Before deciding to step down on Sunday, President Joe Biden had “doubts” about whether Vice President Kamala Harris could beat former President Donald Trump, three aides familiar with recent discussions about Biden’s plans told Axios.
Biden’s fear This highlights the contrast between the lack of unity within the Democratic Party and unity within the Republican Party heading into November.
About 30 minutes after Harris announced she was stepping down, the president endorsed her on his own X account, something Republicans called odd.
Following Harris’ endorsement, many party leaders, including “the Squad,” have appeared to rally around her. Bill and Hillary Clinton have also endorsed Harris, as have many Democratic state and federal lawmakers.
Among those who have not immediately endorsed Harris are former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and former President Barack Obama. “We will be navigating unchartered territory,” Obama acknowledged in a statement. “But I have extraordinary confidence that the leadership of our party can create a process that will produce a quality nominee.”
The four leaders — Pelosi, Jeffries, Schumer and Obama — have not endorsed Harris because they “don’t want to be seen as party bosses orchestrating Harris’ coronation,” Politico Playbook reported Monday.
Democrats are wary of being seen as attacking democracy by removing Biden, who won about 14 million votes in the Democratic primary, from their list, and Harris, who did not win any delegates in the 2016 primary.
Harris, the front-runner to win the Democratic nomination in four weeks, is not very popular, with an approval rating of 38.6%. evaluationAccording to FiveThirtyEight, Biden’s approval rating is evaluation The Republican nominee for the Democratic nominee, who is also the Democratic nominee for the Democratic nominee, is 38.5%. Both approval ratings are well below the 50% threshold typically needed for an incumbent to be re-elected.
Other Democratic candidates include Governor Roy Cooper (D-North Carolina), Governor Josh Shapiro (D-Pennsylvania), Senator Mark Kelly (D-Arizona), Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D-Michigan), Governor JB Pritzker (D-Illinois) and Governor Andy Beshear (D-Kentucky).
Wendell Fsebo is a political reporter for Breitbart News and a former war room analyst for the Republican National Committee. He is the author of: The Politics of Slave MoralityFollow Wendell “Bat” @WendellHusebø or The truth of society @WendellHusebo.
