WASHINGTON, July 19 Leadership of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) The United States said on Friday it intends to nominate President Joe Biden as its candidate in the 2024 presidential election, despite widespread calls for the head of state to withdraw his candidacy.
«Thanks to you, every voter in this country will have an equal opportunity to vote for our candidates. Joe Biden and (US Vice President — ed.) Kamala Harris will be re-elected thanks to you,» DNC Chairman Jamie Harrison said at a meeting with his supporters on Friday .
At the same time, Biden himself issued a statement earlier that day in which he made it clear that he plans to resume his election campaign next week. He is now self-isolating at his country residence in Delaware, and a few days earlier he was diagnosed with coronavirus.
Amid growing internal criticism of Biden's disastrous performance at the debate with Donald Trump, American politicians and journalists are saying that the current US President could be replaced by another candidate, with Vice President Kamala Harris considered the most likely replacement. Despite calls from many congressional Democrats and Democratic Party donors, Biden says he has no plans to drop out of the presidential race. At the same time, he argued that Harris is absolutely ready to become president if he is unable to fully serve his second presidential term.
Theoretically, the party will have the opportunity to nominate another candidate at the congress in August, but in practice it will be difficult to remove the president who won the primary elections from the race unless he himself refuses to participate. At the same time, Biden says he intends to stay in the race and go to the end, saying that there are no candidates better than him.
The second debate between Biden and Trump is scheduled for September 10. The US presidential elections will be held on November 5.