Sen. Mark Warner assemblying Dem senators to ask Biden to exit race
The Washington Post via MSN ^ | July 5th, 2024 |
Story by Leigh Ann Caldwell, Liz Goodwin
FR Posted on 7/5/2024, 5:05:06 PM by Mariner
Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va) is attempting to assemble a group of Democratic senators to ask President Biden to exit the presidential race, according to two people with direct knowledge of the effort.
Warner is telling Democratic senators that Biden can no longer remain in the election in the wake of his faltering debate performance, according to the people familiar with private conversations who spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak freely. Warner has told others that he is deeply concerned that Biden is not able to run a campaign that could beat former president Donald Trump.
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Biden’s aging is seen as accelerating, lapses described as more common
Washington Post ^ | July 5, 2024 |
Yasmeen Abutaleb , Josh Dawsey , Maria Sacchetti , John Hudson and Dan Diamond
Posted on 7/5/2024, 12:08:11 PM by rdl6989
President Biden, who at 81 is the oldest person ever to hold the office, has displayed signs of accelerated aging in recent months, said numerous aides, foreign officials, members of Congress, donors and others who have interacted with Biden over the last 3½ years, noting that he moves more slowly, speaks more softly and has moments when he loses his train of thought more often than even just a year ago.
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