Fox News chief political analyst Brit Hume has commented on growing calls for President Biden to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race amid questions about his mental health, saying the Democratic Party is in a “state of total distress”.
“He now appears in the public’s eyes as someone who is in no position to serve a second term, even if he is in a position to serve out this one,” Hume told guest anchor Gillian Turner on Wednesday’s “Special Report.” “The question is, what, if anything, can the Democratic Party, which is in total distress, do about it?”
President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, DC, on December 13, 2023. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
9 House Democrats Since Biden’s disastrous performance in the debate late last month, many voters have called for him to withdraw from the 2024 election, according to a tally by The Associated Press.
Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vermont) became the first Democratic senator to serve on the Senate floor on Wednesday. Publicly calling on Biden Withdraw “in the national interest”
Biden is scheduled to hold a press conference on Thursday at a summit marking NATO’s 75th anniversary in Washington, D.C., which could help allay concerns from world leaders and members of his own party about his mental state.
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World leaders pose for a group photo during NATO’s 75th anniversary celebrations at Andrew Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2024. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
White House national security communications adviser John Kirby told Fox News host Martha MacCallum on “The Story” that Biden would hold a “full-scale” press conference.
“We’re definitely going to have more than four reporters,” Kirby said. “It’s going to be a full-blown press conference with multiple reporters, [Biden] He called out to them himself.”
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Hume noted the pressure Biden faces ahead of the press conference, saying it would be “pretty hard” for the president to change course after being heavily criticized for his performance at CNN’s presidential debate.
“I think the impression that the debate left, coupled with a lot of the events that happened before the debate, that the public seemed to know about but many in the media didn’t, is going to be pretty indelible, and I think we can all hope that the president will do well in his press conference tomorrow,” Hume said.
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“There is no doubt [this] The NATO event is an important one. He seems to have handled it effectively. But I think it may all be too late.”
