two weeks, I was overwhelmed Democratic Party. Suddenly everything stopped.
Several Democrats said Saturday attempted assassination former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania will stop any efforts to replace President Joe Biden. At least for now.
“I think it’s over,” said a Biden ally. “You just lose all momentum.”
Before shots rang out at the event — which injured Trump, killed one attendee and wounded another — Biden was on a damage control tour following the disastrous June 27 presidential debate. As the presumptive Democratic nominee as Biden tries to quell calls for his ouster, he held caucus calls with House Democrats on Saturday to address concerns. On the contrary, he left many elected officials ineffective.
“They were having a really bad political day and then we had this supernova. Now, it’s frozen,” said the longtime Democratic strategist who has been involved in multiple presidential campaigns. “If you’re a lawyer: ‘How do we tell an old man it’s time to go?’ – It is very difficult to convey this conversation to the public. This event is currently blocking the sun.”
Instead of waiting for the possibility of more calls to withdraw from Congress, Biden took the stage as president, addressing the nation in a live televised address condemning the violence.
“This kind of violence has no place in America; it’s sick, it’s sick,” Biden said. And then, returning to one of the main themes from when he first ran for office in 2019, he said: “This is one of the reasons we have to unite this country.”
After the Trump rally violence, Biden’s operation put the brakes on politics. In the immediate aftermath of the incident, the Biden campaign suspended “outbound communications” and tried to quickly remove the TV ads, a campaign official said. The Democratic National Committee has similarly suspended television ads and billboard ads attacking Trump.
The Biden campaign also told staffers to “refrain from making any comments on social media or in public” and to “cease any proactive campaign communications on all platforms and in all circumstances until we know more,” according to NBC News.
The email said police in Wilmington, Delaware, have beefed up security outside the campaign headquarters “for the foreseeable future” and that starting at 6 a.m. Sunday, private security guards will be stationed “on every floor.”
Another Biden ally said it would rub off on anyone in the Democratic Party trying to urge the sitting president to step aside while in the middle of the crisis.
“Most likely, the attempts to oust Biden are over. He is not going to step aside voluntarily at this moment,” said the second ally. “Biden has shown he will fight.”
All came in one background a growing chorus of MPs He called on Biden to refuse to run. This was on top of the number of donors turned off the plug After the debate, Biden repeatedly faltered, sometimes even struggling to finish sentences. Those who did last week It was part of Biden’s re-election effort He expressed doubts that Biden has a way.
All along, critics bid time if they tried to oust Biden from his seat. The Democratic National Convention is scheduled for mid-August, and virtual voting for the nomination is expected to take place weeks earlier.
In the near term, Democrats were trying to claw back another issue late Saturday as Republicans tried to shift the blame for the violence against Trump on their rhetoric. In social media posts, some Republicans blasted Biden for using the phrase “Put Trump in the bullseye” at a campaign event.
“Look, we have about 40 days left for the congress and 120 days for the election, and we can’t waste more time with distractions. I have one job, and that is to defeat Donald Trump. … I’m pretty sure I’m the best person to do it.” Biden said in a private call with donors on Monday. “So we’re done talking about the debate. It’s time to put Trump in the bull’s eye. He got away with bragging about points he didn’t score for the last 10 days by doing nothing but driving around in a golf cart.”
Republicans make the accusation after years of Democrats fomenting anger, division and even violence against Republicans, and especially Trump, during the Jan. 6, 2001, attack on the Capitol. On January 6, supporters threatened to hang Trump’s vice president, Mike Pence. Trump called later they are “patriots”.
Biden first started his campaign after that Riots in Charlottesville, Virginia white supremacists and neo-Nazis took to the streets carrying torches and chanting hate speech. It was Trump widely criticized for comments putting down far-right figures. At the time, Biden said he wanted to restore “the soul of America” and unite a hyper-divided country.
“There were wonderful people on both sides” Trump said after Charlottesville. “You had people in that group protesting the removal of a very, very important statue and renaming the park after Robert E. Lee. You had people—I’m not talking about neo-Nazis and white nationalists; they are absolutely to be condemned – you had a lot of people in that group besides neo-nazis and white nationalists.