U.S. President Joe Biden this week plans to meet with Democratic governors and lawmakers, travel to two battleground states and sit for his first televised interview since his disastrous debate performance in an attempt to reassure anxious supporters.
The peril Biden faces as he presses on with his reelection bid only heightened on Tuesday, when Lloyd Doggett of Texas became the first sitting U.S. House Democrat to call on him to exit the race, and new polls showed the president’s support fading.
That underscored the need for Biden to do more to close his party’s ranks.
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