Biden ‘receptive to concerns about his future’ as he leaves campaign trail after Covid diagnosis: Live

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told President Joe Biden during a private call that polling shows he can’t win the election in November and that he could take the Democrats’ chances of winning back the House down with him, according to CNN.

The president reportedly responded by saying that he has seen polls that indicate that he can win, with one source telling the network that he got defensive about the surveys. One source said the call took place within the last week.

In an interview last week, Pelosi said: “It’s up to the president to decide if he is going to run. We’re all encouraging him to make that decision because time is running short.”

A White House spokesperson told CNN, “President Biden is the nominee of the party. He plans to win and looks forward to working with congressional Democrats to pass his 100 days agenda to help working families.”

A spokesperson for Pelosi told the network that she hasn’t spoken to Biden since Friday.

The short answer: No. They don’t even see it as a possibility.

Major figures in and around Trumpworld who spoke to The Independent laughed off the prospect of Biden stepping aside, which they said he’d never do. And none saw any possibility in the idea that the criticism coming from the president’s party would grow loud enough to force him out.

John Bowden reports from Milwaukee.

The first Democratic mayor in California has called on President Joe Biden to step aside.

It comes as California Rep and Senate candidate Adam Schiff said Biden should “pass the torch.”

Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo said in a statement shared with Politico, “It’s clear that the American people want another candidate at the top of the Democratic ticket.”

“Now, the American people want, and need, real change. I hope the President will meet this moment and heed this call,” he added.

Donald Trump’s senior adviser Chris LaCivita has clarified that he does not carry a gun when he’s around the ex-president, who was the target of an apparent assassination attempt on Saturday.

Chris LaCivita, a senior adviser to the campaign and Trump’s de facto campaign manager, made remarks on Tuesday at a 2nd Amendment event on the outskirts of the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee. LaCivita was being interviewed by a representative of the US Concealed Carry Association (USCCA), which advocates for such laws across the country.

Donald Trump rally shooter Thomas Crooks’ former school guidance counselor has said there was no official record that he was bullied, and that “something evil happened” which caused him to snap and decide to shoot the former president.

Jim Knapp, who retired from Bethel Park in 2022, said the school took a “proactive approach” towards bullying and mental health.

Crooks opened fire at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in an attempt to kill the former president. His bullets clipped Trump but killed another man, Corey Comperatore, who was protecting his family from the attack.

Joe Biden said in a recent interview that he would consider dropping out of the 2024 election if he was diagnosed with a “medical condition” by a doctor.

The slight degrading of Biden’s determination to stay in the 2024 race comes just as Congressman Adam Schiff joined 20 other House Democrats to call for the president to step away from the race, saying it was “time for him to pass the torch.”

During an interview taped for BET, Biden was asked what would have to happen for him to consider dropping out of the race.

Graig Graziosi has the story.

Navarro appeared emotional at times as he waited the applause to die down before he quipped: “I think you folks just want to know if you can see my MAGA tattoo I got there.”

His time in federal prison came after a Washington, DC jury convicted Navarro on two counts of contempt of Congress last year after he defied subpoenas for his testimony in connection with a House committee’s investigation into the events surrounding January 6 and Trump’s attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Kimberly Guilfoyle was mocked mercilessly following her 2024 speech at the Republican National Convention, with social media users noting that she was “yelling again” during her “unhinged” address.

People were quick to reminisce about Guilfoyle’s speech at the 2020 RNC, which concluded with a defiant shout of “the best is yet to come” to an empty theater. Critics pounced on her unique delivery style once again on Wednesday.

President Joe Biden held a call with moderate Democrats that was “even worse than the debate” just an hour before the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on Saturday.

The report by Puck citing people on the Zoom call comes as House Democrat heavyweight and California Senate nominee Adam Schiff called on Biden to step aside on Wednesday.

Biden is reported to have lost his train of thought during the Zoom call with moderate Democrats.

Gustaf Kilander has the latest.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer both held private meetings with President Joe Biden last week, reportedly telling him that his staying in the race jeopardizes the party’s chances of winning back the House and keeping the Senate in November, according to The Washington Post.

Jeffries met with Biden on Thursday night at the White House while Schumer met Biden on Saturday at his Delaware beach house in Rehoboth Beach.

Both Schumer and Jeffries conveyed the feelings of their members and their concerns about Biden’s continued run for re-election, and how they may lose power in Congress, four people familiar told the paper.

In another one-on-one conversation, an individual close to the president told him that he should end his candidacy, adding that it would be the only way to save his legacy and avoid another Trump term. The president reportedly said he’s the best candidate to defeat his predecessor.

The Democratic leaders released short statements acknowledging that the meetings took place but shared little about what was said.

NBC News reported that it was a blunt meeting between Schumer and Biden and that the Senate leader provided Biden with polling data about the race and how it could impact the party.

A White House spokesperson told the outlet: “The President told both leaders he is the nominee of the party, he plans to win, and looks forward to working with both of them to pass his 100 days agenda to help working families.”