Biden world appears to be in damage control.
Biden campaign staff are “battling low morale and a sense of disillusionment” amid the current news cycle fueled by leaks following the president’s infamous debate performance, Axios reported. report Campaign leaders noted Wednesday that they were trying to motivate “demoralized” staffers while rallying Democratic lawmakers and donors against abandoning President Joe Biden.
The details of the leak are as follows:
- Biden considers dropping out of race
- Biden’s nap schedule
- Staff supporting Vice President Kamala Harris
- Aides attack Biden’s character
- Former President Barack Obama expresses concern about Biden’s political viability
- Biden missed a 2022 meeting with the German chancellor citing a sleeping arrangement, sending Secretary of State Antony Blinken in his place.
The White House has denied the authenticity of the leak.
According to the Playbook, some staffers have accused media members of “cherry-picking the voices of disgruntled junior staffers” because they don’t reflect the sentiment of the campaign as a whole about Biden’s health.
But Biden’s performance Confirmed Axios reported that reporters ignored his decline for years. With Jim VandeHei Mike Allen is a mainstream media thought leader.
To restore confidence in the campaign, senior staffers asked Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) to give a speech praising Biden to his staff. “I plead with you all, don’t worry too much, just do your job,” Newsom said, according to a video leaked by Axios. “We’ve never had a president in our lifetime who’s done more than President Biden, and I don’t know if we’ll ever see another one. That’s a fact.”
The words of encouragement did not seem to calm the storm, as two new leaks casting doubt on Biden’s competence hit the media: A source told The Daily Beast that convicted felon Hunter Biden had been named Joe Biden’s “interim chief of staff,” replacing Jeff Zients in the role.
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