WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's Stop Debate Performance This has raised questions even within his own party about whether he should be replaced in elections before November.
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- Discussion was The decisive moment He made his case before a national television audience for the reelection of President Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
- Let's take a look in fact Regarding the false and misleading claims frequently made by both candidates.
- Both candidates I didn't waste any time Policy debate During the 90-minute contest. Here are the main points.
There is no evidence that Biden plans to stop campaigning, and unless he chooses to step down, it will be nearly impossible for Democrats to find someone to replace him.
Here are some reasons why:
The delegates Biden won in the primary have pledged to support him.
Each state has already held its presidential primary election. Under Democratic Party rules, Biden's delegate count Unless he says he is withdrawing from the election, we should support him at the party's upcoming national conference.
“Let's keep going,” the president told supporters in Atlanta shortly after leaving the debate stage, suggesting he had no plans to do so. Biden campaign spokeswoman Lauren Hitt was even clearer, saying Friday: “Of course he's not backing out.”
The conventions and their rules are controlled by the political parties. The Democratic National Committee may convene before the convention. Opens August 19th And it would change the way things work, but that's unlikely to happen as long as Biden continues to seek reelection.
Current rules state that “delegates elected to a national convention who pledge allegiance to a presidential candidate shall, in accordance with their conscience, reflect the sentiments of the people who elected them.”
Vice President Kamala Harris couldn't automatically replace Biden.
Although she is Biden's running mate, that doesn't mean she can replace him at the top of the shortlist by default, nor can she nominate someone to replace him if Biden suddenly decides to drop out of the race.
The Democratic National Convention is being held in Chicago, but the party Virtual roll call Biden will be formally nominated before in-person deliberations begin. An exact date for the roll call has yet to be determined.
If Biden chooses to abandon his reelection campaign, Harris would likely join other leading Democratic candidates seeking to replace him, setting up a likely scenario in which she and others would lobby state delegations for support at the party convention.
For Democrats, this is the first time this has happened since 1960 under John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Hijacked He called for voting at that year's Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles.
Other Democratic candidates will face challenges too
In addition to the vice president, others who have endorsed Biden for the 2024 presidential election while harboring future presidential aspirations include California Governor Gavin Newsom, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and California Representative Ro Khanna.
Other candidates whom Biden defeated in the 2020 presidential primaries could also try again, including Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
Conservative groups have threatened lawsuits across the country if Biden suddenly drops out of the race, potentially questioning the legitimacy of the Democratic candidates' names on the ballot.
But Elaine Kamark, a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington who has written a book about the presidential nominating process and is a member of the Democratic National Committee's rule-making arm, said courts have consistently not intervened in primaries unless the party running them is engaging in race-based voter suppression or other acts that violate constitutional rights.
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“The Constitution is very clear that this is a party domain,” Kamarck said in an interview before the debate. “The job of appointing someone to represent a party is the job of a party.”
