According to reports, President Biden is seriously considering whether to continue as the Democratic presidential nominee.
The New York Times reported on Wednesday that after his disastrous debate performance, Biden told “key allies” that he may struggle to win re-election if he cannot convince Americans that he is fit to be president.
“While allies stressed that the president is still fighting a tough re-election fight, he knows his next few hearings leading up to the holiday weekend must go well, including an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos scheduled for Friday and campaign stints in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin,” the report said.
President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at the Martin Luther King Recreation Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Hannah Beyer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“He knows that if he holds two more similar events, the situation will change by the end of the week,” an anonymous source told The Times.
White House press secretary Andrew Bates disputed the report shortly after it was published.
“The allegation is completely false and we would have said so if The New York Times had given us more than seven minutes to comment,” he told Fox News Digital in a statement.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
