Biden's support on Capitol Hill grimly uncertain. A seventh Democrat says he should drop out
Source: Associated Press
POLITICS
Bidens support on Capitol Hill grimly uncertain. A seventh Democrat says he should drop out
BY LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK AND FARNOUSH AMIRI
Updated 5:02 PM EDT, July 9, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) The mood on Capitol Hill turned grimly uncertain Tuesday as Democrats wrestled over President Joe Bidens re-election and the extraordinary question before them whether to stand behind his candidacy or push the president to bow out amid concerns over his ability to lead them to victory.
House and Senate Democrats met privately with tensions running high. The conversation was dour and sad in the House, lawmakers said, as they discussed their party leader who emphatically refuses to step aside and implored them in a sharply worded letter to refocus from him to the threat posed by Republican Donald Trump. In the Senate, where Biden spent a storied career, they said even less.
Late in the day, a seventh House Democrat, Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey, publicly said Biden should not run for re-election.
A military veteran, Sherrill said with Republican Donald Trump running for the White House, the stakes are too high and the threat is too real to stay silent.
I realize this is hard, but we have done hard things in pursuit of democracy since the founding of this nation, she said in a statement. It is time to do so again.
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LisaL
(46,990 posts)By the way the title should be that the support for Biden is overwhelming considering seven is less than one can count on both hands.
Some of the names being mentioned are people I've never even heard of. There are a few who I don't think were ever big Biden supporters in the first place.
Grimly as a headline? Seriously?
These propaganda headline writers/editors need to get another job. This article is disgustingly contaminated with right-wing framing and sympathies. These people collecting a salary are why legitimate journalists are squeezed out of a job.
PatSeg
(49,840 posts)Some of these "journalists" are coming across as terribly desperate. I wonder if they took a college journalism course titled "How to create controversy where none exists".
I'm picturing some managing newspaper editor in a 1940s movie yelling at an obsequious reporter, "And don't come back here without a story or you're fired!" Then later that same editor revising the headline from "Biden's support on Capitol Hill uncertain", to "grimly uncertain. Now that's better!"
azureblue
(2,348 posts)They stretch the truth, insert a lie here and and there, in hopes of creating doubt. When all they do is make idiots of themselves..
PatSeg
(49,840 posts)they spice it up with some colorful adjectives and adverbs. If that doesn't work, they just make crap up apparently.
msongs
(70,575 posts)Response to msongs (Reply #2)
Blue Idaho This message was self-deleted by its author.
MistakenLamb
(790 posts)calling for Biden to step down and not offer a plan or a person.
Why dont you step down Mikkie ahead of your doomed NJ Gov run?
GoreWon2000
(1,192 posts)Tell her that she can her anti-democracy, anti-Biden coup cohorts won't disenfranchise the 14 million dem primary voters who voted for Joe BidenQ
JohnSJ
(97,338 posts)that way?
GreenWave
(10,045 posts)JohnSJ
(97,338 posts)ColinC
(11,098 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(36,631 posts)GoreWon2000
(1,192 posts)msongs
(70,575 posts)Lovie777
(16,425 posts)People are getting wind of project 2025.
JohnSJ
(97,338 posts)changes, let me know
Traurigkeit
(1,290 posts)Some millionaires need to go for a long walk and never come back
LiberalFighter
(53,544 posts)They are not considering what would be required after they get their way.
Think. Again.
(21,382 posts)SunSeeker
(54,532 posts)Retrograde
(10,894 posts)And it doesnt include the better known ones
ImNotGod
(460 posts)DarthDem
(5,377 posts)Out of about 265 or so? Gosh golly!!!!
paleotn
(19,858 posts)
ColinC
(11,098 posts)as to why they are supporting a guy they called to drop out a month or so prior, I wonder how theyll feel?
LisaL
(46,990 posts)until the day of the election? Who on Earth knows what they are thinking, if they are thinking at all at this point. He already said he is not going anywhere.
Prairie Gates
(4,006 posts)
Grim, indeed.
4catsmom
(464 posts)wtf is wrong with them???
grow a spine and support your candidate
bromeando
(86 posts)Did Rep. Mikie Sherrill recommend an alternative candidate? No...she just thinks Biden should not run.
XanaDUer2
(15,131 posts)Think. Again.
(21,382 posts)Eko
(8,850 posts)thucythucy
(8,819 posts)and grab some media attention?
His "concern" could be expressed to the President or his aides privately. At the very least, meet with the man or those closest to him before going public.
Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,967 posts)And have a discussion about how the he'll they expect to defeat Trump without unity.
Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)
Blue Idaho This message was self-deleted by its author.
lees1975
(6,234 posts)I'll say this at the risk of getting reported, but I see no Democrat of any real influence or consequence who is asking for Biden to step down. I'm a regularly contributing Democrat, a once a month volunteer to register new Democratic voters, and as a result of my work on behalf of the President's re-election, and the party's success in Congress, I am asking those who are making these statements if they are genuinely concerned about Trump winning this election. I think, if you are, then you'd be a lot more careful about speaking out, knowing that your lack of support will discourage those on the fence and will give Trump essential momentum and confirmation for his base.
Just because you are a member of Congress does not give you the right to discount my efforts on the President's behalf, and does not make what you have to say any more important or significant than what I have to say. And I say that the President should stay in the race and step up his efforts to win. He will be the party nominee. If you really care about this country and its future, can we count on your support, in spite of your opinion?
oldmanlynn
(567 posts)They are not as politically savy as i am from a long tine here on DU. Lol
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,639 posts)on their YouTube channel, frequently posting video headlines to suit Republican bullshit.
I'm blocking them on my YouTube channels, just like I do all Fox stations.....
Demnation
(415 posts)duckworth969
(966 posts)Its crap
wryter2000
(47,678 posts)No bias there.
ancianita
(39,550 posts)Everything said on this thread should be told to this sunshine patriot, along with the facts that
14,000,000 Democratic voters gave 87% of the primary vote to President Joe Biden.