(Finance) – The growing pressure could persuade Joe Biden to leave the race for the White House perhaps as early as the weekend. The president of the United States – according to Axios, citing some high-level Democrats – “is privately resigned to the growing pressure and negative polls”. The pressure for Biden to withdraw has reached unsustainable levels in recent days, Axios also reports, citing the “coordinated” action conducted by the leaders of the Democratic Party. The leader of the Democrats in the Senate Chuck Schumer advised him to take a step back and the former speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi pointed out that if he doesn’t leave, he risks blowing his chances of regaining the House. A similar message was also delivered to Biden by the leader of the Democrats in the House Hakeem Jeffries. Then there is the silence that speaks louder than the words of Barack Obama and Bill and Hillary Clinton.
According to other sources cited by CNN, Biden is appearing more “receptive” to the ongoing discussions about his future regarding a possible step back in the race for the White House. “Can Kamala Harris win the election?” Biden reportedly asked his aides.
To complicate a picture that already appeared compromised, the confirmation of the Biden tests positive for Covid. “I feel good,” Biden told reporters, while in a statement released by the White House, the president’s doctor spoke of “mild” symptoms and a temperature below 37 degrees. “The president,” the doctor said, “has received his first dose of Paxlovid.”
If the disease could appear as an exit strategy to pave the way for a new candidate, the Biden campaign deputy Quenton Fulks, does not confirm the rumors by stating that Biden is not contemplating any other scenario. “We are not working on any scenario where Biden is not leading the presidential ticket. He is and will be the Democratic nominee,” Fulks said, reiterating that the president “remains in the race.”
A line reiterated by Biden himself. “I am the nominee and I expect to win” is the message the president delivered to the Democratic leaders of the House and Senate, respectively Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer, with whom he met in recent days. Jeffries and Schumer discussed with the president the opinions of representatives and senators regarding his candidacy. According to rumors, Schumer urged Biden to leave the race.