Biden loyalists dismiss calls to quit in frenetic weekend blitz
Published in Political News
Biden’s team also has few alternatives as long as the president wants to remain in the race, necessitating a posture in which staffers must stake their credibility and legacies to not further diminish a wounded candidate.
Forcing Biden from the ticket is virtually impossible under Democratic Party rules, and the president and his allies have decades of connections throughout Washington, including personal friendships with top lawmakers.
Those who publicly denounce Biden risk the fury of their peers and longtime exile from the party, even if Biden proves unable to recover.
Anita Dunn, the White House official and longtime Democratic operative who sits at the center of Biden’s messaging operation, laughed when asked on MSNBC about critics who believed she and her team had arrogantly insisted “they know what they are doing” only for Biden to fumble his performance.
“Well, that’s a shock,” Dunn replied sarcastically. “That has never happened to the Biden operation the entire time I’ve been involved in it.”
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(With assistance from Skylar Woodhouse.)
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