At his weekly press briefing on Thursday, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) spoke about President Biden's candidacy.
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00:00Peter Jeffries, President Biden has said he's staying in this race, but after your conversations
00:05throughout this week, do you think it's time for him to reconsider that based on what you
00:10are hearing?
00:11Our conversations have been candid, comprehensive, and clear-eyed, and they are ongoing.
00:16Peter Jeffries, you said that- Hold on, hold on.
00:20Right there, you.
00:21Thank you, Peter Jeffries.
00:22I do want to ask, so you have another frontliner coming out today, Congresswoman Hillary Scalton,
00:23calling for Biden to step aside.
00:24You have Greg Lansman saying that he's coming closer to that conclusion.
00:33Are you worried that Biden is a liability for your most vulnerable members?
00:37No.
00:38Do you think that Democrats still have a path to winning back the House if Biden stays at
00:44the top of the ticket?
00:45House Democrats will win back control of the House of Representatives on November 5th and
00:53vacate the extreme MAGA Republican majority as long as we are able to clearly communicate
01:02our agenda of putting people over politics, lowering costs, growing the middle class,
01:08defending fundamental freedoms and democracy, and contrast that with the extreme MAGA Republican
01:14agenda which will destroy working families and the middle class way of life as we know
01:22it.
01:23Thanks.
01:24Do you believe Biden's made a final decision about whether to stay in the race?
01:29As I indicated, House Democrats are engaged in conversations with House Democrats at this
01:37moment in time.
01:39Those conversations have been candid, clear-eyed, and comprehensive.
01:46And that's important for us to do as a House Democratic caucus family.
01:52And as long as those conversations are ongoing, I'm going to respect the sanctity of those
01:58conversations until we conclude that process.