MOSCOW, July 18. Expectations are growing among U.S. Democratic Party officials that President Joe Biden will be forced to withdraw from the election as soon as the end of this week, writes Axios.
«»Several senior Democrats told us privately that growing pressure from party members leaders in Congress and close friends will convince President Biden to decide to withdraw from the presidential race this weekend,” the article says.
According to the publication’s sources, his associates are concerned not only about Biden’s low chances of winning, but also about , that his latest failures and blunders could lead to the loss of his majority in the Senate, as well as prevent Democrats from taking the lower chamber from the Republicans at the end of November.
«His choice is to be one of the heroes in history or to be confident «is that there will never be a Biden presidential library,» one of the president's close friends told Axios.
After the incumbent's failure in the debate with Donald Trump, there are growing calls among Democrats to nominate another candidate. Vice President Kamala Harris is considered the most likely.
The party will theoretically have the opportunity to change the candidate at the convention in August. In practice, it will be difficult to remove the incumbent president who wins the primaries from the race unless he himself refuses to participate.
Biden himself stated that he intends to go all the way, since there are no candidates better than him. At the same time, the politician claims that Harris is absolutely ready to become president if he is unable to fully serve his second term.