First joint rally since Biden stood aside comes amid news that people receiving Medicare will get discounts of up to 79% on some medicines10 popular medicines to be less expensive for those with MedicareThe New York Times this morning published a lengthy article exploring how Joe Biden made his pivotal decision to end his re-election campaign.The president withdrew his bid for a second term after performing poorly in his debate with Donald Trump, which caused his poll numbers to slump significantly and a steady stream of Democratic lawmakers to publicly call for him to bow out. It has also been reported that influential party kingmakers like former House speaker Nancy Pelosi worked quietly behind closed doors to encourage Biden to exit the race.Those inside the small circle of family members and advisers who were with the president at the very end insist that the story of how Mr. Biden went from defiance to acquiescence was not about convincing him that he was destined to lose. That never happened, according to people close enough to Mr. Biden to know his thinking, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the president’s decision-making in the final hours.The depth of the fractures in his party seem to have come into focus for Mr. Biden that weekend, as he would explain in the days that followed.“Well, look,” Mr. Biden told Robert Costa of CBS News in an interview on Sunday. “The polls we had showed that it was a neck-and-neck race, would have been down to the wire. But what happened was a number of my Democratic colleagues in the House and Senate thought that I was going to hurt them in the races. And I was concerned if I stayed in the race, that would be the topic.” Continue reading…
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Author : Chris Stein
Publish date : 2024-08-15 17:02:28
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