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Biden May Decline Democratic Nomination If He Does Poorly in Upcoming Debate - Hersh

© AFP 2023 / SAUL LOEBUS President Joe Biden listens during a meeting Israeli President Isaac Herzog in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, October 26, 2022.
US President Joe Biden listens during a meeting  Israeli President Isaac Herzog in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, October 26, 2022. - Sputnik International, 1920, 21.06.2024
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Democrats are discussing plans to have President Joe Biden decline the Democratic presidential nomination if he has a bad showing at the upcoming presidential debate on June 27, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh reported on Friday, citing a longtime friend of the US president.
Hersh reported that there is a serious concern among the Democratic Party leadership and major Democratic donors about Biden’s ability to defeat former President Donald Trump in the November election.
"One extreme possibility in the case of a very bad showing Thursday night, I have been told, is to obtain agreement from Biden and his family advisers for the president to come to the Democratic convention in Chicago in August and accept the accolades of a first-round delegate victory; then he would decline the nomination and throw the nominating process open to all," Hersh said.
California Governor Gavin Newsom and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker could be favorites to replace Biden, Hersh said.
Next week, Biden is going to need to match the intensity he demonstrated at his State of the Union address in March if he wants to stay in the race, Hersh said.
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