Reports suggest that President Joe Biden is fed up with some of his Democratic allies pushing him to drop out of the 2024 presidential race via Newsweek.
As per the people who spoke with The New York Times, Biden, while recovering from COVID, has grown “irritated” with party leaders, including former President Barack Obama, who sources said has been involved in talks about Biden stepping aside as the Democratic nominee.
It is noted that since the first presidential debate, dozens of lawmakers have come forth asking the president to end his campaign. However, Biden’s closest allies, such as Obama and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, have not come out publicly against the president, whose campaign has remained adamant that he is staying in the race.
As per the report from the Times, Biden labeled Obama “as a puppet master behind the scenes” of discussions regarding the president’s campaign. Citing people close to Biden, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters, the Times reported on Friday that the president “has been around politics long enough to assume that the leaks appearing in the media in recent days are being coordinated to raise the pressure on him to step aside.”
The Associated Press (AP) reported on Thursday that Obama was “expressing concerns to allies” about Biden’s chances in November. The report, which was based “in part on information from almost a dozen people who insisted on anonymity,” said that the former president has told allies “that Biden needs to consider the viability of his campaign but has also made clear that the decision is one Biden needs to make.”
