Posted on 07/06/2024 3:33:53 AM PDT by Libloather
First lady Jill Biden is said to be 'lashing out' at Democrats who want to remove President Joe Biden from the 2024 Democratic nomination following last week's debate.
While the president has said he has no plans to step aside, he is known be talking to vast numbers of people, but only listening to views of a very tight circle, including those of his wife.
And Jill is said to have taken a dim view of those wishing to kick her husband off the ticket, as it's claimed she's the driving force between his insistence on staying in the race. The claim was made by ABC News correspondent Martha Raddatz moments after Biden's make or break interview with the network Friday night.
The 'inner circle' of voices that include a select circle of advisers – including son, Hunter, are telling Biden, 81, that he can win and that he needs to keep going with his re-election bid.
Last weekend, the Bidens escaped for a post-debate debrief and a reportedly pre-planned photoshoot with celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz at Camp David.
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It was from the presidential log cabins that Jill made a phone call to Vogue magazine, providing a last-minute update to her cover interview, due out Monday.
'[We] will not let those 90 minutes define the four years [Joe's] been president. We will continue to fight,' Jill, 73, insisted to Vogue.
'The only person who has ultimate influence with him is the first lady,' a source said earlier in the week. 'If she decides there should be a change of course, there will be a change of course.
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She;s the STEP MOM!!~!
She lets Hunter carry the football and she holds the codes.
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