WASHINGTON—Governors who met with President Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday expressed their support for him after their discussions about Democratic Party leadership.
“The governors have his back,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who chairs the Democratic Governors Association, told reporters at the White House after the meeting.
“A path to victory in November is the number one priority, and that’s the number one priority of the president,” he said, adding that the conversation with President Biden was “honest.”
Some governors attended the meeting in person, while others participated virtually. Among those traveled to the White House were Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Vice President Kamala Harris was also in attendance.
The meeting occurred after a number of Democrat lawmakers, media organizations, and pundits called on President Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential election following his debate with former President Donald Trump last week.
Mr. Newsom and Ms. Whitmer, who are frequently mentioned in media reports as potential successors to President Biden, expressed their support for the president.
“I heard three words from the President tonight—he’s all in. And so am I. @JoeBiden’s had our back. Now it’s time to have his,” Mr. Newsom wrote on X after the meeting.
“@JoeBiden is our nominee. He is in it to win it and I support him,” Ms. Whitmer stated.
Meanwhile, President Biden in a campaign email to supporters on Wednesday made it clear that he intends to stay in the 2024 race.
The emailed message echoed what the president reportedly told his campaign staff during an internal call the same day.
“So, let me say this as clearly and simply as I can: I’m running,” President Biden wrote in the email.
“I’m the Democratic Party’s nominee. No one is pushing me out. I’m not leaving, I’m in this race to the end, and WE are going to win this election.”
It was the first email since the June 27 debate that the Biden team had sent from the president to his supporters, using his words to state that he’s not caving to pressure. The email was sent as part of a campaign to raise more funds, primarily from grassroots donors.
When asked during a press briefing on Wednesday if President Biden was considering stepping down, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, “Absolutely not.”
“The president is clear-eyed, and he is staying in the race. That is what the president has promised to do,” Ms. Jean-Pierre said.
To address concerns that arose following the debate, Ms. Jean-Pierre said the president also spoke this week with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), as well as Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.).
President Biden will travel to Wisconsin on July 4 for a campaign event, where he will sit down for an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos.
Next week, he will host the NATO summit in Washington. This year’s summit comes amid increased aggression from Russia and China. It also holds special significance as it marks the alliance’s 75th anniversary.
President Biden is planning to hold a press conference during the summit, the White House said.
Today thanks to Joe and his Orwellian Big Brother acts of American doublespeak,,,,,”War is Peace”, “Freedom is slavery”, “Ignorance is strength, age depleted brains become geniuses, and Presidential noonday sleep-in’s become productive American leadership. Double speak today is knowing something is untruthful, but forgetting this and soon believing it is true, and then forgetting that you have forgotten. Whatever the party says is true and becomes true, until the unreality becomes so intolerable and destructive, it can no longer be denied which requires the absolute rewriting of history, because he who controls the past controls the future and he who controls the present controls the past. Joe and his puppet master reality deniers in Democrat doublespeak seek to control our minds in double-think where your get totally convinced by their corrupt media that the big lies are true. Calling the 2020 election as honest and above board, that resulted in the USA being led by a Democrat party double-speaking , double-think age depleted non compus mentis politically programmed puppet, is their greatest party accomplishment. Unfortunately for the Democrats and their reality double-speak governors, when beguiling snakes like Joe try to shed their skin when election cycles come around, it is the scales of Justice that appear, when the scales fall off the eyes of the American deceived, and THE PEOPLE head for the polls for a rattlesnake round up.
They took what they read in the 1984 novel, and made it a mantra.
“Democrat Governors Rally Behind Biden”
This is more proof that Democrats are dumb as rocks. Why would anyone support and vote for the treasonous, destructive, corrupt, senile, demented, puppet,
liar Joe Beijing OBiden?? 🙁 🙁 🙁
Democrats must have a death wish and/or consumed by Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is a mental condition in which a person has been driven effectively insane due to their unjustified hatred of Donald Trump, to the point they will abandon all logic and reason.
My border collie was smarter than the whole foolish lot.
Joe has a lot of Bordering things similar to your Border Collie,,,,,he may not know how to protect the border, but he does border on mental insanity with an I.Q. about 40 points lower than your Collie.
I’ll bet he never got rich in a government job.
The whole lot is a cowardly bunch of sycophantic, obedient, gubment FOOLS. They do what they are told to do and say what they are told to say. Yes Sir, No Sir. Whatever you say, Sir/Ma’am. It’s a close competition for number one fool – Grewsome and Harris. Both idiots.
IF and when trump wins, he should Punish the LOT.. Just like we did with germans at Nuremburg.
MERELY “I was just following orders”< IS NO Excuse.
“Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz…told reporters at the White House…that the conversation with President Biden was “honest.” ”
I’m so sure that it was. I think it’s going to take being “brutally honest” to save the Democrats from continually making complete fools of themselves going forward.
If they haven’t watched or sought out real information on the subject perhaps they caught a few moments from the “debate”?
IT’S OVER!
Let’s start acting like Russia, Tehran and China may have noticed.
Like most presidents, Bidens approach to leadership appears to be with a team and delegation of duties. Both these guys older but who will use the team may be an important question. There is evidence floating around that both these guys have good and bad days. Suppose it’s wise to finger point if you’re trying to win. Selecting SCOTUS in manner that he did may have been key to how situation got to where it is now. Hopefully federal career employees come out well. Many fired last Trump administration. Hopefully White House Interns keep the same flavor. This empire coming strong and appear to have right pieces in place. Sure, Governors should support Biden. For Dems. he’s guy who help get things where they are. Employment, health care and average Joes upward mobility pretty good. No disrespect, but past 150 years a US remnant pushing their agenda, and all entitled to an opinion. This crowd may feel really close to what they call progress. I’m really sad so many (Religious Right and conservative evangelicals) have abandoned some of the beatitudes and Jesus’s principles. Many have forgotten, we are all US citizens with ancestors who settled here for whatever reasons. We have more in common than we’re willing to admit. I believe the Bible is right and feel bad so many of us want to turn a corner going the other way.