The White House has dismissed reports that President Joe Biden is considering quitting the presidential race.
White House Senior Deputy Press Secretary and Deputy Assistant to the president, Andrew Bates, described the New York Times report as false.
Posting on X, Bates wrote:
“This claim is absolutely false and if we had been given more than 7 MINUTES, we could have communicated this before it was publicized.
“That claim is absolutely false.
If the New York Times had provided us with more than 7 minutes to comment we would have told them so.”
Bates was reacting to a report by the New York Times that Biden informed his allies that he is considering quitting the presidential race.
The newspaper quoted an anonymous source saying of Biden,
“He knows if he has two more events like that, we’re in a different place,” referring to last week’s presidential debate in which Biden did poorly.
The newspaper reported that the president’s conversation is the first indication that he is seriously considering whether he can recover after a devastating performance on the debate stage in Atlanta.
