NPR’s Montanaro: If Joe Biden Wants to Run, He’s Going to Run

DESJARDINS President Biden is ░░░░░░░░ more calls for him ░░░░░░░░ jump out of the ░░░░░░░░ race following a disappointing ░░░░░░░░ performance last week Today ░░░░░░░░ Democratic congresswoman Angie Craig ░░░░░░░░ declared Biden should step ░░░░░░░░ as the party s ░░░░░░░░ citing the debate and ░░░░░░░░ words since stating she ░░░░░░░░ not believe he can ░░░░░░░░ against Donald Trump PBS ░░░░░░░░ has spoken with major ░░░░░░░░ donors and members of ░░░░░░░░ today who are privately ░░░░░░░░ the same call This ░░░░░░░░ Biden sitting down yesterday ░░░░░░░░ a television interview to ░░░░░░░░ those concerns The president ░░░░░░░░ ABC s George Stephanapolous ░░░░░░░░ thinks he can win ░░░░░░░░ does not plan on ░░░░░░░░ out Domenico Montanaro is ░░░░░░░░ s senior political editor ░░░░░░░░ correspondent and Kadia Goba ░░░░░░░░ political Reporter for Semafor ░░░░░░░░ my good colleagues who ░░░░░░░░ politics so well I ░░░░░░░░ to first talk about ░░░░░░░░ I ve talked to ░░░░░░░░ two members of Congress ░░░░░░░░ a major donor today ░░░░░░░░ praised Biden to me ░░░░░░░░ said sadly time for ░░░░░░░░ B This even after ░░░░░░░░ went to such lengths ░░░░░░░░ try to explain what ░░░░░░░░ at the debate Clip ░░░░░░░░ Biden It came to ░░░░░░░░ I was having a ░░░░░░░░ night when I realized ░░░░░░░░ even when I was ░░░░░░░░ questions and they turned ░░░░░░░░ mic off he was ░░░░░░░░ shouting and I let ░░░░░░░░ distract me I am ░░░░░░░░ blaming it on that ░░░░░░░░ I realized that I ░░░░░░░░ wasn t in control ░░░░░░░░ ends DESJARDINS Kadia I ░░░░░░░░ it drives voters crazy ░░░░░░░░ we use these anonymous ░░░░░░░░ but this is a ░░░░░░░░ delicate moment the White ░░░░░░░░ is trying to reassure ░░░░░░░░ but what s your ░░░░░░░░ on how much the ░░░░░░░░ may be moving the ░░░░░░░░ way GOBA Yeah Lisa ░░░░░░░░ is delicate I think ░░░░░░░░ problem that Biden is ░░░░░░░░ is that members of ░░░░░░░░ who were considering or ░░░░░░░░ whether or not they ░░░░░░░░ ask him to step ░░░░░░░░ from running weren t ░░░░░░░░ after that last interview ░░░░░░░░ I spoke to some ░░░░░░░░ my sources they say ░░░░░░░░ were not surprised that ░░░░░░░░ Craig came out and ░░░░░░░░ expect the floodgates to ░░░░░░░░ once members of Congress ░░░░░░░░ next week So I ░░░░░░░░ we will hear more ░░░░░░░░ come out and say ░░░░░░░░ same thing MONTANARO I ░░░░░░░░ it does depend on ░░░░░░░░ they do hear from ░░░░░░░░ constituents But to be ░░░░░░░░ with you it has ░░░░░░░░ a week of this ░░░░░░░░ and Joe Biden is ░░░░░░░░ control of his own ░░░░░░░░ If he wants to ░░░░░░░░ he is going to ░░░░░░░░ Now he did say ░░░░░░░░ heard that clip where ░░░░░░░░ said you know if ░░░░░░░░ Lord Almighty came down ░░░░░░░░ told me Joe you ░░░░░░░░ t run then I ░░░░░░░░ t run But the ░░░░░░░░ who are a bit ░░░░░░░░ in control of this ░░░░░░░░ also it appears are ░░░░░░░░ Democratic leaders in Congress ░░░░░░░░ Joe Biden trusts people ░░░░░░░░ Nancy Pelosi the former ░░░░░░░░ Speaker Hakeem Jeffries the ░░░░░░░░ leader and Jim Clyburn ░░░░░░░░ really all but helped ░░░░░░░░ Biden win the South ░░░░░░░░ primary and propelled him ░░░░░░░░ the 2020 denomination But ░░░░░░░░ of them so far ░░░░░░░░ supportive of Joe Biden ░░░░░░░░ they are not going ░░░░░░░░ push to have him ░░░░░░░░ then he is not ░░░░░░░░ to get out of ░░░░░░░░ race and at a ░░░░░░░░ point it will feel ░░░░░░░░ overkill and the Democratic ░░░░░░░░ will have to figure ░░░░░░░░ how they re gonna ░░░░░░░░ of coalesce back together ░░░░░░░░ be able to beat ░░░░░░░░ Trump.”