Biden will campaign next week after COVID-19 and ‘slippage in support’: Campaign

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Biden will campaign next week after COVID-19 and ‘slippage in support’: Campaign
By
Christian Datoc
July 19, 2024 10:18 am
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Contrary to recent reports, President Joe Biden is not exiting the 2024 race, according to his campaign chairwoman, Jen O’Malley Dillon.

Multiple outlets reported Thursday that the president, who is isolating in Delaware with COVID-19, is slowly coming to terms with his polling and could make way for a new Democratic nominee as early as this weekend.

O’Malley Dillon sat for a 15-minute interview with MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Friday in which she rejected those claims and attempted to outline Biden’s path to victory.

O’Malley Dillon did, on multiple occasions, acknowledge Biden’s “slippage in support” following his first debate with former President Donald Trump but claimed the campaign is “built for the close election that we’re in.”

“I’m not here to say that this hasn’t been a tough several weeks,” she said. “It was close in 2020. It’s going to be close in 2024.”

As for the recent string of leaks regarding Democrats’ shadow campaign to push Biden from the ticket, O’Malley Dillon claimed there are just as many Democrats, including at the grassroots level, who want to move forward with nominating Biden.

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Biden: 'I look forward to getting back on the campaign trail next week'

In a statement on Friday amid growing calls for him to drop out of the race, President Joe Biden said he is looking forward to 'getting back on the campaign trail' next week.

“Last night the American people saw the same Donald Trump they rejected four years ago. For over 90 minutes, he focused on his own grievances, with no plan to unite us and no plan to make life better for working people," Biden said of former President Donald Trump's speech at the Republican National Convention Thursday night.

"He avoided mentioning his Project 2025 agenda, but still proudly flaunted the worst of MAGA extremism. Americans know exactly where he wants to take this country. They know that he inflicted pain and cruelty on the women of America by overturning Roe v Wade," Biden said.

"They know that he destroyed our economy once and will inflict pain on the middle class, that he wants to gut the checks and balances of our Constitution and rule as a dictator on day one. 

“Donald Trump’s dark vision for the future is not who we are as Americans. Together, as a party and as a country, we can and will defeat him at the ballot box. I look forward to getting back on the campaign trail next week to continue exposing the threat of Donald Trump’s Project 2025 agenda while making the case for my own record and the vision that I have for America: one where we save our democracy, protect our rights and freedoms, and create opportunity for everyone.  “The stakes are high, and the choice is clear. Together, we will win," he said.

Posted by Brianna Herlihy
Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/democrats-president-biden-2024-election

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I'm sure Joey is, in his mind, is thinking he can campaign next week.

But if he does have Covid there is no way to predict recovery. Heck, a cold knocked him on his fanny prior to the debate.

Could he do a basement campaign like last time and get away with it? You betcha. In fact, it would be a huge benefit for him.