Donald Trump accepted the GOP presidential nomination on Thursday at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in a speech that described the assassination attempt that could have ended his life just five days earlier before laying out a sweeping populist agenda, the Associated Press reports.
Trump’s agenda was led by what he promises would be the largest deportation operation in U.S. history. He also teased new tariffs on trade and an “America first” foreign policy.
Meanwhile, President Joe Biden is facing the stark reality that many Democrats at the highest levels want him to consider how stepping aside from the 2024 election to make way for a new nominee atop the ticket could be the party’s best chance of preventing widespread losses in November, according to the Associated Press.
Isolated with a COVID infection, Biden’s already small circle of confidants before his debate fumbling has downsized further. The Biden For President campaign is calling an all-staff meeting today. At the same time, the Democratic National Committee’s rulemaking arm expects to meet, pressing ahead with plans for a virtual roll call before Aug. 7 to nominate the presidential pick prior to the party’s convention later in the month in Chicago.
Amid the turmoil, a majority of Democrats think Vice President Kamala Harris would make a good president herself. A new poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that about six in 10 Democrats believe Harris would do a good job in the top slot. About two in 10 Democrats don’t believe she would, and another two in 10 say they don’t know enough to say.
Among Democrats nationwide, nearly two-thirds say Biden should step aside and let his party nominate a different candidate, according to an AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll. That sharply undercuts Biden’s post-debate claim that “average Democrats” are still with him.
