{"id":34771,"date":"2024-07-10T13:46:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T20:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=34771"},"modified":"2024-07-10T13:46:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T20:46:02","slug":"live-election-updates-biden-faces-more-calls-to-drop-out-as-allies-remain-uneasy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/07\/10\/live-election-updates-biden-faces-more-calls-to-drop-out-as-allies-remain-uneasy\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Election Updates: Biden Faces More Calls to Drop Out as Allies Remain Uneasy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u00a0July 10, 2024, 4:38 p.m. ET (NYTimes.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

George Clooney, a Biden fund-raiser, and Representative Pat Ryan, a vulnerable New York Democrat, said President Biden should step aside. Representative Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker and a longtime ally, appeared to ignore Mr. Biden\u2019s insistence he\u2019s running and said he must decide soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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President Biden at the NATO Summit in Washington on Wednesday.Credit…Doug Mills\/The New York Times<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

July 10, 2024, 4:01 p.m. ET38 minutes ago<\/strong>38 minutes ago<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Annie Karni<\/a> and Chris Cameron<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pelosi is the most senior Democrat to signal he could still drop out. Here\u2019s the latest.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

President Biden on Wednesday faced a fresh wave of pressure to end his campaign or rethink his decision to run for re-election, as Democrats from Hollywood to Capitol Hill aired grave concerns that he is set to lose to former President Donald J. Trump in November and drag his party\u2019s chance of controlling Congress down with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the former House speaker and a longtime Biden ally, gave the strongest public signal yet that Democrats are still divided on Mr. Biden\u2019s insistence that he is staying in the race, saying that \u201ctime is running short\u201d for him to make a decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking on MSNBC\u2019s \u201cMorning Joe,\u201d Ms. Pelosi, 84, said that she would back Mr. Biden<\/a>, \u201cwhatever he decides.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Biden, 81, has said his mind is made up about continuing his campaign and scheduled a sit-down interview for Monday with NBC News<\/a>, his second major network interview since his poor debate performance last month. He has called on Democrats to come together behind him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hours after Ms. Pelosi\u2019s comments, Representative Pat Ryan of New York, one of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents, said Mr. Biden should drop out \u201cfor the good of the country,\u201d becoming the eighth House Democrat<\/a> to publicly do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And George Clooney, the Hollywood actor who last month hosted a $28 million fund-raiser in Hollywood for Mr. Biden, added his voice to the calls for the president to end his candidacy, saying in a New York Times guest essay<\/a> that he had seen Mr. Biden\u2019s decline up close. \u201cIt\u2019s devastating to say it, but the Joe Biden I was with three weeks ago at the fund-raiser was not the Joe \u2018big F-ing deal<\/a>\u2019 Biden of 2010,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, who campaigned for Mr. Biden<\/a> in several swing states over the weekend, reiterated at a news conference that he remains \u201call in\u201d with the president. \u201cThe support on the ground was demonstrable,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s where I am. That\u2019s where I stand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even so, the drumbeat of skepticism about Mr. Biden\u2019s viability among lawmakers, donors and party officials has only grown louder. His defiant public refusals to withdraw early this week appeared to freeze many Democrats in place, sapping momentum for a mass move to push him aside, but they hardly rallied nervous Democrats around his candidacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, on Wednesday told reporters: \u201cI am deeply concerned about Joe Biden winning this November.\u201d He said the party had to \u201creach a conclusion as soon as possible\u201d while still reiterating that he supported Mr. Biden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senator Peter Welch, Democrat of Vermont, said that his hope was that \u201cthe concerns that are being expressed are being heard, even if not yet acknowledged.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added: \u201cI want him to look at the evidence and make a hard decision. He\u2019s earned that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s what to know:<\/p>\n\n\n\n