Pressure on US President Joe Biden to withdraw his candidacy from the presidential election is increasing.
It is reported that former President Barack Obama has also expressed concern about Biden’s candidacy. Many voices have started rising within the Democratic Party regarding Biden.
On the other hand, Republican candidate Donald Trump seems to be gaining lead. In such a situation, Biden’s campaign is coming under more pressure.
Some Democrats are presenting a bleak picture of the party’s prospects in the presidential election.
However, a senior Democratic Party official said that some people in the party are assuming that Biden’s withdrawal from the race is “inevitable”.
A survey by CBS News, a BBC affiliate in the US, shows that Biden is five points behind Trump. This is the biggest gap so far during the campaign.
But Biden’s campaign has ignored the concerns being expressed among some top leaders of the Democratic Party.
Biden has also termed these concerns as baseless. He has said that he will not give up the candidature.
According to the ‘Washington Post’, former President Barack Obama has privately said that Biden’s chances of winning the presidential election have diminished.
However, Obama’s spokespersons have refused to comment on his comment.
Before the survey results related to Biden lagging behind and Obama’s comment, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the two most senior members of Congress, Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer, had also asked Biden to reconsider his decision.
However, none of them has said that they had given this advice to Biden.
