden. 

“Chris, Donald Trump is literally talking about calling Chris Christie a fat pig. He’s talking about sharks, and electrocution of sharks. Let’s be serious. Joe Biden just laid out a complex view of the entire world, and we are putting ourselves in this mental gymnastics about how age is meaning two years.

“Well, we know what we have in contrast with Donald Trump. Fourteen million people went to the polls and went to primaries across their state and voted for Joe Biden.”

This comes also after Biden and Trump met in a head-to-head presidential debate last week, in which Biden had several flubs. Since then, the White House press secretary has played guardian between the president and the press regarding Biden’s health.

Biden’s personal physician hasn’t addressed the press.

Biden has since made an appearance on the international stage, notoriously calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as “President [Vladimir] Putin” just hours before Thursday’s press conference to America.

President Biden’s remark during his press conference Thursday night about selecting Donald Trump as his vice president shook the airwaves, and the internet.

Trump was quick to quip on X.

“Crooked Joe begins his “Big Boy” Press Conference with, “I wouldn’t have picked Vice President Trump to be vice president, though I think she was not qualified to be president.” Great job, Joe!” Trump tweeted.

Biden tweeted after his news conference.

“By the way: Yes, I know the difference,” Biden wrote on X. “One’s a prosecutor, and the other’s a felon.”

Trump was recently convicted by a New York court and Harris is a former attorney general in California before becoming a U.S. Senator and eventual vice president.

House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul (Getty Images)

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, says Democratic Party leaders need to “stand up and make” President Biden step aside, after the president mistakenly referred to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Russian President Vladimir Putin.

On Thursday, Biden was speaking at a NATO summit in Washington, D.C., alongside Zelenskyy, when he said, “And now I want to hand it over to the president of Ukraine, who has as much courage as he has determination. Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin,” before walking away from the podium.

Biden then seemed to realized his mistake and corrected himself to say President Zelenskyy.

McCaul responded to the gaff in a statement to Fox News.

“This is the person who has first-strike capabilities with our nuclear arsenal,” the House Republican said. “We are continuing to send a powerfully dangerous signal to our adversaries that the commander-in-chief is not in control of his faculties. The emperor has no clothes, and if he won’t step aside other senior leaders in the Democratic Party need to stand up and make him – for the security of our nation.”

Rep. Scott Peters, D-Calif., questions Office of Management Director Shalanda Young, during the House Budget Committee hearing titled "The President's Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request," in Cannon building on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Getty Images)

Rep. Scott Peters, D-Calif., on Thursday became the 16th Democratic House lawmaker calling on President Biden to drop his bid for a second term in the White House.

"Today I ask President Biden to withdraw from the presidential campaign. The stakes are high, and we are on a losing course. My conscience requires me to speak up and put loyalty to the country and to democracy ahead of my great affection for, and loyalty to, the President and those around him,” Peters said in a statement.

“We must find a candidate from our deep bench of talent who can defeat Donald Trump. That means fielding a ticket that can win in the swing states where Democrats are not dominant but where this election will be decided. The candidate must be selected through a fair and transparent process, and then, when we leave our convention next month in Chicago, we must rally together and fight like hell. I hope all Democrats will join me in putting the country first, preserving the progress of the past four years, and solidifying Joe Biden’s legacy as one of the great leaders of our time — by defeating Donald Trump."

President Biden said during a press conference Thursday night that he has to pace himself a lot more, showing his energy is not what it used to be when he was elected in 2020 and took on one of the most strenuous jobs in the world.

Biden was asked by a reporter about reports in which the president has acknowledged he needs to go to bed earlier.

“That’s not true. Look, what I said was, instead of my day starting at seven and going to bed at midnight, it would be smarter for me to pace myself a little more,” the president said, adding that instead of starting a fundraiser at 9 p.m. for people to leave by 10 p.m., he would rather see them start as early as 6 p.m. and no later than 8 p.m.

He also blamed his jam-packed schedule on his poor debate performance in June, against former President Trump.

“I always have an inclination, whether I was playing sports or doing politics, just to keep going nonstop,” Biden said. “I just got to pace myself a lot more, pace myself. And the next debate, I’m not going to be traveling 15 time zones a week before. Anyway, that’s what it was about.”

He also took a dig at his staff.

“I love my staff, but…they add things all the time. I’m catching hell from my wife for that,” Biden said.

President Biden, speaking during a high-stakes press conference at the NATO summit in Washington, D.C. Thursday, downplayed earlier remarks he made concerning the limitations he needed to place on his work schedule amid questions over his mental fitness.

“That’s not true,” Biden said when the reporter pressed him on his previous statements about the need to go to bed earlier.

“Look, what I said was, instead of my every day starting at seven and going to bed at midnight, it'd be smarter for me to pace myself a little more. And I said, for example, the eight, seven, six stuff – instead of starting a fundraiser at 9:00 o'clock, people get to go home by 10:00 o’clock. That's what I'm talking about,” Biden said.

The embattled president has, for weeks, been fending off calls to drop out from the presidential race after last month’s debate put concerns about his mental acuity front and center in the campaign.

U.S. Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) speaks to members of the press after a briefing at the U.S. Capitol on February 14, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

Jim Himes, D-Conn., on Thursday dropped his support for President Biden after the president’s high-stakes press conference.

In a message posted on X, Himes, like his fellow Democrats, praised Biden’s record of public service, but implored the president not to risk that legacy.

Himes said it was because of the Biden administration’s accomplishments, that he hopes “Biden will step away from the presidential campaign.”

“The 2024 election will define the future of American democracy, and we must put forth the strongest candidate possible to confront the thereat posed by Trump’s promised MAGA authoritarianism,” Himes said. “I no longer believe that is Joe Biden, and I hope that, as he has throughout a lifetime of public service, he will continue to put our nation first and, as he promised, make way for a new generation of leaders.”

President Biden stands at his podium during the first presidential debate of the 2024 elections between himself and former president Trump at CNN's studios in Atlanta on June 27, 2024. (Kevin D. Liles for the Washington Post via Getty Images)

President Biden said if a neurologist thinks he should have a neurological exam, he will do it.

The statement came after a reporter asked him during the president’s “Big Boy” conference about whether he would be open to taking another physical or test before the upcoming election in November.

Reporters have hammered White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre over the president’s health at recent press briefings, particularly in terms of health exams.

“I’ve taken three significant and intense neurological exams by a…neurologist. In each case, as recently as February, they say I’m in good shape,” Biden said. “I’m tested every single day about my neurological capacity, the decisions I make every day.”

The president then addressed his age, saying, the only thing age does is create a little bit of wisdom.

“Every single day, I’m surrounded by good docs. If they think there’s a problem, I promise you, or even if they don’t think it’s a problem and think I should have a neurological exam again, I’ll do it,” Biden said. “No one’s suggesting that to me now.

“No matter what I did, no one’s going to be satisfied,” he added.

President Biden told a reporter Thursday reiterated his decision to stay in the race, telling a reporter that it’s important he “allay fears” by getting out in the public spotlight more.

Pressed to respond to doubts growing within his own party about his viability as a presidential candidate, Biden said he was “determined on running.”

“I think it's important that I … allay fears by [letting] them see me out there … For the longest time it was, you know, ‘Biden's not prepared to sit with us unscripted. Biden's not prepared to…any way,” Biden said, seeming to trail off.

“And so,” what I'm doing – what I’ve been doing – is, I think we've done over 20 major events from Wisconsin to North Carolina, to anyway, to demonstrate that I'm going out there is where you think we can win, where we can persuade people to move our way,” Biden said.

President Biden and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy participate in the launching of the Ukraine Compact at the NATO summit in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

President Biden said he was following the advice of his commander-in-chief when it came to imposed limitations on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his country’s use of American weapons on Russia.

Biden spoke to reporters at a NATO summit on Thursday in Washington, D.C., and was asked by a reporter about his meeting with Zelenskyy that day.

Specifically, the report asked about the Ukrainian president pressing Biden about lifting limitation on Ukraine’s use of American weapons, saying afterward his country cannot win the war with Russia unless the limitations are lifted. The reporter then asked Biden if he had plans to reconsider his position.

In response, Biden said, “I’m following the advice of my commander-in-chief.”

He then seemingly appeared to notice his mistake, saying, “My, the chief of staff of the military, as well as the secretary of defense and our intelligence people.”

Biden also said he and his staff are making a day-to-day basis on what Ukraine should do and how far they should go into Russia.

Former President Trump noted President Biden's flub during a Thursday press conference in which he called his predecessor a former vice president.

Biden made his remarks during his first solo news conference in many months following a busy day of NATO Summit events.

"Crooked Joe begins his 'Big Boy' Press Conference with, 'I wouldn't have picked Vice President Trump to be vice president, though I think she was not qualified to be president.' Great job, Joe!" Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.

While taking questions from reporters, Biden was asked about Vice President Kamala Harris' ability to defeat Trump if she were at the top of the ticket.

“Look, I wouldn't have picked Vice President Trump to be vice president. So I think she was not qualified to be president,” Biden said, appearing to mix up Harris with his political opponent. “So let's start there. Number one, the fact is that, the consideration is that I think I'm the most qualified person to run for president. I beat him once and I will beat him again.”

President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris

During his press conference, President Biden answered when asked if Vice President Kamala Harris was qualified to be president, he said, “That's why I picked her.”

President Biden then went on to list a number of reasons why he picked Harris including the way she handled women's rights and ability to work under pressure.

“First of all, the way she's handled the issue of freedom of women's bodies to have control over their bodies. Secondly, her ability to handle almost any issue on the board. This was a hell of a prosecutor. She was a first rate person, and in the Senate, she was really good,” Biden said.

He continued stating again that she was qualified to be president and it's why he picked her as his second in command.

“I wouldn't have picked her unless I thought she was qualified to be president. From the very beginning. I made no bones about that. She is qualified to be president. That's why I picked her,” Biden said.

President Biden on Thursday brushed off concerns about him dropping out of the presidential race, saying there were no signs of him slowing down.

The comments came in response to a reporter who had asked Biden how he could assure the American people that he wouldn’t have more “bad nights” as the president himself characterized his debate performance.

Biden said the best way to assure them is the way he assures himself.

“I getting the job done? Am I getting the job done? Can you name me somebody who's got more major pieces of legislation passed in three and a half years? I created 2000 jobs just last week. So if I slow down, I can't get the job done,” Biden said. “That's a sign that I shouldn't be doing it. But there's no indication of that yet. None.”

President Biden shows reporters list of people he was told to call on during "Big Boy" press conference.

President Biden held what his communications staff called a “Big Boy” press conference, and while speaking, he showed a list of reporters he was told to call on.

Biden’s press conference took place at a NATO summit in Washington, D.C.

When he opened it up for questions, the president said, “With that, I’ll take your questions. I’ve been given a list of people to call on here.”

It is not clear whether he was supposed to hold up the list of reporters he was told to call on, but the move raised more questions about whether this was indeed a “Big Boy” press conference.”

President Biden on Thursday mistakenly referred to Kamala Harris as “Vice President Trump” when addressing a reporter during a press conference at the NATO summit.

The gaffe came after an AP reporter had asked Biden whether he had any concerns about Vice President Harris’ ability to beat Donald Trump if she were the top of the ticket.”

“Look, I wouldn't have picked Vice President Trump to be vice president,” Biden said, not appearing to catch his mistake. “So, I think she not qualified to be president [if I thought] she’s not qualified to be president.”

The flub came just a few hours after Biden mistakenly referred to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Russian President Vladimir Putin.

President Biden has faced intense calls for him to step aside. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

The United Auto Workers President met with the union’s executive board late Thursday to discuss his deep concerns surrounding President Biden’s ability to beat former President Trump in November, according to sources familiar with the discussions.

Reuters reported that UAW President Shawn Fain called together top officials of the nearly 400,000-member union to discuss its concerns with the candidacy and the union’s options, according to sources who spoke to the wire on anonymity.

Fain and the UAW endorsed Biden in January, and they are important allies of the president and could play a critical role with helping Biden win key states like Michigan, where the union is based.

Despite the pull the union has, some UAW members, in June, were still unwilling to support Biden in November and are planning to vote for Trump.

The UAW went on strike for several weeks in September, demanding increased wages and a shorter work week. Biden joined them, making him the first president to join a picket line.

Fox News’ Hanna Panreck and Reuters contributed to this report.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is is questioned by reporters about the candidacy of President Joe Biden, in the U.S. Capitol on Monday, July 8, 2024. (Getty Images)

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is reportedly working behind the scenes to pressure President Biden to drop out of the presidential race amid a growing number of calls from within his own party to withdraw.

Democratic lawmakers who spoke with The Hill said Pelosi has been speaking with large swaths of the party to raise concerns about Biden’s ability to beat Trump in November.

One lawmaker relayed Pelosi’s message that the stakes being high and “we can’t afford to do anything but have our best possible opportunity to win.”

Pelosi grew testy with a reporter Wednesday who had asked whether she still supported the president as he faces mounting pressure to drop out of the race.

ABC News reporter Rachel Scott caught up with Pelosi as she was walking in the halls of Congress and asked her if she had talked with Biden about her comments that morning calling on Biden "to decide" if he was going to stay in the race.

"No voy a tener ninguna discusión contigo, ni con nadie, sobre lo que hablo con el presidente, con el debido respeto", dijo Pelosi a Scott en un vídeo compartido en X. "No voy a hacer ningún comentario hoy, en el pasillo, sobre el destino de nuestra nación, ¿de acuerdo?".

CNN's Jake Tapper

A longtime advisor of President Biden’s blames the president’s inner circle and family for creating a “perfect storm of an echo chamber,” which is biting them all “in the ass,” according to a post on X by CNN’s Jake Tapper.

The CNN host shared a screenshot from one of Biden’s longtime advisors on social media Thursday.

“I just think there is an unfortunate inevitability to all this. I am sad because I have known him a long time and he is a good man,” the post read. “I am angry at his inner circle who have not served him well and at times committed malpractice in their service. And I am frustrated at the family for not expanding the circle so there would be a truth teller or two in their midst.

“They created a perfect storm of an echo chamber and it is biting them all in the ass,” the post concluded.

JULY 10: Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, arrives for the start of the House Appropriations Committee markup of several appropriations bills in the Rayburn House Office Building on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Getty Images)

Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, on Thursday joined a growing list of his fellow Democrats who are calling for President Biden to drop out of the presidential race.

In a statement, Case said, “Difficult times and realities require difficult decisions.

“This is one of those times, realities and decisions. My guidepost is what is the best way forward for our country,” Case said. “I do not believe President Biden should continue his candidacy for re-election as President.”

Case said his call for Biden to drop out “has nothing to do with his character and record” but rather the president’s “ability to continue in the most difficult job in the world for another four-year term.”

As to who Biden’s replacement should be, “there are various paths to that decision,” Case said, adding: “But no more difficult and uncertain than the current path, nor any reason to stay on this path, which I do not believe is the best path forward for our country.”

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) speaks after Senate Democrats met privately with President Joe Biden's senior advisors Mike Donlion, Steve Richetti and campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee on July 11, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said some of his concerns were "deepened" on Thursday, and he needs to see more from President Biden and his campaign to address the concerns about his candidacy in the November election against former President Trump. 

"I need to see more analytics and data that show a path to victory," he told reporters after the special meeting with top Biden campaign advisers on Thursday. 

According to Blumenthal, "Some of my concerns are allayed. Some others have been deepened," after the discussion at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) with senior Biden advisers Mike Donilon and Steve Ricchetti, and campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon. 

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President Biden mistakenly referred to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Russian President Vladimir Putin during a NATO summit in Washington, D.C. Thursday.

“And now I want to hand it over to the president of Ukraine, who has as much courage as he has determination. Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin,” Biden said, before starting to leave the podium.

Biden then seemed to realize his mistake, and corrected himself. “He’s going to beat President Putin. President Zelenskyy. I’m so focused on beating Putin. We got to worry about it. Anyway, Mr. President.”

Zelenskyy appeared on stage, shook Biden’s hand and said, “I’m better.”

“You are a hell of a lot better,” Biden said.

The flub comes ahead of Biden’s high-stakes press conference that will be heavily scrutinized as the president fends off a growing number of calls from within his own party to drop out of the presidential race, following his disastrous debate performance last month that re-ignited concerns over his mental fitness and age.

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., participates in the Bipartisan Defending Borders, Defending Democracies Act news conference in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, March 06, 2024. (Getty Images)

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., on Thursday issued a statement to local outlet KGW 8, strongly suggesting that President Biden should bow out of the 2024 race.

Gluesenkamp Perez said that she, like her constituents, “doubt the President’s judgement about his health, his fitness to do the job, and whether he is the one making important decisions about our country, rather than unelected advisors."

"Americans deserve to feel their president is fit enough to do the job. The crisis of confidence in the President’s leadership needs to come to an end,” Gluesenkamp Perez said. “The President should do what he knows is right for the country and put the national interest first."

Perez, who represents a district that voted red in 2020, said last week that Biden’s debate performance against former President Trump was “painful” to watch and admitted that she believes, “Biden is going to lose to Trump.”

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The narrative aggressively pushed by the Biden campaign and White House in recent weeks about President Biden, which included trying to quash concerns about his mental fitness by calling videos of him struggling "cheap fakes," took a significant hit on Wednesday after a top Hollywood actor and former Obama aide spoke out.

On Wednesday, actor George Clooney called on Biden to leave the 2024 race, citing what he witnessed at a Hollywood fundraiser in late June where the president was criticized for seemingly needing to be led off the stage by former President Obama.

"It’s devastating to say it, but the Joe Biden I was with three weeks ago at the fund-raiser was not the Joe ‘big F-ing deal’ Biden of 2010. He wasn’t even the Joe Biden of 2020. He was the same man we all witnessed at the debate," Clooney, a longtime friend of Obama, wrote. 

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Rep. Greg Stanton (D-AZ) speaks prior to President Joe Biden's remarks at Intel Ocotillo Campus on March 20, 2024 in Chandler, Arizona. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., on Thursday called on President Biden to “pass the torch to a new generation of leaders” saying the stakes in the presidential election “could not be higher.”

In a statement posted on X, Stanton said he was proud of his decision to back Biden in 2020. As president, Stanton said Biden “has been one of our country’s most effective modern chief executives.”

“The Democratic Party must have a nominee who can effectively make the case against Trump, and have the confidence of the American people to handle the rigors of the hardest job on the planet for the next four years,” Stanton said. “For the sake of American democracy, and to continue to make progress on our shared priorities, I believe it is time for the president to stop aside as our nominee.”

Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., on Thursday said he expects the three White House aides subpoenaed for depositions to honor them.

The GOP-led House Oversight Committee on Wednesday subpoenaed first lady Jill Biden’s top aide, Anthony Bernal, deputy chief of staff Annie Tomasini and senior adviser Ashley Williams to sit for depositions concerning President Biden’s mental state.

Speaking to Fox News’ Martha MacCallum on Thursday, Comer said that all private individuals subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee under his stewardship have honored them.

“They may have come in kicking and screaming, but they've honored them. And we expect these three to as well,” Comer said of Bernal, Tomasini, and Williams.

“We'll see who's telling the truth, whether it's the Axios reporter or whether it's the White House press secretary, Comer added, referring to an Axios report which stated that these three individuals created “a protective bubble around” Biden and that he is “staffed so closely that he’s lost all independence.”

“But I think most Americans saw up close and personal during the debate that Joe Biden isn't physically fit to be president and possibly not even mentally fit to be president,” Comer said.

President of United States Joe Biden during the final day of the NATO Summit in Washington DC, United States on July 11, 2024. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

A Wisconsin progressive radio network said it made two edits to an interview last week with President Biden at his campaign's request, in a decision the station admitted violated "journalistic interview standards."

Civic Media released a statement Thursday admitting that after an interview of Biden by host Earl Ingram recorded on July 3, the Biden campaign "called and asked for two edits to the recording before it aired." The interview aired the following day with two brief portions excised, including one where Biden made an incorrect remark about the "Central Park Five" case.

"On Monday, July 8th, it was reported to Civic Media management that immediately after the phone interview was recorded, the Biden campaign called and asked for two edits to the recording before it aired," the network said. "Civic Media management immediately undertook an investigation and determined that the production team at the time viewed the edits as non-substantive and broadcast and published the interview with two short segments removed."

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United States Representative Brad Schneider speaks about 'The Crisis on Campus: Antisemitism, Radical Faculty, and the Failure of University Leadership" during a US House Committee on Ways and Means hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 13, 2024. (Getty Images)

Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Il., on Thursday joined a growing list of Democratic lawmakers publicly calling for President Biden to drop out of the presidential race after his debate performance late last month reignited doubts about his ability to serve as commander-in-chief.

In a statement, Schneider praised Biden for his accomplishments while in office but said the time had come for the president to “heroically pass the torch to a new generation of leadership to guide us to the future he has enabled and empowered us to pursue.”

Schneider invoked George Washington who, despite encouragement from his supporters, declined to run for a third term “for the good of the nation and the people.”

“He knew when it was time to pass the torch,” Schneider said. “In passing the torch now, President Biden has a chance to live up to this standard and seal his place in history as one of the greatest leaders our nation, and history, has ever known. He can lead the transition of power to a new generation that can build a stronger party and a stronger nation. I fear if he fails to make the right choice, our democracy will hang in the balance.”

Schneider is the 11th Democratic House lawmaker who has publicly called for Biden to step down.

President Biden is gearing up for a crucial press conference Thursday evening, the first solo press event since the APEC Summit in California eight months ago.

On Nov. 15, Biden met with China’s President Xi Jinping and reportedly left the meeting optimistic that he had reduced tensions between U.S. and Chinese forces in the Asia-Pacific, a feat he was aiming to button up prior to announcing his re-election bid. The president's press conference for the summit lasted about 20 minutes, and he answered roughly five questions before leaving.

However, throughout Biden's 41 months as president, he has gone a total of 30 months without a solo news conference, 16 months without a TV news interview, and 10 months without either, according to a Fox News count.

Jon Stewart attends the 2024 Emmy official screening and panel of "The Daily Show" at Paramount Studios on June 07, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Getty Images)

Comedian Jon Stewart criticized the Democratic Party, President Biden and the White House for what he compared to Trump's mafia-style refusal to answer concerns about the president's debate performance. 

Stewart was joined by former Obama aides and Pod Save America co-hosts Jon Favreau, Dan Pfeiffer and Tommy Vietor on "The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart" on Thursday, where he said the Biden administration’s approach to concern was like Omertà, a Sicilian code of silence used by the mafia, which places importance on staying quiet in the face of questioning.

"In a lot of ways using Omertà, as Tommy put it, to stifle what could be an incredibly productive, at least, conversation, even if Joe Biden came out and said, ‘Look, I understand where I am at in my lifespan and cycle and what I do. Here’s how this government works,'" Stewart said, in a clip flagged by Mediaite. "Rather than coming out, and becoming Trumpian and saying, ‘You think someone else could hold NATO together, they could never, only God can tell me to get out of the race.’"

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The billionaire founder of the world's largest hedge fund outlined how he sees the Democratic Party having three ways to move forward with either keeping or replacing President Biden as the party's presidential nominee.

Ray Dalio, founder and co-chief investment officer of Bridgewater Associates, wrote in Time magazine that he respects, likes and empathizes with the president. However, he explained that party leadership "suffered a terrible loss of confidence in its honesty and judgment" because it "hid President Biden's weak and rapidly declining condition" and "told the American people that we shouldn't worry about it."

Biden has repeatedly insisted that he is "all in" on remaining the party's presidential nominee amid the controversy, and Democratic leaders have left the door open to him continuing as the nominee even as a growing number of rank-and-file elected officials call for him to step aside.

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Former President Obama is keeping tight-lipped following reports he's working "behind the scenes" to force President Biden out of the 2024 presidential race. 

Multiple media outlets reported Thursday morning on Obama's alleged efforts, including Politico, which stated the former president was given a "heads-up" by actor George Clooney concerning his damaging New York Times guest essay calling on Biden to drop out.

"Aunque Obama no animó ni aconsejó a Clooney que dijera lo que dijo, tampoco se opuso a ello", dice el informe.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough went a step further, stating on "Morning Joe," a favorite program of Biden's, that "what's going on behind the scenes is the Biden campaign and many Democratic officials do believe that Barack Obama is quietly working behind the scenes to orchestrate this."

A source close to Obama declined to comment on the reports, but pointed Fox News Digital to the former president's statements in support of Biden, both at the Los Angeles fundraiser that became the subject of Clooney's op-ed, and his disappointing showing in the first presidential debate last month.

Obama has since remained quiet publicly as a number of his close allies and former staffers ramp up their calls for the president to step aside, including former adviser David Axelrod and the "Obama bros," a group of three close advisers often referred to by that name during his tenure in the White House.

Former President Trump took shots at actor George Clooney on his Truth Social platform over the last several hours, including a video with President Biden's face superimposed onto a scene from one of Clooney's movies.

"So although I wish I were here with better news, the fact is you and I are sitting here today because this will be your last week of employment," Clooney's character in "Up in the Air" says in the clip posted by Trump. Footage of Biden looking into the camera during a recent interview with ABC's George Stephanopolous was featured in the clip. 

"This is not an assessment of your productivity," Clooney continues. "Try not to take this personal."

"Well, I just had a bad night," Biden responds.

The video mocking Biden came shortly after Trump blasted Clooney on Truth Social following the actor's call for Biden to drop out of the race weeks after a Hollywood fundraiser he attended with Biden.

"So now fake movie actor George Clooney, who never came close to making a great movie, is getting into the act," Trump wrote in the post. "He’s turned on Crooked Joe like the rats they both are. What does Clooney know about anything?"

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President Biden's campaign is "quietly" testing Vice President Kamala Harris' performance against former President Trump in internal polling, the New York Times reported Thursday.

The Biden campaign's analytics team reportedly commissioned the survey this week as Biden is fending off a steady stream of defections from Democratic lawmakers and donors. The three sources insisted on anonymity before speaking with the Times, and they did not specify the plans behind the poll, the outlet reported.

The report is the first indication that Biden's campaign may be considering a change of course. Biden himself has insisted that he is staying in the race, and top Democratic leaders have backed him in public statements, though rumors of discontent continue to leak out from party sources.

A Thursday poll from ABC News and the Washington Post found that Biden and Trump are essentially tied, even as 67% of voters say they believe Biden should drop out of the race. That poll also tested Harris in a contest with Trump and found that she overperformed Biden, holding a slight lead of 49%-46%.

Late night host Stephen Colbert used a Dr. Seuss-style rhyme to poke fun at President Biden  amid concerns about his cognitive health and ability to serve as president. 

Colbert, long one of Biden's most dependable allies in the media, has sharpened his mockery of the president following his debate performance. 

"Is he mentally fit?" Colbert said, reading out of a mock book titled, "Oh The Places For Joe!" 

Colbert proceeded to read passages from the book, a parody of the Dr. Seuss book published in 1990 called, "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" 

"Can he serve a whole term?" Colbert said. "Can he beat RFK with his brain full of worm? Just ask him, just ask him, the man loves to talk, as long as you ask him before eight o’clock."

"Join Joe Biden as he explores a wonderful world outside of the Oval Office!" the parody book's description reads. 

"Here's the thing," Colbert said. "Maybe Biden can't win. Or maybe he's the only one who can win. I don't know what the right answer is and I'm not alone." 

Just months ago, Colbert participated in a lavish record-setting fundraiser that brought in $26 million for the Biden campaign.

Colbert took the stage in New York City with Democratic presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton to moderate their conversation in March. 

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A White House official told The Atlantic that President Biden making a public gaffe at the NATO summit in Washington, D.C. might be fatal to his campaign. 

"This is a terrible thing to say," an anonymous White House official told The Atlantic in a story published Wednesday. "But that might be the only thing that could force him out at this point, while there’s still time to rewrite the ending."

Biden's performance at the NATO summit this week has come under increased scrutiny amid concerns about the president's cognitive health and ability to serve. 

"This week is pivotal for President Biden, not only because of the intense interest in what he will be saying at his press events but also because this summit provides a clear example of restored American global leadership in support of our nation’s defense," Joel Rubin, a former State Department official during the Obama administration, told Fox News Digital on Wednesday. 

El columnista de Atlantic Mark Leibovich dijo que Biden era un peligro para el país. 

"Nunca subestimes el poder destructivo de un viejo narcisista testarudo con algo que demostrar", escribió Leibovich. 

"El presidente Joe Biden, de 81 años, está actuando como uno de los dirigentes más negligentes y testarudos de la historia en un momento crucial, y ahora mismo, todos somos peatones", añadió. 

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Rep. Hillary Scholten, D-Mich, called on President Biden to withdraw from the 2024 race on Thursday, making her the 11th elected Democratic lawmaker to do so.

Scholten released a statement on social media Thursday, saying Biden "has served his country well," but "must pass the torch to a new candidate." Scholten joins a steady rhythm of Democrats who have defected from Biden's campaign in the days since his disastrous debate performance against former President Trump.

"It is essential that we have the strongest possible candidate at the top of the ticket--not just to win, but to govern," Scholten said. "We must have a standard bearer who will fight morning, noon and night for our civil and voting rights and unite the free world against the rising tide of authoritarianism. Joe Biden has been that leader for so long; but this is not about the past. It's about the future. It's time to pass the torch."

The National Republican Congressional Committee was quick to respond to Scholten's statement, arguing she had skirted the question of whether Biden currently fit to serve as president.

“Everyone can see Scholten’s statement for what it truly is, a transparent election-year ploy to try to cling to her seat. President Biden is sitting in the Oval Office because Hillary Scholten and Democrats hid the truth from voters and lied about the president’s condition. Hillary Scholten must answer the question: Is Joe Biden fit to serve as President?" NRCC spokesman Mike Marinella said in a statement.

A hot mic apparently caught Governor J.B. Pritzker, D-Ill., worrying about the state of the presidential race this week.

As reported by CBS News Chicago, Pritzker was overheard at a recent crime fighting event telling someone that he was not pleased with the way President Biden’s campaign was going in the weeks following his debate performance against former President Trump.

"You gotta do what we have to do. I don’t like where we are," Pritzker could be heard saying in a private conversation at the Illinois event.

The hot mic also caught the governor adding, "We’re just going to keep fighting. I don’t know what to say."

The local news outlet reached out to the governor’s office to get some context for Pritzker’s quote, reporting that Pritzker’s deputy chief of communications Jordan Abudayyeh said it "sounds like [Pritzker] was talking about the state of the presidential race."

Fox News Digital reached out to the governor’s office to confirm if Priztker was talking about the Democrat Party’s current situation with Biden at the top of the presidential ticket, though did not immediately receive a response.

If he was, the governor’s quote represents a wave of uncertainty in the party regarding Biden’s ability to beat Trump in November that has been growing since Biden’s disastrous debate. 

Multiple Democratic lawmakers, liberal pundits, and more recently, major Hollywood Biden donors, have demanded that Biden abandon his re-election bid, pointing to his performance last month as evidence he can’t win in November.

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Former President Trump lashed out at actor George Clooney on Wednesday night, calling the Democratic Party ally a "rat" for calling on the president to cease reelection efforts.

Clooney published an op-ed in The New York Times earlier in the day, expressing his belief that President Biden "saved our democracy" by beating Trump in 2020 but acknowledging that Democrats "are not going to win in November with this president."

Trump responded to the op-ed later that night via Truth Social, his proprietary social media platform, saying, "So now fake movie actor George Clooney, who never came close to making a great movie, is getting into the act. He’s turned on Crooked Joe like the rats they both are."

"What does Clooney know about anything? He uses the Democrat ‘talking point’ that Biden, the WORST President in the history of the United States, has ‘saved our Democracy,'" Trump stated.

Clooney did take an apologetic tone in his op-ed — outright stating "I love Joe Biden" and that he believes in his "character" and "morals" — but claimed to have witnessed his decline firsthand at a fundraiser last month.

"It’s devastating to say it, but the Joe Biden I was with three weeks ago at the fund-raiser was not the Joe ‘big F-ing deal’ Biden of 2010. He wasn’t even the Joe Biden of 2020. He was the same man we all witnessed at the debate," Clooney wrote. 

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US President Joe Biden (L) laughs with former US President Barack Obama onstage during a campaign fundraiser at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on June 15, 2024. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Former President Obama knew of George Clooney's New York Times guest essay calling for President Biden to drop out of the race but didn't object to it, according to a new report.

Clooney, a major Democratic donor who hosted a lavish fundraiser for Biden just weeks ago, published a devastating essay in the New York Times on Wednesday, demanding Biden step aside because of growing concerns over his mental acuity that were heightened after his disastrous presidential debate. 

Politico reports that Clooney reached out to Obama beforehand to make him aware of the story to come, but Obama didn't try to stop him.

"While Obama did not encourage or advise Clooney to say what he said, he also didn’t object to it, we’re told from people familiar with their exchange. The lack of pushback is an eye-popping revelation given that the former president was one of the first big voices defending Biden following his abysmal debate performance (while many of his former aides have been some of the incumbent’s biggest critics)," the outlet reported.

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Jen Psaki participa en la sesión "Los derechos de la mujer son derechos humanos: Cómo proporcionar atención al aborto en un mundo post-Dobbs" durante la Reunión de Septiembre de 2023 de la Iniciativa Global Clinton en el New York Hilton Midtown el 19 de septiembre de 2023 en la ciudad de Nueva York. (Foto de Noam Galai/Getty Images para la Iniciativa Global Clinton)

La presentadora de MSNBC y ex secretaria de prensa de la Casa Blanca , Jen Psaki, propuso a la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris como la mejor "alternativa" para los demócratas si el presidente Biden se retira de las elecciones de 2024.

Psaki apareció como invitada en "Pod Save America" esta semana para hablar de la polémica a la que se enfrenta su ex jefe Biden tras su desastrosa actuación en el debate. Varios legisladores demócratas, megadonantes y expertos han instado a Biden a que se haga a un lado en medio de su descenso en las encuestas frente al ex presidente Trump. 

"Hay una cuestión que, de nuevo, creo que las campañas están hablando sobre la alternativa y la alternativa es muy claramente, en mi opinión, hay un montón de demócratas realmente increíbles en el banquillo, pero debido a la línea de tiempo y todo, creo que es claramente Kamala Harris", dijo en un clip destacado por Mediaite.

A la pregunta del presentador Jon Lovett de por qué el partido no se ha consolidado ya en torno a Harris, Psaki dijo que algunos demócratas no se sienten "cómodos" con ella.

"No sé por qué no ha habido una especie de abrumador 'Kamala sería una gran presidenta y sería una feroz e increíble luchadora', ¿verdad? Pero ese no suele ser el mensaje. Observo lo que dice la gente. Suele ser 'no se lo quites a Kamala Harris si está abierta, sería injusto'", dijo.

Psaki argumentó que Harris es una "comunicadora feroz" que podría ayudar al partido en la cuestión del aborto. Pero sugirió que Harris podría tener dificultades para ganar algunos votos porque "vivimos en un país sexista y racista". 

"Es casi como si la opinión pública no se hubiera puesto al día con lo que ella está haciendo ahí fuera y también vivimos en un país que es sexista y racista, así que ahí está eso", dijo. "No todo el mundo en absoluto, pero hay un nivel de ello que sí influye en las elecciones".

El representante Greg Landsman, demócrata de Ohio, es entrevistado por CQ-Roll Call, Inc vía Getty Images en su despacho del Edificio Longworth el viernes 3 de noviembre de 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc vía Getty Images)

Temeroso de que una segunda presidencia de Trump "ponga patas arriba nuestras vidas", el representante Greg Landsman, demócrata de Ohio, dijo que está cada vez más cerca de pedir al presidente Biden que se aparte de las elecciones de 2024. 

"Cada vez estoy más cerca de apreciar que, por mucho que respete a Joe Biden y lo que ha hecho, lo que Clooney dijo ayer fue realmente poderoso y que salvó la democracia en 2020. Tiene que volver a hacerlo en 2024", dijo Landsman, refiriéndose al artículo de opinión del actor de Hollywood George Clooney en el New York Times, en el que pedía a Biden que se retirara.

"Tenía la esperanza, y todavía la tengo hasta cierto punto, de que pudiera salir y defender que Donald Trump no es apto para ser presidente, que va a socavar, si no destruir, nuestra democracia. Pero eso es cada vez menos probable". 

Landsman dijo que Biden no ayudó a su caso atacando a los críticos demócratas por su actuación en el debate y sus pobres encuestas contra el ex presidente Trump. También dijo que le gustaría ver a la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris como candidata demócrata o una convención abierta en agosto. 

La gobernadora de Michigan , Gretchen Whitmer, dijo el miércoles en una entrevista que "no estaría de más" que el presidente Biden se sometiera a una prueba cognitiva para calmar las dudas sobre su capacidad para ejercer como presidente. 

Whitmer, que es copresidenta de la campaña de Biden, ha sido sugerida como posible sustituta de Biden, si éste decide retirarse, por algunos expertos y comentaristas políticos.  

"No creo que perjudicara", dijo Whitmer cuando le preguntaron sobre la posibilidad de que Biden y el ex presidente Trump se sometieran a una prueba de capacidad cognitiva. 

"Ciertamente, el primer debate presidencial no fue un gran éxito para el presidente Biden", dijo el gobernador, "pero es el guerrero feliz". 

"Se presenta cada día y lucha por el público estadounidense", dijo Whitmer. "Se preocupa por los demás más de lo que se preocupa por sí mismo. Y precisamente por eso creo que en este momento en que tenemos a Donald Trump, que ha sido condenado por 34 delitos graves, que sólo se preocupa por Donald Trump, no podemos perder de vista lo mucho que está en juego." 

Pero Whitmer dejó abierta la posibilidad de que Biden decida retirarse de la carrera, a pesar de sus repetidas declaraciones de que no va a abandonar.

"Tenemos un campo", dijo Whitmer. "Y a menos que una persona, Joe Biden, tome una decisión alternativa, éste es el campo, y tenemos que ir".

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Jake Tapper, de la CNN cuestionó la afirmación de la campaña de Biden de que el presidente tiene más resistencia que el actor George Clooney tras un artículo de opinión crítico. 

El presidente Biden fue objeto de un escrutinio adicional el miércoles, después de que Clooney dijera en un ensayo invitado en el New York Times que Biden ha decaído significativamente y debería dimitir.

"Es devastador decirlo, pero el Joe Biden con el que estuve hace tres semanas en la recaudación de fondos no era el Joe 'big F-ing deal' Biden de 2010. Ni siquiera era el Joe Biden de 2020. Era el mismo hombre que todos presenciamos en el debate", escribió Clooney sobre una reciente recaudación de fondos en Hollywood para el presidente.

La corresponsal de la CNN en la Casa Blanca, Kayla Tausche, informó de que, según un funcionario de la campaña de Biden, era Clooney quien aparentemente carecía de resistencia.

"Los ayudantes de Biden apuntan a una agresiva agenda de viajes en las próximas semanas. Tiene previsto ir a Michigan el viernes, a Nevada la semana que viene, así como un agresivo programa de recaudación de fondos con actos previstos en Texas y Colorado y dos en California, como prueba de que no se va a ir a ninguna parte", dijo Tausche.

Y añadió: "Y en respuesta a esos comentarios de George Cooney, Jake, un funcionario de la campaña que asistió a esa recaudación de fondos en Los Ángeles me dice que George Clooney se marchó tres horas antes que el presidente. Así que está claro que se han quitado los guantes".

Tras una pausa, Tapper preguntó: "¿Qué significa eso de que George Clooney se fue tres horas antes? ¿Qué sentido tiene?"

Tausche respondió: "Se trata de sugerir que la resistencia de Biden es mejor que la de Clooney y que Clooney no tuvo ojos en todo el acto. Esa es la respuesta al artículo de opinión de Clooney".

"De acuerdo", respondió Tapper con las cejas levantadas y lo que parecía una risita.

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Un antiguo asesor del presidente Obama rompió el miércoles su silencio sobre la aptitud mental del presidente Biden, apenas unas horas después de que se publicara en The New York Times un perjudicial artículo de opinión del actor George Clooney en el que se pedía al presidente que abandonara la carrera de 2024.

"No nos sorprendió a ninguno de los que estuvimos en la recaudación de fondos. Yo estaba allí. Clooney tenía toda la razón, y todas y cada una de las personas con las que hablé en la recaudación de fondos pensaban lo mismo, excepto las personas que trabajaban para Joe Biden, o al menos no lo dijeron", declaró Jon Favreau, miembro del grupo al que a menudo se denominaba "los hermanos Obama" durante su mandato en la Casa Blanca, durante una aparición en la CNN.

Favreau citaba la misma recaudación de fondos que Clooney en su ensayo como invitado, en el que el actor afirmaba que el Biden que se presentó allí "no era el Joe 'big F-ing deal' Biden de 2010. Ni siquiera era el Joe Biden de 2020. Era el mismo hombre que todos presenciamos en el debate".

Clooney escribió que los dirigentes del Partido Demócrata debían dejar de intentar convencer a los estadounidenses de que "no vieron lo que acabamos de ver", y les acusó de ignorar las "señales de advertencia" relativas a Biden.

Favreau se mostró de acuerdo y declaró a la CNN: "Recuerdo que mi mujer, Emily, se volvió hacia mí después de la recaudación de fondos y me dijo: '¿Qué vamos a hacer? Y yo dije: 'Bueno, hay un debate dentro de una semana. O lo hará bien en el debate, y pensaremos que sólo estaba cansado porque había volado desde Europa, y eso será todo, o se pondrá así en el debate y todo el país hablará de ello. Así que aquí estamos".

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El ex presidente de EE.UU. Donald Trump durante un acto de campaña en el Club de Golf Trump National Doral en Miami, Florida, EE.UU., el martes 9 de julio de 2024. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg vía Getty Images)

En las redes sociales, los liberales reaccionaron con furia a que, al parecer, los legisladores demócratas admitieran entre bastidores que el ex presidente Trump no es una "amenaza para la democracia", como su partido afirma a bombo y platillo. 

El columnista del New York Times Ezra Klein apareció el martes en The Bulwark Podcast y reveló lo que le han dicho extraoficialmente "demócratas de alto nivel", mientras entran en pánico sobre si deben apoyar o abandonar al presidente Biden en su candidatura. 

"La gente está sopesando este conjunto de cosas. Como: 'Sería bastante desagradable para mí personalmente declararme en contra del presidente como cargo electo del Partido Demócrata', y sopesando lo que ocurrirá si gana Donald Trump, y diciendo, de un modo de preferencia revelada: 'Puedo vivir con que gane Donald Trump'", dijo Klein. "Y he oído a gente decirme eso extraoficialmente, para ser justos...".

"¿En serio?", reaccionó el presentador del podcast, Tim Miller. 

"Algunos altos cargos demócratas me han dicho, básicamente, algo así como: 'No sé por qué todos estos demócratas que piensan que Donald Trump es una amenaza existencial para la democracia actúan como lo hacen. Pero la razón por la que yo actúo como am es porque no pienso eso'", continuó Klein. 

"¿Quién coño es éste?", exclamó un enfadado Miller. "¡Saca tus fuentes, Ezra!" 

"Me parece enloquecedor, pero me parece coherente", respondió Klein. 

Klein dijo después a Miller: "Creo que en algún momento tienes que decir que, digan lo que digan estos demócratas en público, están más resignados y más dispuestos a ser la resistencia a una presidencia de Trump de lo que sugeriría mucha de su retórica de cara al público."

"Tienes una voz tranquila, pero ahora mismo me estás subiendo la jodida tensión", dijo Miller. "Ezra, estoy tan jodidamente enfadada".

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Fox News La colaboradora Marie Harf se pronunció sobre cómo ha respondido la campaña de Biden a los demócratas que han expresado su preocupación por la viabilidad electoral del presidente Biden tras el debate del mes pasado.

En su comparecencia en "America's Newsroom", Harf señaló que varias encuestas de opinión pública muestran que Biden está perdiendo apoyo frente al ex presidente Trump. Criticó a la campaña de Biden por "atacar a los legisladores demócratas" que se han pronunciado y dijo que Biden debería retirarse de la carrera.

"Creo que hay mucha frustración, que están intentando pasar página y decir: 'ya no vamos a tener esta conversación sobre el debate'", dijo.

"Pero el problema, Bill, es que los votantes están teniendo esa conversación. No son sólo los expertos, no son sólo los miembros del Congreso. Y a mí am me preocupa increíblemente que el equipo de Biden no tenga un plan para dar la vuelta a esta campaña, que vayamos a perder en noviembre, y que estén desestimando las preocupaciones que tienen los votantes de todo el país sobre si el Presidente Biden puede ganar y puede gobernar otros cuatro años. No se están tomando esto tan en serio como deberían". 

El senador John Fetterman demócrata de Pensilvania, reafirmó su apoyo al presidente Biden tras su criticada actuación en el debate del mes pasado. 

Fetterman dijo al presentador de Fox News Jesse Watters el miércoles en "Jesse Watters Primetime" que se da cuenta de que Biden no es tan agudo como hace unos años, pero eso no cambia su apoyo al comandante en jefe.

"Realmente no creo haber visto nada que me haga querer cambiar eso", dijo. "No le sigo ciegamente, pero creo fundamentalmente que ha sido un gran presidente y creo que, en última instancia, puede prevalecer".

Biden ha refutado los llamamientos de su propio partido para que se retire de la carrera de 2024, afirmando en una carta dirigida el lunes a los demócratas de la Cámara de Representantes que es el mejor candidato que puede vencer al ex presidente Trump en noviembre. 

Nueve demócratas de la Cámara de Representantes y un senador demócrata han pedido a Biden que se retire de la carrera de 2024 desde su desastrosa actuación en el Debate Presidencial de la CNN en Atlanta, según un recuento de The Associated Press.

Fetterman admitió a Watters que sólo vio partes del debate Biden-Trump, pero no había duda de que el presidente tuvo una "mala noche".

Dijo que había pasado un año con Biden en distintos actos por Pensilvania, y que para él era "normal" y "comprometido".

"En realidad era muy popular, y la gente estaba deseando hacerse un selfie y ese tipo de cosas. Así que quiero recordar a todo el mundo que Joe Biden ha hecho un trabajo realmente bueno como presidente, y yo fundamentalmente am voy a seguir siendo leal a eso", añadió Fetterman. 

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El moderador Chuck Todd aparece en su último programa como presidente de "Meet the Press" en Washington, D.C. el domingo 10 de septiembre de 2023. -- (Foto de: William B. Plowman/NBC vía Getty Images)

El analista político jefe de NBC News, Chuck Todd, afirmó el miércoles que un alto secretario del gabinete le dijo en 2022 que Biden no podría volver a presentarse.

El ex presentador de "Meet the Press" habló sobre la menguante confianza en la campaña de Biden en su podcast "The Chuck Toddcast" con el columnista de Politico Jonathan Martin. Ambos criticaron a los miembros del Partido Demócrata por negarse a expresar públicamente sus preocupaciones.

"Los políticos del Partido Demócrata han demostrado en los últimos días que muchos de ellos no tienen el valor de sus convicciones. Sencillamente, no van a levantarse y decir en público lo que llevan años diciendo en privado a gente como nosotros. No es una historia nueva", dijo Martin.

Todd relató: "Hace dos años, un secretario de gabinete me preguntó de sopetón: '¿De verdad crees que va a hacerlo? No puede volver a presentarse así'. Y yo dije: 'Bueno, tú tienes más acción con él que yo'. Y me dijeron: 'No tengo mucha interacción con él'. Se trata de un secretario de gabinete bastante veterano. Esto fue hace dos años". 

Y añadió: "Es el clásico secreto a voces, la no conversación. Es la historia que todo el mundo conoce y de la que todo el mundo tenía miedo de hablar".

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Una nueva encuesta de ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos muestra que la mayoría de los propios partidarios del presidente Biden dicen que debería abandonar, aunque está prácticamente empatado con el ex presidente Trump.

Los estadounidenses están divididos en un 46-47% entre Biden y Trump si las elecciones se celebraran hoy, según la encuesta. Los resultados no cambiaron significativamente respecto a una encuesta previa al debate, que mostraba una división del 44-46% entre los dos candidatos. 

Sin embargo, Biden parece haber sufrido políticamente por su mala actuación en el Debate Presidencial de la CNN en Atlanta. El 67% de los encuestados dijo que debería retirarse de la carrera. Un número mayor, el 85%, dijo que es demasiado viejo para un segundo mandato, una cifra récord en la encuesta.

Biden insiste en que está en la carrera para ganar y que no se retirará. Pero el 62% de los demócratas e independientes de tendencia demócrata dijeron que Biden debería apartarse. Eso incluye al 54% que se identificaron como partidarios de Biden. 

Elestratega del Partido Demócrata James Carville se reafirmó en su afirmación de que el presidente Biden debería ser sustituido como candidato presidencial del partido, diciendo que mantenerlo en la carrera es una "elección idiota".

El ex asesor de Bill Clinton hizo la declaración en la CNN el martes por la noche, diciendo al presentador Anderson Cooper que los demócratas están perdiendo frente a los republicanos tras la mala actuación de Biden en el debate de hace casi dos semanas, y que necesitan ajustarse de cara a noviembre.

"Creo que tenemos que cambiar, de verdad", declaró Carville. 

A principios de esta semana, el experto declaró a NewsNation que es "inevitable" que Biden abandone su campaña, ya que las peticiones de que lo haga por parte de los medios de comunicación y de personas de su propio partido no han hecho más que aumentar desde su actuación en el debate. 

"Llegará a la conclusión de que esto no es una buena idea y se resistirá y escuchará a su familia", dijo.

Carville se volvió más contundente con su opinión sobre la situación de Biden el martes, criticando al equipo de Biden por cómo han manejado las cosas tras el debate presidencial. 

"Veo algunas de estas ruedas de prensa y me recuerdan a un libro que me hicieron leer en la universidad titulado 'Barco de locos', un montón de gente desesperada navegando hacia el desastre".

Luego dijo a Cooper que sería un gran error que siguiera en la carrera, como el presidente y su equipo han estado diciendo que pretenden hacer. 

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El presidente de la Comisión de Banca, Vivienda y Asuntos Urbanos del Senado, el senador demócrata Sherrod Brown, habla durante una audiencia con el presidente de la Reserva Federal de Estados Unidos, Jerome Powell, sobre el Informe Semestral de Política Monetaria al Congreso, en el Capitolio de Estados Unidos el 9 de julio de 2024 en Washington, DC. (Bonnie Cash/Getty Images)

El senador Sherrod Brown, demócrata de Ohio, está siendo criticado por su similitud política con el presidente Biden, ya que la mala actuación del presidente en el debate de junio sigue preocupando a los demócratas en las últimas elecciones y en el Capitolio.

"La política actual de Joe Biden no difiere mucho de la mía", dice Brown en el anuncio de la campaña del candidato republicano Bernie Moreno. Su cita procede de una entrevista de 2021. 

El anuncio señala la proclividad de la vulnerable demócrata a votar en línea con Biden, con un narrador que dice: "La extremadamente liberal Sherrod Brown votó con Biden el 99% de las veces". 

La campaña citó un análisis de las votaciones en el Senado durante el 117º Congreso en 2021 y 2022, que mostraba a Brown del lado de Biden el 98,5% de las veces, según FiveThirtyEight. 

En 2023, durante la primera mitad del 118º Congreso, Brown votó con el presidente el 97,9% de las veces, según otra agregación de FiveThirtyEight. 

"Sherrod Brown vota con Biden el 99% de las veces a favor de su desastrosa agenda, que ha destruido nuestra economía, ha creado una frontera meridional abierta de par en par, ha declarado la guerra a la energía estadounidense y ha vendido a los trabajadores de Ohio", declaró Reagan McCarthy, portavoz de Moreno. "Brown puede intentar huir de su historial de votar al unísono con su viejo amigo Joe Biden, pero los habitantes de Ohio saben que ha aprobado la agenda de esta administración en todo momento".

El anuncio forma parte de una compra publicitaria estatal de siete cifras que se emitirá en digital y en streaming, así como por correo. 

Los famosos liberales de Hollywood se solidarizan con su colega George Clooney tras su mordaz ensayo en el que pide al presidente Biden que se retire de la carrera para 2024.

"Creo que es un punto válido", reaccionó Michael Douglas al ensayo de Clooney en la edición del miércoles de "The View". 

"Estoy muy, muy preocupado. Quiero decir, especialmente... es difícil porque los demócratas tienen un gran banquillo. Tienen muchos pesos pesados", dijo Douglas antes de sugerir que Biden estuvo mal aconsejado antes del debate presidencial del mes pasado. 

El cineasta y actor Rob Reiner dijo: "Mi amigo George Clooney ha expresado claramente lo que muchos de nosotros hemos estado diciendo".

"Queremos y respetamos a Joe Biden. Reconocemos todo lo que ha hecho por nuestro país. Pero la democracia se enfrenta a una amenaza existencial", escribió la estrella de "All in the Family" en X. "Necesitamos a alguien más joven para luchar. Joe Biden debe hacerse a un lado".

La actriz Mia Farrow también advirtió de que "es hora de pasar la antorcha o perderemos el Senado, la Cámara y nuestra Democracia".

"Votaré a Joe si se niega a dimitir. Por supuesto. Pero está perdiendo", dijo Farrow. "No podemos entregar NUNCA nuestro país a Trump". 

"Clooney describe a Biden no como la persona que conoció, sino como era durante el debate. Estuvieron juntos hace tres semanas. Así que no fue sólo aquella noche", continuó Farrow. "Me preocupo profundamente por nuestra democracia y espero que nombre a otro demócrata con talento que lleve adelante los grandes logros de Joe Biden, y que gane".

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El miércoles, la ex presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes , la demócrata por California Nancy Pelosi, sugirió en una entrevista que Biden debería reconsiderar su voto de seguir en la carrera, echando más leña al fuego de la desorganización del partido.

"Corresponde al presidente decidir si va a presentarse", dijo. "Todos le animamos a que tome esa decisión porque el tiempo apremia".

"Quiero que haga lo que decida hacer, y así son las cosas. Lo que él decida, nosotros lo haremos", añadió. 

Pelosi dijo en la entrevista que ella y otros demócratas están esperando a ver cómo transcurre la semana para Biden, sugiriendo que dijo a sus compañeros demócratas que no hablaran públicamente sobre lo que piensan de Biden hasta que concluya la semana.

"Vamos a esperar", dijo. "Lo que estés pensando, díselo a alguien en privado, pero no tienes que ponerlo sobre la mesa hasta que veamos cómo nos va esta semana".

Pelosi dijo después que cree que Biden puede ganar en noviembre, durante un tenso intercambio con un periodista. 

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El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, pronuncia un discurso en una reunión de los jefes de Estado del Consejo del Atlántico Norte en la Cumbre de la OTAN de 2024, el 10 de julio de 2024 en Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

El presidente Biden tiene previsto enfrentarse a los medios de comunicación el jueves por la tarde en su primera rueda de prensa en solitario desde su desastroso debate del mes pasado, y se prevé que será interrogado mientras la nación sopesa su agudeza mental en medio de las crecientes preocupaciones por su salud. 

Se espera que Biden celebre la rueda de prensa el jueves a las 17.30 horas, después de recibir a los dirigentes de la OTAN en Washington D.C. esta semana. Los medios de comunicación han calificado la rueda de prensa de "rueda de prensa de niños grandes", en la que el presidente responderá a las preguntas de los medios en solitario. Es la primera rueda de prensa del año de Biden en solitario y la primera vez que hablará con los medios en una rueda de prensa desde su debate contra el ex presidente Trump el 27 de junio, según Fox News .

Biden se enfrenta a una mayor preocupación por su salud tras su pobre actuación en el debate, que abrió las compuertas de la inquietud en el Partido Demócrata ante la posibilidad de que los 81 años del presidente y su supuesta pérdida de agudeza mental le pasen factura al partido mientras la campaña de Biden se enfrenta a Trump.

Al menos nueve demócratas electos han pedido a Biden que abandone el partido desde el debate, y al menos 23 demócratas, entre ellos la ex presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes Nancy Pelosi y los congresistas Adam Schiff y Jamie Raskin, han expresado su preocupación por la actuación de Biden y su esfuerzo por ser reelegido. Adam Schiff y Jamie Raskin, han expresado su preocupación por la actuación de Biden y su intento de reelección.

Biden ha prometido seguir en la carrera a pesar de las crecientes preocupaciones y de los llamamientos para que abandone y deje que otro candidato se enfrente a Trump. 

"Ha habido muchas especulaciones: ¿Qué va a hacer Joe? ¿Va a seguir en la carrera? ¿Va a abandonar? ¿Qué va a hacer? dijo Biden el viernes en un discurso en Madison, Wisconsin. "Bueno, ésta es mi respuesta: Yo am me presento y voy a volver a ganar".

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