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Former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau is arguing Monday that “voters have been voicing” issues about President Biden for months because the 81-year-old is resisting calls to finish his re-election bid.
Favreau, in a submit on X, rejected Biden’s declare that requires his withdrawal are solely coming from “elite” sources. He cited a pre-debate ballot from the New York Occasions/Siena Faculty that discovered 64% of all voters wished Biden changed on the Democratic ticket, together with 48% of people that deliberate to vote for Biden, and that 69% of the citizens finds Biden too outdated to be an efficient president.
“This isn’t an elite factor. This isn’t a media factor. This isn’t a one-bad-debate-freakout factor,” Favreau wrote. “The voters have been voicing these issues for months now. Denying them or dismissing them is just not the best way to beat them.”
Favreau, who is among the hosts of Pod Save America, additionally flagged that 55% of Black voters and 66% of Hispanic voters need Biden changed because the nominee.
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President Joe Biden walks throughout the South Garden of the White Home in Washington, Sunday, July 7, after coming back from a visit to Pennsylvania. (AP/Susan Walsh)
The submit got here after Biden made a shock look Monday morning on MSNBC wherein he challenged fellow Democrats to run in opposition to him for the nomination and dismissed widespread requires him to drop out of the presidential race.
“I’m getting annoyed by the elites – not you guys – the elites within the social gathering, oh, they know a lot extra. Any of those guys that don’t assume I ought to run, run in opposition to me. Announce for president, problem me on the conference,” Biden mentioned.
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President Joe Biden stands at his podium throughout a presidential debate between himself and former president Donald Trump at CNN’s studios in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday, June 27, 2024. (Kevin D. Liles for The Washington Submit through Getty Pictures)
Then in a letter fired off to congressional Democrats at this time, Biden urged his social gathering to cease questioning whether or not he ought to finish his re-election bid and “transfer ahead as a unified social gathering” with the intention to defeat former President Trump of their 2024 election rematch.
Biden has been going through mounting calls to drop out of the presidential race following his rocky debate efficiency. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Pictures, left, )
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Biden reiterated within the letter that he is “firmly dedicated to staying on this race” and argued that any additional questioning of his candidacy “solely helps Trump and hurts us.”
Fox Information’ Paul Steinhauser and Patrick Ward contributed to this report.
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox Information Digital.
Distinguished Democrat: ‘Voters have been voicing’ Biden issues for months
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