President Joe Biden, 81, told reporters on Tuesday that he must run for reelection after prominent Democrats implored him to reconsider a second bid against likely GOP nominee former President Donald Trump.
Biden’s claim that he must run for reelection suggests Biden believes he is the only Democrat who can defeat Trump, who is surging in the GOP primary polls.
“Would you be running if Trump wasn’t running?” a reporter asked Biden.
“I expect so,” Biden replied. “But he is running, and — I just — I have to run.”
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“Would you be running if Trump wasn’t running?”
BIDEN: “I expect so … I have to run” pic.twitter.com/twf9otKnSI
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Biden’s comment came on the same day he told donors he probably would not run if Trump was not running. “If Trump wasn’t running, I’m not sure I’d be running,” Biden said, adding that Democrats “cannot let him [Trump] win.”
Many Democrats, members of the establishment, and mainstream media outlets warned Democrat Party officials that Biden might not be the best Democrat to face Trump, citing his age and falling polling numbers:
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