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Election 2024 live: Biden dares Democrat ‘elites’ to challenge him at convention

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Election 2024 live: Biden dares Democrat ‘elites’ to challenge him at convention

Joe Biden refuses to drop out of presidential race

President Joe Biden remains defiant having written to congressional Democrats insisting he will remain in the race for the White House after more members of the party added their voices to calls for him to step aside on Sunday – an unwelcome distraction as the president prepares to host a major Nato summit in Washington, DC this week.

In behind-closed-door crisis talks convened by House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, several representatives suggested it was time for Biden, 81, to make way following his disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump.

Five Democrats have now come forward publicly to say the same, with Vice President Kamala Harris tipped to take over as the party’s 2024 nominee and praised by the influential Adam Schiff yesterday.

But the president insisted in an ABC interview on Friday that only “the Lord Almighty” could persuade him to go, saying he remains convinced he is the right man to challenge Trump. He doubled down on that in a call to MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Monday morning after spending the weekend on the campaign trail in Pennsylvania.

On Monday afternoon, the White House denied Biden has Parkinson’s disease at the daily briefing.

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Republicans drop abortion limits from platform — after seeing it being used against GOP candidates

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White House denies President Biden has Parkinson’s disease

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Biden’s stumbles have Schumer and Jeffries walking a tight rope

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Now, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are living that lesson, as President Joe Biden faces mounting calls from congressional Democrats to step aside in favor of a potentially more viable candidate in the 2024 election.

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