Joe Biden asked to step aside in race for US president | BBC News

let’s head to the US now where a Democratic party Congressman has urged President Biden to make way for another candidate in November’s presidential election Lloyd dogget is the first to call publicly for Mr Biden to withdraw because of his poor performance in televised debate with Donald Trump last week here’s more from namia ibal who’s in Washington huge pressure on President Biden following the debate performance and most Democrats have expressed their concern privately but now we’re seeing uh some go public uh you have the the sitting Congressman uh Mr dogget who has called on President Biden to resign Nancy Pelosi former US uh Speaker of the House a very close friend of President Biden uh didn’t go so far as to make that call but she did say that uh he he should take a mental and fitness health test but also said that Donald Trump should do the same uh then you have Jim klyan Jim klyan uh is an incredibly influential member of the democratic party Incredibly Close to President Biden and he has said that if it isn’t Joe Biden he will vote for vice president Harris and I think just the fact that he’s even saying that rather than just completely saying nope there’s no other option but Mr Biden is telling in of itself uh whether or not that pressure bills we’ll see Mr Biden is due to do an interview later this week with an American Network the first time he’ll be sitting sitting down following that debate performance and there’s no doubt he’ll be asked many many questions but ultimately if he is going to be replaced he has to stand down he has to resign and his inner circle which is made up of his wife the first lady his son Hunter Biden and many other members of his family and other uh close Democrats have said that the president has no intention of standing down oh well let’s stay with news in the US and politics because the sentencing of Donald Trump for falsifying business records has been postponed until September after the Supreme Court rule the former president has partial immunity lawyers for the former president ask for the chance to argue he should not have been prosecuted given some evidence they say came from his time in office prosecutors did not object though they said the argument was entirely without Merit Mr Trump was convicted of paying hush money to a porn actress as campaigned in 2016 the Supreme Court on Monday ruled president enjoy immunity from prosecution for official acts well Thad cower is professor of political science from the University of California San Diego he says the speculation surrounding the president and whether this is President Biden of course and whether he will run or not is getting more intense well this has really moved from just something that you read about in column every few weeks to the defining conversation uh of every Democrat in America right now and and the wall to–all headlines that you see on the news and and I think as you just heard with um with Nancy Pelosi and Jim kurn two of President Biden’s strongest allies raising the question that that has kind of broken down this wall of certainty around the Biden nomination that leading Democrats have built and it’s really leaving this question up for grabs over the next several days at the moment though he’s showing no signs of of listening to those voices he he has been saying that his poor performance in that debate was down to jet lag he wasn’t very smart for traveling around the world a few times before the debate saying he didn’t listen to his staff um what’s the feeling and the mood you know in in terms of what what poll are saying about what this means po since that debate that telis debate well we haven’t seen any change in the polls so far and that’s actually something that that the Biden advisers and campaign team have been trumpeting they’ve been saying look this race is just kind of locked in at a deadlock most Americans have made up their minds it’s all going to be a fight for who can mobilize their base trust us um and and so the polls right now are making President Biden’s point for him but we may see as we see this continuing drum beat of conversation about his debate performance we may see him decline the other thing that these polls taken since the debate are beginning to show is that all the candidates who’ve been mentioned as potential Replacements from him for him from uh from vice president kamla Harris to to Midwestern Governor Gretchen Whitner Andy Basher other Governors they’re all pulling behind Joe Biden uh they’re not closing the gap on Donald Trump some of them are pulling as far as Five Points behind that’s also help helping Joe Biden and his team make their case to stick with him okay interesting before we let you go let’s get your t on the New York judge delaying Donald Trump’s sentencing until September um your thoughts on that and its impact well this really takes this event which will be you know at least 24 hours of bad news for Donald Trump in the news cycle though it probably won’t send him to prison because he’ll he’ll go out on bail if he appe appeals it if he’s sent to prison it takes it from one politically strategic moment the eve of the Republican uh National Convention which is his coronation it removes that but that puts it in another key strategic moment right mid-september is when debates really ramp up this will be about six weeks before the presidential contest and it’ll give him more bad news that he has to overcome during that time if uh he is sentenced for these 34 pel and counts that was th cower professor of political science from the University of California in San Diego

Congressman Lloyd Doggett has become the first sitting Democratic lawmaker to call on Joe Biden to step aside in the race for the US presidency.

It follows a critical review by some in the Democrat Party of the president’s performance during his first debate with Republican rival Donald Trump – but Biden’s team says he has no plans to walk away.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s sentencing following his conviction in his hush-money trial will be delayed until September.

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  2. Can't put a band-aid on a bullet wound. Biden's debate performance destroyed him—he self-destructed,
    live and worldwide. Biden is done. Pride blinds. Biden is blinded by his pride and his idiotic stubborness.
    Biden will lose to Trump. If Biden stays on the ticket, Trump will beat Biden—Trump 54% popular vote, Biden 40% popular
    vote (6% to other candidates). Trump will win Electoral College with at least 320 on his side. All the swing states
    will roll for Trump, along with New Mexico, Michigan, Minnesota, Virginia and North Carolina. The only
    chance the Democrats have to hold onto the White House is with Governor Whitmer or Governor Newsom—

    VP Harris does not have the mojo to win over independent voters.

  5. The presentation is a matter that does not have the ability to act. By bringing the victory of the election as a result of the regulation in this election Which is to receive defeat and is not a matter of competition that will affect the reception only

  8. Let's be realistic, Trump will get back to the White House next year, we all know that and the whole world knows that. Then everybody just prepare for that, done.

  9. BBC fake news organisation.
    Had that American bobble-head at 3:58 talking about how there's been no change in the polls post-debate.

    Outrageous lie. I encourage anyone to google it. BBC and that man are certainly hoping you don't, and just take their word for it.

  11. Hopefully the massive amount of damage on the planet can be fixed.

    The president of the USA is a powerful person, a senile old man that can’t string a sentence together is a huge danger to humanity throughout the world

  19. If Pelosi is up for a cognitive test for Biden AND Trump, this means the Democrats want to also control that test as another attempt to keep Trump from office. It's like running against the mob. If I were Trump, I would absolutely step up my security to be tighter than any U.S. president ever. If they assassinated one of their won (JFK), you know they have no qualms about taking out the competition knowing that half the country will back them up. Scary times. And they call Republicans tyrants? Wow.

  23. BBC and Rodney Davis and Stephanie Murphy you don't speak for the American People who are you to say what we want. I can tell you what we don't want and That would be trump

  24. Criticizing Donald Trump alone won’t win the race. Biden must understand that his poor performance for the past 4 years is more than enough for him to lose the race. His focus was more on convicting Trump than uplifting America.

    Who gave him authority to take billions of tax payers money and give it to Zelenskyy? By the way Zelenskyy’s wife just bought a new Rolls Royce. Thanks to Biden.

    Borders wide open for illegal immigrants . Gun violence and crime rate increased. But Biden runs after Trump instead of running after real criminals who enter US and destroy the nation.

  28. The US government is corrupt. It doesn't matter Who we elect because God made America a blessed strong nation, but America has pushed God out of our government, our schools and our family life, so until Americans AND our leaders repent and ask God for His blessings, guidance and protection, America will continue its Godless corrupt collapse. The MOST important thing for all people to remember is that this fallen Godless world is our temporary home separated from God for a short period of time because of sin, but all people who admit and repent of their sins and believe the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Bible and accept Jesus as their Savior by believing Jesus was God on earth Who died to pay for our sins for us and resurrected from the dead to defeat eternal death for us and believe Jesus is coming back again to set up His eternal kingdom, will be forgiven of their sins and heave eternal life reconciled with God.

    Read the entire Holy Bible for yourself and the entire Gospel of Jesus Christ for yourself in the Holy Bible in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

    THE GOSPEL TRUTH (THE GOOD NEWS) OF JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOR –

    Jesus Christ came down here from heaven, God on earth, to be born one of us His own creation and He lived on earth with us for over three decades and He taught us about God and His eternal heavenly kingdom and repentance and how to live righteously and He lived a perfect sinless life. Then He gave His sinless life to all people from all nations to pay for our sins for us, by dying on the cross and resurrecting from the dead three days later, to take the punishment for our sin for us so that justice was served, to defeat eternal death for us to reconcile us sinners with God to give us eternal life with Him, and after He resurrected from the dead to defeat death for us, He lived on earth for forty more days, speaking to many people, then He ascended back up into heaven and He is coming back again at the end of this world to set up His eternal heavenly kingdom, for all people who repent of their sins and accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior Who died to pay for their sins for them, to live in for the rest of eternity, forgiven of their sins and reconciled with God.

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