‘He is Never, Ever Going to Quit!’ Biden Campaign Co-Chair Vows POTUS Will Stay in the Race After Being Confronted By NBC’s Welker
A co-chair of President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign insisted the commander in chief is in it for the long haul — despite polls showing more than three-quarters of Americans are concerned about his physical and mental fitness.
In an interview on Meet the Press Sunday, Biden campaign co-chair Mitch Landrieu — the former Mayor of New Orleans — defended the president amid a devastating special counsel report and continued polls showing Americans are concerned about his cognitive function. NBC’s Kristen Welker confronted the Biden campaign official with some of the numbers.
“Our NBC news poll found that 76 percent of voters are concerned about whether the president has the necessary mental and physical health to be president for a second term,” Welker said. “What is the plan to convince voters otherwise?”
Landrieu responded first by going after the mental fitness of former President Donald Trump.
“President Trump, just the other night, confused what day of the week it was,” Landrieu said. “He is confused who the leader of North Korea and China are. He’s confused the leaders of Hungary and Turkey, by the way. Speaker Mike Johnson was on the other day and he confused Iraq and Iran. And of course, President Trump doesn’t know the difference between Nancy Pelosi and Nikki Haley.”
After Landrieu went on to laud Biden on a variety of issues, Welker went on to cite a Washington Post report about panic setting in among Democrats — some of whom are looking for Biden to step aside.
“How do you respond to Democrats who say they want to see a change at the top of the ticket?” Welker said.
“I’m in the process of doing it right now,” Landrieu said. “And demonstrating that the president’s accomplishments have really been second to none, and Joe Biden’s going to get up every day. The one thing Joe Biden is never going to do is — count on this — he is never, ever going to quit! Because that’s not what he’s done his entire life.”
Watch above, via NBC.
