Joe Biden DOES Have Friends……
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is calling on Democrats to end the “circular firing squad” after two weeks of a public debate over whether President Biden should continue his presidential campaign after his disastrous June 27 debate performance.
“Enough! Mr. Biden may not be the ideal candidate, but he will be the candidate and should be the candidate. And with an effective campaign that speaks to the needs of working families, he will not only defeat Mr. Trump but beat him badly. It’s time for Democrats to stop the bickering and nit-picking,” Sanders wrote in a New York Times op-ed on Saturday.
Sanders has stood by the president even as many Democrats, including 19 Congressional Democrats, have called on him to stand down after the June 27 debate. During the debate, Biden stumbled over his words and sounded raspy, setting off a conversation within the party about replacing him. Since the debate, Sanders has repeatedly pointed to Biden’s accomplishments in office…
image….Alex Brandon, Associated Press