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Friday, July 19, 2024
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Friday, July 19, 2024
Defiant Biden vows to stay in race despite growing revolt
President Joe Biden walks down the steps of Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. Biden is returning to his home in Rehoboth Beach, Del., to self-isolate after testing positive for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
US President Joe Biden pledges to stay in the White House race, defying a growing Democratic party revolt that has raised speculation he could bow out as soon as this weekend.
“The stakes are high, and the choice is clear. Together, we will win,” the 81-year-old says in a statement from the Delaware beach home where he is in Covid isolation.
“I look forward to getting back on the campaign trail next week,” Biden adds, as his doctor says the president is bouncing back from the symptoms of the disease.
But Biden’s political health appears to be in far worse shape, with ten more House Democrats and two senators joining the list of lawmakers publicly calling on him to quit November’s election clash with Donald Trump.
