Joe Biden has vowed to continue his campaign for re-election in the 2024 US presidential race after a shaky debate performance with Republican Donald Trump.
Joe Biden will not drop out of the US presidential race after a shaky debate performance with Republican candidate Donald Trump .Vice-President Kamala Harris is the likely successor if the president does step aside, multiple sources told Reuters, but so far staff insist he is going nowhere.He sought to reassure top Democrats on Capitol Hill that he is fit for re-election, despite his disastrous debate performance last week.
The president met with Democratic governors on Wednesday evening, local time, to reassure them he is up to the job. Mr Biden spoke to Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the minority leader in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday, and senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader in the Senate, on Wednesday, a White House official said.
Mr Clyburn, who said on Tuesday that he would back Ms Harris as the presidential candidate if Mr Biden were to depart, added: "If she were to be the nominee, we need to have a running mate and a strong running mate. White House chief of staff Jeff Zients held a call with demoralised White House staff on Wednesday as well, acknowledging that it had been a challenging few days while stressing that the Biden team had a record to be proud of and more work to do.
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