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The Democratic president has contracted the virus at the most inopportune time, amid mounting pressure from his own party to abandon the race for the White House. Biden has thus left the door open, if a doctor tells him to withdraw his candidacy.
Joe Biden tested positive for Covid on Wednesday, an infection that is arriving in the most inconvenient moment for the President of the United States, who has been forced to cancel a campaign event he had planned for next Wednesday in Las Vegas, as pressure continues to grow from within his own party for him to step aside and abandon the race for the White House.
The Democratic president, who had just said in an interview that he would retire if a doctor told him he had a health problem, has tested positive while campaigning in the key state of Nevada, despite having only “mild symptoms” and not having a fever, the White House said. However, he boarded Air Force One looking weary and has canceled pre-campaign events scheduled for today.
The president said in an interview hours earlier that he would reconsider his decision to continue his campaign if a doctor diagnosed him with a serious medical problem, the first time he has left the door open to abandoning his candidacy.
The news comes at a very delicate time for Biden, with pressure mounting on him to withdraw his candidacy from the election. November electionsIn recent hours, influential Democratic lawmaker Adam Schiff has publicly urged him to “pass the baton.”
Democrats are worried, while Republicans, united, have supported Trump and his future vice president, James David Vance (JD Vance) The Republican candidate officially accepted the nomination a few hours ago.
Source: EITB
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