This comes despite reports that Biden's family has discussed what a withdrawal from the campaign would look like.
Friday, 19 July 2024 15:07 UK
The Biden campaign maintains that the president will remain the leading contender in November.
The new memo said voters still supported him despite concerns about his age and that the party had “no plans to field an alternative candidate.”
This comes despite reports that Joe Biden's family have discussed what a withdrawal from the campaign would look like.
Biden's campaign has been the subject of speculation for weeks about whether the president will ultimately step down, especially since his disastrous debate defeat.
Campaign Memo Says Biden Will Run
In a memo obtained by Sky's US partner network NBC News, the campaign's battleground states directors said that despite intense media coverage of Democratic Party divisions, organisers who spoke to voters consistently identified issues such as women's rights and the potential Project 2025 Republican agenda as most important.
“While voters consistently mention President Biden's age when contacted, our target voters (both re-engaged and true swing voters) still plan to vote for him, making it clear that this debate has not eroded support among the voters who will decide this election,” Dan Kanninen wrote in the memo.
“We are not taking the situation in the election lightly. There is a lot of work left to do if we are to win in November,” Kanninen said.
But he emphasized a line Biden has repeated since his poor debate performance: “I'm in it to win.”
“He is the presumptive nominee with no plans for a replacement. Joe Biden will become the official nominee within the next few weeks,” Kanninen wrote. “It's time to stop fighting each other. The only person who wins when we fight is Donald Trump.”
Internally, there are calls for Biden to step down.
read more:
Could Biden be replaced as the election candidate?
When Joe Biden leaves office, who will replace him?
Biden was forced to cancel the speech this week amid growing pressure for him to step away from the presidential race after contracting COVID-19.
The White House said the president was experiencing mild symptoms of the infection, including “general fatigue,” and had returned home. Delaware Self-quarantine from Las Vegas.
“He's definitely in it,” Biden campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon told MSNBC.
Has Biden's family discussed the possibility of him stepping down?
News of the memo came the same day as an NBC News report that the president's family had discussed what a withdrawal from the campaign would look like.
The general tone of the conversation, according to the US broadcaster, was that any withdrawal plan must put the party in the best position possible while also being worthy of Biden's more than 50 years of service to the country.
People familiar with the discussions said consideration of the impact of the campaign on his health, his family and the country's stability was at the forefront of the discussions.
