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Joe Biden bombed during the debate. But who will ask him to step down? | The Guardian - 5 days ago |
In March 1968, President Lyndon Johnson abandoned his re-election bid, citing the "awesome duties of this office", partisan divisions in the country and "America's sons in the fields far away" in Vietnam. "I shall not seek, and will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your president," Johnson said.
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Jill Biden has reacted forcefully in the past against calls for her to persuade her husband to step down, including to taunts that she is "guilty of elder abuse" and is said to enjoy the trappings of White House prestige.
In Atlanta on Thursday, she led her husband off the stage and was heard to tell him: "Joe, you did such a great job! You answered every question, you knew all the facts!"
Others in Biden's inner circle who may have the ear of the president include Biden's younger sister, Valerie Biden Owens, who has played a key role throughout the president's political career; campaign manager Julie Chávez Rodríguez; campaign chairwoman Jen O'Malley Dillon; campaign senior adviser Anita Dunn; and adviser Ron Klain.
Alongside them are senior Democrats, some of whom fear that Biden's weak re-election chances will drag down Democrat hopes to retain control of the Senate and retake Congress.

You did great Joe ... if only people knew 😎

First lady Jill Biden defends Joe Biden in new Vogue profile
First lady Jill Biden is fiercely defending her husband, President Joe Biden, days after a stumbling and potentially costly televised performance.

"If people knew what Joe's done ..." Jill Biden told Vogue. "If they knew all of that −I mean, the bridge is being built in their city and they don't know who did it. They don't know who's getting the lead out of their water. They don't know who's stopping the pipeline going through the parklands. They don't know."
"That's why I'm trying to be out there," she continued. "Why we're all trying. To say, `This is what we've achieved, and this is how it affects your life.'"