Biden’s steps to thwart the rebellion against him

In another step, the Washington Post reported that Biden spoke with the leader of the Democrats in the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, with the aim of thwarting opposition to his candidacy among Democratic members of Congress. After the two spoke, Jeffries held a conversation with Democratic leaders in Congress. “There is a great effort by the leadership to maintain unity,” said one member of Congress who was present at the conversation.

Also, in the coming days, Biden plans to conduct several interviews with the media in the US, and hopes to show the American public that the confrontation was a one-off incident. In the US, it was reported that in closed conversations the president said that he is considering withdrawing from the race if he feels that he is unable to convince the public to support him.

Rebellion expands: A second Democratic member of Congress has come out against the president

Opposition to Biden’s candidacy within the Democratic Party has intensified in the last two days. After Congressman Lloyd Doggett was the first in the Democratic Party to publicly call on the President to withdraw from the candidacy, last night he was joined by Democratic House of Representatives member Raul Grihalba. “Part of the president’s responsibility is to withdraw from the race. This is an opportunity to seek leadership elsewhere,” Grihalba told the New York Times.

More and more elements in the Democratic Party began to express opposition to the president’s continued candidacy: in the New York Times it was published that former President Obama expressed concern about Biden’s chances, Reuters reported that a group of about 25 members of Congress planned to publicly oppose Biden if they did not see a change, and in Axios it was reported that the representatives in the body who chooses the Democratic presidential candidate asked for “as much time as possible” to decide whether Biden should be the party’s nominee.

If Biden retires: Harris is the leading candidate

In the US, it is reported that if Biden decides to give up his candidacy for the presidency, Vice President Harris is the leading candidate to replace him. NBC reported that Harris’s allies would oppose the attempt to “push her aside” in the event that Biden withdraws, and that she has broad support within the party. 7 sources at home White and the Democratic Party told Reuters that Harris was the most likely candidate to replace the president.

Other candidates whose names have come up in the American media as having a chance to replace Biden are the governor of California Gavin Newsom, the governor of Michigan Gretchen Whitmer, the governor of Illinois J. Me. Pritzker, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. So far none of those candidates have challenged Biden.