Biden Now ‘Receptive’ To Ending Presidential Campaign, Greenlighting Harris For Nomination: Report

President Joe Biden is now reportedly being “receptive” to the idea of ending his presidential campaign and greenlighting the way for Vice President Kamala Harris to be the party’s nominee.

Multiple sources within the Democrat Party told CNN that the tone of discussions with Biden are beginning to change as more and more Democrats urge him to step down.

“The private conversations with the Hill are continuing,” a top Democrat adviser told CNN. “He’s being receptive. Not as defiant as he is publicly.”

“He’s gone from saying, ‘Kamala can’t win,’ to ‘Do you think Kamala can win?'” the adviser said. “It’s still unclear where he’s going to land but seems to be listening.”

Biden said in an interview released on Wednesday that he would be open to the idea of stepping down if he was diagnosed with a “medical condition.”

The news comes as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) reportedly urged Biden in a private meeting to end his re-election campaign.

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) publicly called on Biden to end his campaign early on Wednesday, saying that the U.S. was “at a crossroads.”

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“A second Trump presidency will undermine the very foundation of our democracy, and I have serious concerns about whether the President can defeat Donald Trump in November,” he said.

He acknowledged that while Biden was the one who had to make the decision, it was time for him “to pass the torch” and “secure his legacy of leadership” by allowing another Democrat the opportunity to beat Trump.

“I will do everything I can to help them succeed,” Schiff said. “There is only one singular goal: defeating Donald Trump. The stakes are just too high.”

Trump Camp Trolls Biden Team Over VP Debate: ‘Unfair’ To Commit When ‘We Don’t Know’ Who It Will Be

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign team trolled President Joe Biden over the possibility that he could drop out of the race entirely, claiming it was “unfair” to commit to a vice presidential debate when no one could be certain who the candidate would be.

Wall Street Journal White House reporter Ken Thomas posted the news Wednesday afternoon on X that CBS had set a date for a potential match-up between current Vice President Kamala Harris and Trump’s newly-selected running mate, Senator JD Vance (R-OH).

“Biden-Harris campaign official says VP Harris has accepted a date of Mon Aug. 12th for the CBS VP debate with JD Vance,” he said.

Biden-Harris campaign official says VP Harris has accepted a date of Mon Aug. 12th for the CBS VP debate with JD Vance.

— Ken Thomas (@KThomasDC) July 17, 2024

Later on Wednesday afternoon, the Trump campaign released an official response: “We don’t know who the Democrat nominee for Vice President is going to be, so we can’t lock in a date before their convention. To do so would be unfair to Gavin Newsom, JB Pritzker, Gretchen Whitmer, or whoever Kamala Harris picks as her running mate.”

NEW: Trump campaign responds re: Vice Presidential debates.

“We don’t know who the Democrat nominee for Vice President is going to be, so we can’t lock in a date before their convention. To do so would be unfair to Gavin Newsom, JB Pritzker, Gretchen Whitmer, or whoever Kamala…

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) July 17, 2024

Ever since President Biden stumbled through his late-June debate with Trump, calls for him to bow out of the race — from members of his own party — have grown louder and louder. A series of gaffe-filled interviews later, and the number of Democrats who want Biden replaced on the presidential ticket has risen to nearly two-thirds, according to a recent AP-NORC poll. Actor George Clooney — who just did a fundraiser for Biden a month earlier — wrote an op-ed saying that it was time for Biden to go, and even Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) called on the president to step aside on Wednesday.

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Trump, on the other hand, told Fox News host Sean Hannity that he thought Biden might stick it out: “[He] may very well stay, and he’s got an ego, and he doesn’t want to quit. … He’s going to feel badly about himself for a long time. It’s hard to give it up that way, the way where they’re trying to force him out.”

Biden has repeatedly vowed to stay in the race, but did concede during a recent BET interview that he would consider dropping out of the race “if I had some medical condition that emerged.” A short time after that interview excerpt circulated, the White House confirmed that Biden had once again tested positive for COVID.

I’m sick

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 17, 2024