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   President Joe Biden and his White House staff spent Wednesday delivering   
   pep talks in calls and meetings with close allies, Democratic governors,   
   legislators and campaign staff.   
      
   “Let me say this as clearly as I possibly can, as simply and   
   straightforward as I can: I am running,” Biden said on a call with   
   campaign staff, an official told NBC News. “I’m not leaving. I’m in this   
   race to the end and we’re going to win.”   
      
   The comments are part of Biden’s larger firefighting mission as his team   
   works to quell Democratic panic about his reelection bid in the wake of   
   his disastrous debate performance against former President Donald Trump   
   last week.   
      
   Biden was joined at the Wednesday campaign meeting by Vice President   
   Kamala Harris, who is increasingly drawing eyes as a potential replacement   
   for the president if he chooses to drop out of the race.   
      
   The president spoke with some of his closest allies and Capitol Hill   
   supporters Wednesday, including former Democratic House Speaker Nancy   
   Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-   
   S.C., House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. and Sen. Chris Coons,   
   D-Del.   
      
   The president also has taped interviews with two Black radio shows, the   
   Earl Ingram Show on the Civic Media Network and The Source with Andrea   
   Lawful-Sanders on WURD Radio, scheduled to air Thursday morning, White   
   House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at the Wednesday press   
   briefing.   
      
   On Wednesday evening, the president is also scheduled to meet with   
   Democratic governors from across the U.S., many of whom have been floated   
   as other potential stand-ins for Biden. That meeting follows a Monday   
   huddle of governors, who reportedly expressed their concerns about the   
   Democratic Party’s path forward, according to NBC News.   
      
   New polls are delivering mixed signals about the president’s current   
   standing in the head-to-head rematch against Trump.   
      
   A closely watched New York Times/Siena College poll released Wednesday   
   found Trump leading Biden 49% to 41% among the registered voters surveyed.   
   For likely voters, Trump led Biden by a slightly smaller 6-point margin,   
   though that was 3 points higher than before the debate. The New York Times   
   poll surveyed 1,532 registered voters across the country from June 28 to   
   July 2. The margin of error was plus or minus 2.8 percentage points for   
   registered voters. The debate was on June 27.   
      
   A Wall Street Journal poll also out Wednesday echoed those findings, with   
   Trump ahead of Biden 48% to 42%. That survey interviewed 1,500 registered   
   voters from June 29 through July 2 and had a margin of error of plus or   
   minus 2.5 percentage points.   
      
   A Tuesday CNN poll also found Trump with a 6-point lead against Biden,   
   though that was the same as the poll’s April result. The margin of error   
   for that question was plus or minus 3.7 percentage points.   
      
   Polling so close after the debate represents a snapshot of immediate voter   
   reactions and the results could change as voters take more time to process   
   Biden’s substandard performance.   
      
   While Biden’s campaign continues its blitz, pressure mounts for the   
   president to consider bowing out of the 2024 race.   
      
   The New York Times reported Wednesday that Biden has privately told an   
   ally that he is weighing whether to stay in the race. Several outlets   
   including CNN and ABC News followed with similar reports. The White House   
   has repeatedly said those reports are false.   
      
   In television interviews on Tuesday, Pelosi and Clyburn said it was   
   reasonable to question Biden’s physical and cognitive fitness, though they   
   also doubled down in their support for the president.   
      
   Also on Tuesday, House Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, became the first   
   congressional Democrat to officially call on Biden to bow out of the race.   
   Rep. Jared Golden, D-Me., later published an op-ed expressing his lack of   
   confidence in Biden’s candidacy titled, “Donald Trump is going to win the   
   election and democracy will be just fine.”   
      
   In response, the White House and the Biden campaign have rolled out a   
   slate of events for the coming week to reassure the public.   
      
   On Friday, the president will sit for an interview with ABC News. He is   
   also visiting key battleground states Wisconsin on Friday and Pennsylvania   
   on Sunday. Additionally, the White House announced that next week Biden   
   will give a press conference at the NATO summit.   
      
   “He has done more than 40 interviews this year alone, and we’re going to   
   continue that,” Jean-Pierre said Tuesday. “Those were unscripted. He’s   
   done more than 500 ‘gaggles.’ Those are unscripted. And we want to   
   continue to do that.”   
      
   https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/03/biden-tries-to-calm-democrats-as-2024-   
   drop-out-pressure-mounts.html   
      
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