An electoral debate last night between the three Democratic candidates competing to represent the District 12 of New York in the National Capitol agreed on the need to change the controversial state bail laws established in 2020. But it offered an interesting twist when asked if Joe Biden should seek a second presidential term in
The veteran representative Carolyn Maloney, who has held that seat since 2013, predicted that this will not happen. “I don’t think (Biden) will run for re-election,” he said when debating on NY1 News with fellow congressman Jerry Nadler and attorney Suraj Patel.
“Maloney’s outspokenness could serve as a warning to fellow Democrats who are turning away from Biden heading into the 2019 midterm elections. November,” commented New York Post.
Nadler, responding to the same question, “Should President Biden run again in 2024?” he was less direct but also did not commit to supporting his party’s de facto leader. “It’s too early to tell,” he said. “It doesn’t serve the purposes of the Democratic Party to deal with it until after the midterms.”
Patel was the only one who answered : “Yes”, in support of President Biden, who has faced accidental falls and health problems -including two recent Covid infections- 19-, while accumulating negative numbers in the polls
A recent Gallup poll concluded that 60% of Americans disapprove of his job performance less than two years into office, the lowest rating of any modern president, including former presidents Jimmy Carter and Donald Trump, the last to they lost the elections when seeking re-election in 1980 and 2022.
In addition, Biden has been the oldest president to reach the White House. Americans also blame the president for policies that have led to a dismal economy plagued by inflation, rising gas and housing prices.
The high cost of gasoline has been impacting historical inflation in the US for months and experts warn that it would be causing a world recession.
Biden was also criticized even by his own party for recently visiting Saudi Arabia, an oil kingdom questioned in terms of human rights, including in 2013 the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a contributor to The Washington Post.