With President Joe Biden offering his endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris as a replacement nominee, a senior Democratic official tells CNN they believe other party elders will follow suit.
The official said that the Democrats can “use this moment to bring the party together and return the contrast to Donald Trump.”
A second senior Democratic official, who has been in close touch with former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other leaders during this deepening crisis over the last three weeks, said Democratic elected officials and others will rally behind Harris.
“People will unite behind Harris,” a senior Democratic official tells CNN. “Who would run against her?”
President Joe Biden’s final decision to leave the race was reached in the last 48 hours, a senior campaign adviser said, as he consulted family and top advisers by telephone.
He did not have a final in-person meeting with his top campaign or White House advisers as he recovered from Covid-19 at his beach home in Rehoboth, Delaware.
The adviser said the president “was not dug in,” but was studying all of the data coming in and became convinced he would “weigh down” the ticket and be a distraction and complication to defeat former President Donald Trump.
CNN
