US President Joe Biden will give his first interview next Friday since his debate with his rival Donald Trump, during which his performance was widely judged to be disastrous, ABC News announced on Tuesday, July 2.
A first excerpt will be available on Friday, the television said, and the entirety on Sunday. Democratic heavyweights began publicly questioning the fitness of Joe Biden, 81, on Tuesday, with even a first public call for the president to withdraw his candidacy for a second term coming from a parliamentarian.
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“I am hopeful that he will make the difficult and painful decision to step down. I respectfully call on him to do so.”wrote Texan Democrat Lloyd Doggett in a statement to American media. “President Biden saved our democracy by delivering us from Trump in 2020. He must not deliver us to Trump in 2024.”he added.
His party is worried
Calls from elected Democrats urging the president and his entourage to be transparent about the 81-year-old leader’s health have been growing in recent hours. Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said it was ” legitimate “ to question the state of health of President Biden, who has been under scrutiny since his catastrophic performance against Trump.
“I think it is legitimate to ask whether this is just an episode or a state.” sustainable, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, who is still very influential within her party, said on MSNBC. The California representative, herself 84, praised the « vision » of the democratic leader for the country.
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“I’m not a doctor. I can’t say what’s going to happen in three or four years, but I think from my experience, and this is what you asked me, I think he’s going to continue to be a great president of the United States.”she said.
“We have to be honest with ourselves that it wasn’t just a horrible night.”said House Representative Mike Quigley, a Democrat from Illinois.
White House says cognitive test ‘not necessary’
A cognitive test is not ” not necessary “ for Joe Biden, whose health is the subject of heated debate, said White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre.
The American President “knows how to bounce back” she said at a press conference after the Democratic leader’s disastrous debate with Donald Trump. The spokeswoman assured that the American executive was not hiding ” absolutely not “ information on the president’s form.
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A poll published by CNN has, however, enough to fuel the anxieties of the Democratic camp: 75% of voters questioned believe that the party would have a better chance in November with a candidate other than Joe Biden. The scenario of a withdrawal of the Democratic candidate remains highly improbable for the moment.
