Biden Considers Ending Presidential Re-Election Campaign, Report Says

President Joe Biden has reportedly admitted he will have to end his re-election campaign if he fails to convince voters he is up to the task after his disappointing performance in last week’s debate against Donald Trump.

A key ally of the president said The New York Times that even if Biden remains committed to the race, his next crucial public appearances could shape his plans for 2024.

Biden is scheduled to speak with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos on Friday before heading to key swing states in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

“He knows that if there are two more events like this, we will be in a different situation” by the end of the weekend, according to the ally, speaking anonymously to The temperature.

White House principal deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said The Independent “This statement is absolutely false.”

“If the New York Times “If we had more than seven minutes to comment, we would have told them,” he added.

A Biden campaign spokesperson said The Independent that the report is “false”.

But an ally also told CNN that Biden remains “lucid” about his viability after his abysmal debate performance.

“Polls are plummeting, fundraising is drying up and interviews are going badly,” the source told the outlet. “He’s not unconscious.”

The comments appear to be the first from within Biden’s camp to suggest the president is considering dropping out of the race, as polls show him losing a significant lead in his rematch with his twice-impeached and convicted Republican rival.

The Biden campaign team and White House chief of staff Jeff Zients each held all-hands meetings with staff on Wednesday.

The president is also scheduled to meet with Democratic governors at the White House on Wednesday, as Democratic officials across the country worry that the president’s dwindling chances of victory could jeopardize other smaller Democratic races.

Editorials in major newspapers and prominent allies have argued that the president should end his reelection campaign, or that his campaign and the Democratic Party should seriously address the plummeting poll numbers and growing concerns about the president’s age and future.

Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas is the first Democratic member of Congress to urge Biden to quit the race, warning in a statement Tuesday that “too much is at stake to risk a Trump victory” and that it is “too great a risk to assume that what couldn’t be reversed in a year, what wasn’t reversed in the debate, can be reversed now.”

Former President Barack Obama, who had a close relationship with his former vice president, has also reportedly privately expressed concerns about Biden’s re-election chances.

“I think it’s a legitimate question to say, ‘Is this an episode or is this a condition,'” former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told MSNBC on Tuesday.

In an editorial for NewsweekFormer Democratic Congressman Tim Ryan has called on Vice President Kamala Harris to replace Biden as the party’s nominee.

White House staff and others have also reportedly been unnerved by Hunter Biden’s presence at the White House in recent days. Spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Tuesday that Hunter had traveled with his father from Camp David to the White House and had participated in meetings to prepare Biden’s response to a sweeping Supreme Court ruling that granted Trump some immunity from criminal prosecution.

Biden’s intensive preparations for the debate followed several back-to-back trips to Europe. But he spent time with his family and advisers for six days, never starting before 11 a.m., and his team allowed Biden time to nap each afternoon, according to The temperature.

“I didn’t have the best night,” Biden joked to supporters at a campaign event Tuesday night. “I decided to go around the world a few times, crossing I don’t know how many time zones — I think there were about 50 — in the two weeks leading up to the debate.”

“And I didn’t listen to my team,” he added. “And I came back and fell asleep on stage.”

In a relatively forceful campaign speech the day after the debate, Biden admitted that he doesn’t speak and debate as well as he used to, but “I know what I know. I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong. I know how to do this job,” he said.