Democrats are considering expediting formally nominating President Joe Biden as the party’s presidential nominee in an effort to stave off growing calls from within the party and the media for him to step down following last week’s disastrous debate.

Bloomberg News reported that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) is considering moving the formal nomination from August to July 21 when the convention’s committee meets virtually.

The move to expedite the 81-year-old’s formal nomination prior to the convention was expected so that Biden could appear on Ohio’s ballot, which has an August 7 deadline.

“It allows the party to further coalesce around their nominee even as insiders call for him to step aside for a new candidate after his rocky June 27 debate performance,” the report said. “In the days since the debate, Biden’s allies have struck a defiant tone, angrily dismissing calls for the oldest president in US history to end his reelection bid.”

Biden’s allies — who are often as old or older than he is — defended him on cable news shows over the weekend following his horrible showing at last week’s debate which resulted in establishment media organizations demanding that he resign.

Biden’s poll numbers have gone from bad to worse following the debate with most polls showing a 2-4 point move to former President Donald Trump.

Statistician Nate Silver said that Biden’s debate performance was starting to have a noticeable impact on his re-election chances as his win probability sank from 34.7% before the debate to just 27.6% now.

7/1 model update.

Debate beginning to take a real bite out of Biden. pic.twitter.com/lSESmUd4JZ

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) July 1, 2024

President Joe Biden struggled on Monday in his first remarks since his disastrous debate performance last week and refused to answer all questions from reporters.

Biden’s remarks came in response to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling this week that presidents are immune from criminal prosecution for official acts they make as president, but not official conduct.

Critics noticed that Biden, who only managed to be able off a teleprompter for about four minutes before having to call it quits, came to the press looking orange after he appeared a pasty white color during last week’s debate.

“This nation was founded on the principle that there are no kings in America. Each of us is equal before the law. No one, no one is above the law, not even the president of the United States,” Biden said. “But today’s Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity, that fundamentally changed. For all practical purposes, today’s decision almost certainly means that there are virtually no limits on what the president can do. This is a fundamentally new principle and it’s a dangerous precedent.”

Biden’s claim is false, the Supreme Court ruling made clear that there are limits of what a president can do legally, specifically immunity only applies for official actions that fall within the “outer perimeter” of the President’s official responsibilities so long as they are “not manifestly or palpably beyond his authority.”

“This decision today has continued the court’s attack in recent years on a wide range of long established legal principles in our nation,” Biden said in attacking the legitimacy of the nation’s highest Court. “From gutting voting rights and civil rights to away a woman’s right to choose to today’s decision that undermines the rule of law of this nation.”

Biden — whose polling numbers have gone from bad to worse following his debate loss against former President Donald Trump — used the power of his office to push for Trump’s election criminal trial to happen before the upcoming presidential election.

“I know I will respect the limits of the presidential powers, I have for three and a half years,” Biden claimed. “But any president, including Donald Trump, will now be free to ignore the law. I concur with Justice Sotomayor’s dissent today. Here’s what she said, she said, ‘in every use of visual power, the president is now a king above law, with fear for our democracy I dissent.’ End of quote. So should the American people dissent. I dissent.”

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President Biden full statement on U.S. Supreme Court Immunity Ruling: "This is a fundamentally new principle and it's a dangerous precedent. The power of the office will no longer be constrained by the law…The only limits will be self-imposed by the president alone." pic.twitter.com/ltEeIdwQkc

— CSPAN (@cspan) July 2, 2024