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Another stunning video clip of President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden has surfaced and gone viral, just as calls for him to end his reelection bid reach a fever pitch among a growing number of Democratic lawmakers and pundits.
In the clip, the president interacts with a blonde woman in a blue dress at an event and appears to be leaning in to kiss her before Jill Biden intervenes and then leads him away. The other woman bears a striking resemblance to the first lady, leading many to believe Joe Biden mistook the other woman for his wife.
“The incident has reignited chatter on social media about the mental acuity concerns about the US president,” News18 reported.
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OMG Joe thought that woman was Jill.
She had to run and show him it wasn’t her. Watch his face.
— Sara Rose 🇺🇸🌹 (@saras76) July 18, 2024
Social media reactions have drawn mixed responses, with some users finding amusement in what they perceive as a harmless error, while others express concern about its implications for a sitting U.S. president, the outlet noted further.
As Joe Biden faces pressure to drop his re-election bid, one poll suggests that Democrats believe Vice President Kamala Harris would make a good president — despite the fact that she has consistently scored lower approval ratings than the president throughout their term.
According to a recent AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll, over 60% of Democrats think Kamala Harris would be a fine president. Approximately 20% of Democrats disagreed, and an additional 20% say they don’t know enough to comment.
However, during an hour-long live stream on her Instagram account this week, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said that in reality, most members of her party don’t want either Biden or Harris on the ticket.
“I’m going to say what a lot of these people aren’t saying. If you think that there is consensus among the people who want Joe Biden to leave, that they will support Kamala, that they will support Vice President Harris, you would be mistaken,” she said.
“I’m gonna say, what a lot of these folks aren’t saying. I’m just gonna say it. If you think that there is consensus among the people who want Joe Biden to leave, that they will support Kamala – Vice President Harris – you would be mistaken… I’m gonna be honest for them. I’m in these rooms. I see what they say in conversations. A lot of them are not just interested in removing the President. They are interested in removing the whole ticket,” she added.
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Congresswoman @AOC just did a nearly hour long live where she shared her grave concerns with replacing President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee.
Here’s the full video minus the very short intro she did on other work she is doing at the moment. pic.twitter.com/eeVWhRUlwC
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) July 19, 2024
CNN’s Jim Acosta began his broadcast on Thursday claiming that Biden campaign officials are describing the situation as “bleak” following reports that several Democratic leaders, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jefferies (D-N.Y.) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), have called on Biden to end his campaign ahead of the Democratic National Convention next month.
“We begin the hour with Donald Trump‘s seizing the spotlight at the Republican convention while President Biden is grappling with calls to exit the race for the White House,” Acosta said. “Right now, the president is isolating at his house and Delaware after his COVID diagnosis. Pressure is mounting on him this morning to step aside in favor of another democratic candidate to face Trump in November.
“A senior Biden official told me things are looking bleak inside the campaign after reports surfaced that top Democratic lawmakers are leaning on the president to get out of the race. A separate source close to the president told me Biden is, quote, listening, but the source added that the president feels like he is legally the nominee of the party after winning the democratic primary,” Acosta added. “Still, another top DNC official said it seems more and more like a change could happen on the ticket.”
