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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(135,808 posts)
Thu Jul 4, 2024, 01:34 PM Jul 2024

Democratic governors vow to stand with Biden after shaky debate performance

ASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Democratic governors of New York, Minnesota and Maryland on Wednesday said they would support President Joe Biden's reelection bid after a candid discussion with him about his weak performance in last week's debate.

"The president has always had our backs. We're going to have his back as well," Maryland Governor Wes Moore told reporters after a meeting with Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House that included 24 Democratic governors and the mayor of Washington, D.C., some joining online.

Moore said the governors were frank in relaying negative feedback from constituents about Biden's poor performance during the debate with Republican rival Donald Trump. He said there was clearly work to do before the Nov. 5 election, but Biden had made it clear he would stay in the race.

"The president ... he's our nominee. The president is our party leader," Moore said. There has been growing talk among Democrats in recent days that 81-year-old Biden should drop out of the race.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democratic-governors-vow-to-stand-with-biden-after-shaky-debate-performance/ar-BB1po3kG

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Democratic governors vow to stand with Biden after shaky debate performance (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2024 OP
Suggestion - remove the word before debate in the headline. Works even better without that descriptor. c-rational Jul 2024 #1
They just can't help themselves, can they? DFW Jul 2024 #2
They and their "some people" and anonymous livetohike Jul 2024 #4
Good, he is the candidate. republianmushroom Jul 2024 #3
Always has been. Think. Again. Jul 2024 #5
Waitaminute, waitaminute, waitaminute! no_hypocrisy Jul 2024 #6

c-rational

(3,203 posts)
1. Suggestion - remove the word before debate in the headline. Works even better without that descriptor.
Thu Jul 4, 2024, 01:38 PM
Jul 2024

DFW

(60,210 posts)
2. They just can't help themselves, can they?
Thu Jul 4, 2024, 01:38 PM
Jul 2024

"There has been growing talk among Democrats in recent days that 81-year-old Biden should drop out of the race."

There has been growing talk among Republicans and the right wing press "that 81-year-old Biden should drop out of the race."
Some Democrats have indeed said so, but the majority have not, and such talk is already dying down, not growing.

There, MSN, I fixed it for you. You're welcome. No charge.

livetohike

(24,288 posts)
4. They and their "some people" and anonymous
Thu Jul 4, 2024, 01:43 PM
Jul 2024

sources articles are sickening. Where are the serious journalists?

no_hypocrisy

(54,919 posts)
6. Waitaminute, waitaminute, waitaminute!
Thu Jul 4, 2024, 03:54 PM
Jul 2024

What about democratic Governors from NJ (Murphy), CT (Lamont), or Pennsylvania (Shapiro)???

Did they attend? Do they support Joe Biden?

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