除了几天俺提及的三位民主党law makers,CNN的Dana Bash 半个小时前说,好象另有6位Damocrats House Representatives 要求拜登drop out of presidential 竞选。俺找出其中四位的名字:Adam Smith of Washington, Jerry Nadler of New York, Mark Takano of California and Joe Morelle of New York.
如果最后拜登宣布退出竞选,俺不觉得任何其他Democratic candidate 可以替代拜登击败川普,包括现在的副总统 Kamala Harris. 2016年的Hillary Clinton 最后都败北于川普,现在的Kamala Harris 更不是对手。
据AP(Associated Press) news 报道,Biden在接受ABC 采访前称,He's 'staying in the race' as he scrambles to save candidacy and braces for ABC interview”。在接受ABC 采访以前,Biden 威斯康辛 Madison 的一所中学和约300个拜登的粉丝见了面. 下面是他说的话。为老家伙拜登点赞!他坚韧不拔,有决心有信心打败川普!
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In front of roughly 300 supporters at a Wisconsin middle school, Biden again acknowledged his subpar debate last week, saying he “can't say it was my best performance” but that amid speculation over what he would do, he had an answer: “I am running, and I'm going to win again.”
“I beat Donald Trump,” Biden said. “I will beat him again.”
President Joe Biden tonight will sit down for an exclusive pre-taped interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos — his first TV appearance since last week’s CNN presidential debate.
A clip from the one-on-one chat will air on World News Tonight with David Muir on ABC at 6:30 p.m. ET. The full conversation will follow at 8 p.m. ET/PT and will re-air on Sunday’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos. ”
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媒体评论:“Friday marks a critical test of whether Biden can demonstrate his fitness and capacity to serve another four years, and aides acknowledge that Biden’s performance in the ABC interview, which will tape Friday afternoon and air in the evening, will be highly scrutinized. ” 今天下午拜登将接受ABC News 采访。录制的采访将在今晚播出。
不少拜登下一届总统竞选基金的捐助者纷纷威胁,说如果拜登不退出,他们将拒绝捐款甚至撤出已捐款项。其中有大金主 Netflix co-founder and Democratic mega donor Reed Hastings。其他donors 还有:
(11:56, 5th Jul, 2024 by AriseNews)
“A number of donors are publicly warning they will withhold funds unless Mr Biden is replaced as the party’s candidate following his disastrous debate performance last week.
They include Abigail Disney, an heiress to the Disney family fortune, Hollywood producer Damon Lindelof, Hollywood agent Ari Emanuel, and philanthropist and entrepreneur Gideon Stein.”
Joe 好样的, Joe!Joe Go!
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NBC News:I'm not leaving': Biden expands effort to tamp down calls to step aside. (July 3, 2024 at 2:08 PM)
"WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Wednesday increased his outreach to lawmakers, Democratic governors, and staff after days of criticism that he hasn't done enough to personally tamp down on nervousness that he should abandon his run for re-election.
The outreach includes calls to congressional Democratic leaders and a scheduled meeting on Wednesday evening with Democratic governors. Nearly a week after the debate, he and senior aides are still scrambling to recover from his devastating performance last week and quash growing calls for him to step down as the party's nominee in the November election."
白宫发言人说上述消息是无稽之谈。
Biden expresses concerns over his candidacy to ally, NYT reports
Reuters
July 3, 2024 at 11:00 AM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden has told an ally that he knows he may not be able to salvage his candidacy if he cannot convince the public in the coming days that he is up for the job after his debate performance last week, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.
After the report was published, White House spokesperson Andrew Bates wrote on social media: "This claim is absolutely false".