President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance Wednesday on a Democratic National Committee call, reiterating to staffers that they are in this fight for reelection together, according to three people familiar with the matter who were given anonymity to discuss the private conversation. Biden told campaign call “I’m in the race to the end.”
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- Biden and Harris Reaffirm Reelection Fight in Surprise DNC Call
- President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance on a Democratic National Committee call on Wednesday.
- During the call, they reiterated their commitment to the reelection campaign, emphasizing the stakes of the election.
- Biden echoed his post-debate comments, saying that when he gets knocked down, he gets back up and plans to win the election.
- The call served as a pep talk for the staff, aiming to bolster morale amid rising concerns about Biden’s performance.
- Biden and Harris’s message was clear: “Let’s go win this.”
- Campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon and campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez announced that the campaign would host more frequent all-staff calls to keep everyone updated and energized.
- Staffers were encouraged to amplify the president’s engagements and remind people of the choices in the upcoming election.
The Associated Press has the story:
Biden & Harris reaffirm reelection fight in a surprise DNC call after debate flop
Newslooks- WASHINGTON (AP) —
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance Wednesday on a Democratic National Committee call, reiterating to staffers that they are in this fight for reelection together, according to three people familiar with the matter who were given anonymity to discuss the private conversation. Biden told campaign call “I’m in the race to the end.” The people said it was a pep talk, stressing the stakes of the election and returning to Biden’s previous post-debates comments that when he gets knocked down he gets back up and still plans to win the election. Democrats have raised increasingly urgent questions about Biden’s ability to remain in the race, much less win in November, after his shaky debate performance.
Biden and Harris called into the Biden campaign’s all-staff call today, a source familiar with the call says. The source described it as a “pep talk” in which Biden and Harris detailed the stakes of the election. Biden reiterated that when you get knocked down, you get back up — a familiar refrain from the past week. “Let’s go win this,” Biden said, according to the source.
In an email to staff earlier this morning obtained by AP, campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon and campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez said the campaign would be hosting more all-staff calls “more frequently” as they called on staff to “help everyone understand the full picture on the president’s support,” to “amplify the president’s engagements and our grassroots energy,” and to “remind people of the choice.”
