Pete Aguilar Responds To Calls For Biden To Drop Out: ’He Did Not Have A Good Debate Performance'

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During a press briefing on Tuesday, Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) answered reporter questions on calls for President Biden to drop out.

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00:00Representative Jeffries, what do you say to candidates in vulnerable districts in close

00:05races who are concerned that these issues with Biden's health, with his ability to withstand

00:10the rigors of the campaign, may depress voter turnout and not only harm the general election,

00:17but Democrats' ability to maintain control in the Senate and flip the House?

00:21Yeah, I'm not going to get into, you know, campaign tactics and all the private conversations I have

00:25with candidates running. What I can tell you that I relate is running. The Vice Chair and I

00:31both got elected in 2014. I flipped a Republican-held seat in a really rough year in 2014.

00:38I share with them my story. I share with them what was happening at the top of the ticket,

00:44what was happening in the country at the time. And I try to encourage them to just continue to

00:50press ahead and that this is incredibly important. And that what they are doing,

00:55the job they are doing, campaigning, sacrificing for their families, giving up things,

01:05those are things that aren't lost on any of us. And it will make it, when they win,

01:11it will make it sweeter. It will make it better because of the work that we're going to do

01:16together. Because day one, we can pass a bill to codify Roe. Because we can help address the

01:21runaway Supreme Court. Because we can help working families. Those are the things that matter to the

01:27candidates that I've been talking to. Last one. I was going to ask, would eight Democrats who

01:32have either publicly called on the President to step down from the race or said so as much to

01:35their colleagues? Two who are openly saying that Trump will win the election. And scores,

01:40I can guarantee you, every reporter in this room has had a conversation with a Democrat

01:43who's publicly supporting the President but privately extremely concerned. Is he doing enough

01:48to assuage concerns among the caucus about his ability to win against Trump in November?

01:53You know, I think this is, and the President has said it himself, that he's going to be out there,

01:58right? This is about campaigning and hustling. My answer is, you know, we'll see. Like, let's see

02:05the press conference. Let's see the campaign stops. Let's see all of this. Because all of it

02:14is going to be necessary. The President knows that he did not have a good debate performance.

02:18He knows that he has to be out there in people's districts, out in the communities, out in these

02:23tough states. He knows that. And that's what we'll see in the days and weeks ahead. Thank you so much.

Pete Aguilar Responds To Calls For Biden To Drop Out: ’He Did Not Have A Good Debate Performance'

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