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What they’re thinking: For many Democrats, silence speaks volumes on the Biden issue
Years ago, a veteran, respected journalist called me out on a piece of news copy I wrote. My sin: Rather than indicating that someone said something, I wrote that they believed something. My colleague corrected me. REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: BACKLASH IN THE HALLS OF CONGRESS “We know what they say. But we can’t know what they believe,” counseled my friend. I changed the copy. No journalist is clairvoyant. But sometimes, those of us in the Capitol press corps know exactly what lawmakers are thinking. It’s not what Members of Congress tell us. It’s what they don’t tell us. Often, silence can be louder than the soundbites. CHIP ROY PLANS HOUSE DISCUSSION ON 25TH AMENDMENT REGARDING BIDEN’S MENTAL FITNESS Such is the case with this week’s version of the Congressional Laff-A-Lympics as reporters chased Congressional Democrats up House hill and down Senate dell in a quest to determine where they stood with President Biden. The President’s cheerleaders were easy to find. “Joe Biden all the way,” hollered Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Md., as he headed into a meeting of the House Democratic Caucus. “Joe Biden all the way.” “There’s one person this country that’s kicked (former President) Trump’s ass in 2020. That’s where my money is now in 2024,” said Sen. John Fetterman, D-Penn. “We are ridin’ with Biden,” declared Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C. But there’s worry about a down ballot hemorrhage for Democrats if the President stays in the race. Call it “bleedin’ with Biden.” REP. CLYBURN DECLARES SUPPORT FOR KAMALA HARRIS AS DEM NOMINEE IF BIDEN HAS TO BOW OUT: ‘I WILL SUPPORT HER’ A few who harbored grave concerns delivered brief, but pointed comments. “He just has to step down because he can’t win,” said Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., of the President. Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., called for Mr. Biden to step aside in a statement. “I am asking that he declare that he won’t run for reelection and will help lead us through a process toward a new nominee,” said Sherill. Rep. Pat Ryan, D-N.Y., who represents a swing district, also asked for a swap out at the top. But when pressed how some really feel, many Democrats don’t “use their words.” Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., greeted a throng of reporters outside the Democratic National Committee in the sweltering heat Tuesday morning. “Good morning. Good morning,” said Pelosi. “Should the President step aside?” asked a reporter. There was silence from Pelosi. PELOSI SNAPS AT REPORTER ASKING IF SHE WANTS BIDEN TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE: ‘AM I SPEAKING ENGLISH TO YOU?’ Reporters tried to get Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., to weigh-in on President Biden. “Do you support Biden?” asked ABC’s Rachel Scott. Warren and an aide hurriedly slid past the press assemblage. “I’m up in Finance,” said Warren as she darted into the committee backroom. “I have nothing really to say about it really,” said Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., the top Democrat on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee. Really? Nothing about the standard-bearer for your party? At least nothing – in the open. After the weekly Senate Democratic luncheon, Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, both indicated they wouldn’t discuss what goes on at private caucus meetings. “We have a ways to go,” said Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., “But we’re not going to negotiate in public.” Welch became the first Senate Democrat to call on the president to bow out. FIRST DEM SENATOR CALLS FOR BIDEN TO DROP OUT ‘FOR THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY’ Colleague Aishah Hasnie reported at one point that lawmakers would not even verbally acknowledge some reporters asking about President Biden and would only stare at them. Consternation about the President has led some Democrats to retreat in public from commenting about his viability. Yet they have been frank behind closed doors. “In a confidential conversation with other members of House Democratic leadership, I expressed the same concerns that Americans across the country — and here in my district — are grappling with, about President Biden’s electability at the top of the ticket,” said Rep. Susan Wild, D-Penn., who represents a swing district. Wild joined a conference call with other top Democrats Sunday in her capacity as the ranking member on the House Ethics Committee. Wild was one lawmaker most journalists wanted to speak with this week. When the House conducts roll call votes, Fox deploys what I call “no doubles” defense. In baseball, “no doubles” defense is where the first baseman and third baseman creep closer to the line to prevent “doubles.” We do the same on Capitol Hill. There are two exits near the main exterior House steps. So one crew watches the main exit. Another cheats a little bit toward the Senate side where some member who wish to be elusive try to escape. Sure enough, Wild departed through the more obscure exit heading toward the Senate. But that’s where we caught up with her. Wild was circumspect when asked about her reservations about President Biden. MULTIPLE LETTERS CIRCULATING AMONG HOUSE DEMS CALLING ON BIDEN TO STEP ASIDE FOR 2024: SOURCES “My statement speaks for itself,” said Wild. “Did you express some of those concerns on the call yesterday?” I countered. “My statement is my statement is my statement,” insisted Wild. “Are there concerns among swing district Democrats like yourself?” I queried. “You can ask it a whole lot of different ways,” said Wild. “That’s a different question,” I observed. “Doesn’t matter,” said Wild. “I’m not going to say anything further. I made a statement and that’s all I’m going to say.” Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., dialed into Sunday’s conference call as the top House Democrat on the Joint Economic Committee. Punchbowl News indicated that Beyer told his colleagues on the call Mr. Biden is “very fragile” and struggles to put “two sentences together.” By nightfall Sunday, Beyer’s office sent out a statement saying he backed President Biden. At the Capitol midday Monday, yours truly encountered Beyer and Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., strolling down a corridor
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Dave Portnoy mocks George Clooney for waiting 3 weeks after fundraiser to acknowledge Biden is a ‘vegetable’
Dave Portnoy, the founder of Barstool Sports, mocked actor George Clooney for waiting until three weeks after his star-studded fundraiser in which he raised millions of dollars for President Biden to acknowledge he’s “a vegetable.” “George Clooney, what a f—— hero this guy is, huh? Comes forward today — now, this guy threw a fundraiser, raised tens of millions, co-chair for Biden, three weeks ago. Today comes out, he’s like, ‘Guess what? The guy you saw in the debate, that vegetable, that’s f—— Biden, he’s a vegetable. He was a vegetable three weeks ago.’ Acting like he’s doing some heroic thing.” Clooney called on Biden to leave the 2024 race in a New York Times guest essay on Wednesday, writing, “It’s devastating to say it, but the Joe Biden I was with three weeks ago at the fund-raiser was not the Joe ‘big F-ing deal’ Biden of 2010. He wasn’t even the Joe Biden of 2020. He was the same man we all witnessed at the debate.” He added that “party leaders need to stop telling us that 51 million people didn’t see what we just saw” in the debate. “We’re all so terrified by the prospect of a second Trump term that we’ve opted to ignore every warning sign.” CHARLAMAGNE SAYS ‘ALL I HEAR IS EGO’ FROM BIDEN, CALLS ON DEMOCRATS TO CHALLENGE HIM FOR NOMINATION AT DNC The actor joined a growing list of Hollywood elites and megadonors who’ve turned on Biden following the debate, where his halting, frail and at-times confused performance alarmed supporters. Members of Biden’s party, political allies and liberal media figures have also pressured the president to drop out of the race, warning he cannot beat former President Trump. “So what, George? If [Biden] didn’t do the debate… and wasn’t a vegetable, you were just going to keep your mouth shut?” Portnoy continued. “And by the way, if you just found out Biden was a vegetable, where have you been for two years? Everyone knows he’s a vegetable.” Portnoy claimed Biden can’t “get on and off a stage without getting lost, he talks about dead people like he had lunch with them yesterday. He can’t f—— ride his bike without falling down. He can’t get up and down f—— Air Force One without taking a tumble. No s— he’s a vegetable. He’s been a vegetable for two f—— years. Democrats don’t care.” BIDEN SUPPORTER MICHAEL DOUGLAS TELLS ‘THE VIEW’ HE;S ‘DEEPLY CONCERNED’ ABOUT PRESIDENT’S ABILITY TO WIN He continued, “If I know he’s a vegetable, if Miss Peaches knows he’s a vegetable [referring to his dog] if Clooney knows he’s a vegetable, if the Obamas know he’s a vegetable, if everyone in the world knows Joe Biden is a f—— vegetable, why did he do that debate? Because Democrats wanted to show the world that they have no choice but to f—— whack him,” claiming Democrats want to replace him with Gov. Gavin Newsom, whom he referred to as the “good-looking guy from California.” Newsom has said that he completely supports Biden and would not run against Vice President Kamala Harris if she replaced him at the top of the ticket. “It’s all dirty politics,” Portnoy said. He said Democrats “were fine” for the last two years “putting a vegetable in our face. They’re fine with doing a fundraiser three weeks ago for a vegetable. So f— it, let’s just have Trump run versus a head of lettuce. Honestly? The votes will probably be the same.” He said that people who voted for Biden didn’t actually like the president but rather hate Trump. “So f— all these games and stuff. Everyone knows Biden’s a vegetable. So let’s just do the ballot,” he joked. “Trump on one side, head of lettuce on the other.” He added that he wanted to be spared Clooney’s op-ed “like ‘Oh my God, Biden’s a vegetable. We can’t.’ – you f—— Democrats have known for two years that this guy’s a vegetable, and you keep propping up the vegetable and putting the head of lettuce in our faces.” He accused Democrats of wanting to choose their own candidate rather than having a “free f—— election of other candidates, so you had Biden go win it, and now the Democratic Party is trying to say who comes next. It’s a game.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP He concluded, “They knew he was a head of lettuce. Everybody with a brain knew that.” Fox News Digital reached out to representatives for Portnoy and Clooney, but did not hear back.
House committee subpoenas top White House aides over concerns about Biden’s mental fitness
The GOP-led House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed three senior White House aides, demanding that they sit for depositions concerning President Biden’s mental state. Fox News confirmed that the subpoena includes first lady Jill Biden’s top aide, Anthony Bernal, deputy chief of staff Annie Tomasini and senior adviser Ashley Williams. In a press release, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., called for accountability within the White House. “The White House has shielded three key aides from testifying about President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents, and now we’ve learned through reporting these same aides are also seeking to cover up President Biden’s declining cognitive state inside the White House,” Comer said. “President Biden is clearly unfit for office, yet his staff are trying to hide the truth from the American people,” he said. BIDEN DONORS CALLING ON HIM TO STEP ASIDE ARE ‘SAYING WHAT WE ALREADY KNEW:’ MARY KATHARINE HAM The GOP-led committee argued that the top Biden aides were “running interference” for Biden to shield the 81-year-old president from facing scrutiny. According to one former Biden staffer, Axios first reported, Bernal, Tomasini and Williams have created “a protective bubble around” Biden and that he is “staffed so closely that he’s lost all independence.” The subpoenas, which come following Biden’s disastrous debate performance two weeks ago, hope to identify the scope of the three aides’ job responsibilities while serving under the administration. BIDEN REMAINS DEFIANT AS HE SETS PRIME-TIME INTERVIEW WITH NBC’S LESTER HOLT The three subpoenas, which were sent Wednesday, voice the committee’s concerns that top aides are running the country while the president is unable to do so. “To be clear, the American people did not elect Ms. Williams or any White House staffer to do President Biden’s job for him, and the Committee seeks Ms. Williams testimony regarding the matters identified above,” Williams’ subpoena reads, in part. The committee also penned their allegations that Biden’s top staff, including Bernal, Tomasini and Williams, were involved in the scandal of the president’s alleged mishandling of classified files. The Oversight Committee said five total White House employees and a Department of Defense employee were involved in “coordinating the organizing, moving, and removing of boxes that were later found to contain classified materials.” Special Counsel Robert Hur, who had investigated Biden’s improper retention of classified records since last year, concluded his investigation in February. BLUE CITY VOTERS WEIGH IN ON BIDEN’S PROMISE TO STAY IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE Hur did not recommend criminal charges against Biden for his alleged mishandling of classified documents. “We conclude that no criminal charges are warranted in this matter,” the report states. “We would reach the same conclusion even if the Department of Justice policy did not foreclose criminal charges against a sitting president.” The special counsel also described Biden as “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” In a statement to Fox News, Ian Sams, the White House spokesperson for oversight and investigations, called the subpoenas a “baseless political stunt.” “Like everything Representative Comer has done over the past year, these subpoenas are a baseless political stunt intended for him to get media attention instead of engaging in legitimate oversight,” Sams said. “His partisan attacks on the President have been discredited, and now he continues to debase the House by weaponizing subpoenas to get headlines instead of seeking information through the proper constitutional process,” he added. Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House and Comer for comment.
House passes bill requiring voters prove citizenship in federal elections
The House of Representatives approved a bill on Wednesday, aimed at ensuring only American citizens vote in federal elections. After debating the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act on the House floor, which was pushed by House speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, was passed by a final vote of 221-198. Five Democrats voted in favor of the measure, including Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas; Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas; Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine; Rep. Don Davis, D-N.C.; and Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash. The bill now heads to the Senate, where it will face strong opposition from Democrats. President Biden has also said he will veto the measure. HOUSE LEADERS AIM FOR VOTE ON TRUMP-BACKED ELECTIONS BILL NEXT MONTH The bill was introduced by Roy in May and former President Trump pushed the legislation in a high-profile press conference at Mar-a-Lago earlier this year. Leading up to the July Fourth week-long recess, Johnson was circulating a memo within the House GOP conference, arguing why the bill is necessary. He continued making his case on the social media platform X. FAITH VOTERS WILL ‘DECIDE THIS ELECTION,’ ACCORDING TO PROMINENT GOP MEMBERS “The SAVE Act will safeguard our elections by ensuring only American citizens vote in federal elections,” the House speaker said before continuing with a series of posts that explained what the legislation does. According to Johnson, the bill requires state election officials to ask about citizenship before providing applicants with voter registration forms. It also requires an individual to provide proof of citizenship before registering to vote in federal elections, allows state officials to accept a variety of documents to make it easy for citizens to register to vote and provides states with access to a federal agency database in which they can remove noncitizens from voter rolls and confirm citizenship for those who lack proof. HOW TO WATCH THE CNN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE SIMULCAST ON THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL Johnson also said the measure directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to determine whether to begin removal proceedings of noncitizens who have been identified as having registered to vote in federal elections and requires DHS to notify state chief election officials when an individual has been naturalized, allowing them to exercise their new right to vote. After the vote, the Tea Party Patriots Action issued a statement in celebration of the SAVE Act’s passage. “Tea Party Patriots Action strongly supports the SAVE Act because it would bolster the integrity of our country’s federal elections by closing the loopholes that allow noncitizens to register and vote,” the group said. “This legislation would represent a step forward in upholding the sanctity of our democratic process and ensuring that every vote cast in our federal elections is done so only by American citizens.” Opponents of the bill claim it’s redundant and unnecessary because, under current U.S. law, only citizens can vote in federal elections. However, the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 prevents states from confirming citizenship status. Critics also argue the bill would lead to U.S. citizens being denied their right to vote, more so than stopping noncitizens from voting. Fox News Digital’s Elizabeth Elkind and Fox News’ Kelly Phares contributed to this report.
Schumer reaffirms support for Biden in wake of report he’s open to president’s ouster as 2024 nominee
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., says he’s still backing Joe Biden after reportedly signaling to Democrat donors that he is open to replacing the president at the top of the 2024 ticket. Axios, citing three sources, reported that since Biden’s debate performance late last month, Schumer has been listening to donors’ ideas and suggestions that the best way for the party to move forward and debate former President Trump is removing Biden. In a statement on Wednesday to Fox News after the Axios report, Schumer reaffirmed his commitment to Biden. “As I have made clear repeatedly publicly and privately, I support President Biden and remain committed to ensuring Donald Trump is defeated in November,” he said. SCHUMER PLANS TO STRIP TRUMP OF IMMUNITY FOLLOWING SCOTUS RULING The outlet revealed that both before and after Biden’s startling debate performance, Schumer’s iconic flip phone was lighted up with donors. Despite Schumer’s 20 years of camaraderie with Biden, the top senator’s main concerns are about defeating former President Trump and retaining the Democrat majority in the Senate, the outlet said. After the Senate Democrats’ regularly scheduled policy lunch on Tuesday, Schumer reportedly invited senior Biden campaign officials to brief members and directly address any concerns they might have. Schumer’s hesitancy to support the Democrat presidential nominee comes after he has publicly voiced his support of Biden’s candidacy. “I’m with Joe Biden,” he said at a New York press conference on July 2. “I’m for Joe,” he reportedly reiterated while walking into the Senate on Monday. Schumer’s signal to donors comes as prominent Democrat leaders privately and publicly questioned Biden’s viability as the face of the party. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., insinuated that there is still a decision to be made about whether Biden will seek re-election despite the president already stating on several occasions that he is staying in the race. “It’s up to the president to decide if he is going to run. We are all encouraging him to make that decision because time is running short,” Pelosi told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Wednesday. “He’s beloved, he’s respected, and people want him to make that decision.” Asked about Biden already making it clear that he intends to run, Pelosi again suggested that there is a still a decision to be made. “I want him to do whatever he decides to do, and that’s the way it is. Whatever he decides, we go with,” Pelosi said. ‘OBAMA BROS’ GANG UP ON BIDEN AS LONGSTANDING RUMORS OF TENSION LINGER: ‘HARD TO WATCH’ Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., echoed Pelosi’s comments. “I think he will continue to make his case to the American people, and he is the one who will decide. There are advisers and supporters who may give him the kind of guidance that he is looking for. But I think, ultimately, it’s his decision to make. I think that this kind of internal debate will end at some point. The question is when,” Blumenthal told reporters Thursday. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., also released a statement, saying Biden needs to “seriously consider” his political future despite the president’s public declarations that he will continue seeking re-election. “At this critical time for our country, President Biden must seriously consider the best way to preserve his incredible legacy and secure it for the future,” Murray wrote in a statement Monday. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., also suggested that Biden still has a decision to make. “I think we’re having an important national conversation,” Hollen said. “I’m confident that the president will make a decision that’s in the best interests of the country.” Many other Democrats will not say whether they believe the president should remain the nominee, but they suggest – after Biden already said he is not dropping out – that there needs to be conversations about his continued candidacy. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., said there are still conversations that need to be had surrounding Biden as the Democrat nominee, warning of a potential red wave in November. “Donald Trump is on track, I think, to win this election and maybe win it by a landslide and take with it the Senate and the House,” Bennet told CNN on Tuesday. “We should be having a discussion about that. The White House, in the time since that disastrous debate, I think, has done nothing to really demonstrate that they have a plan to win this election.” Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., also encouraged conversations about Biden’s candidacy. “With so much at stake in the upcoming election, now is the time for conversations about the strongest path forward,” the Democrat posted on X. “As these conversations continue, I believe it is incumbent upon the President to more aggressively make his case to the American people, and to hear directly from a broader group of voices about how to best prevent Trump’s lawlessness from returning to the White House.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Biden addressed members of Congress and skeptics of his re-election bid in a letter on Monday, stating that he is “firmly committed to staying in this race, to running this race to the end, and to beating Donald Trump.” Despite Biden’s attempts to ease concerns within his party, eight House Democrats officially called on Biden to step down as the nominee. Fox News’ Aubrie Spady contributed to this report. 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