After TV debacle Biden's chief of staff gathers over 500 employees for a crisis broadcast
The White House is trying to dispel doubts about Joe Biden. The Chief of Staff calls the staff together at the government headquarters.
03.07.2024, 21:38
03.07.2024, 21:51
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- Joe Biden and his confidants are desperately trying to close ranks behind the US President.
- Jeff Zients, Biden's chief of staff, has now called on White House staff in a phone-in to tune out the "noise" surrounding Biden and concentrate on government work.
- The US broadcaster MSNBC and others reported that Zients admitted in a conference call with more than 500 participants that the past few days had been a challenge.
US President Joe Biden's chief of staff, Jeff Zients, has called on White House staff to tune out the "noise" surrounding Biden and focus on government work, according to consistent media reports. The US broadcaster MSNBC and others reported that Zients admitted in a conference call with more than 500 participants that the past few days had been a challenge.
At the same time, he praised the government's achievements and emphasized that the focus of all employees on government work would be even more important in the hot election campaign phase. When asked, the White House spokeswoman confirmed that such a phone call had taken place.
TV duel was a disaster
Last week, Biden made a disastrous appearance in a TV debate against his challenger Donald Trump. The pressure on the Democrat is now also growing within his own ranks: a first Democratic member of the US House of Representatives publicly called on Biden to drop out of the race and make way for another candidate.
Biden and the White House are doing their utmost to dispel doubts and make up for the botched television appearance as best they can. Biden also picked up the phone himself on Wednesday to secure his continued support.
According to the White House, he spoke with the Democratic majority leader in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, the minority leader in the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, the senator from Delaware, Chris Coons, and the representative from South Carolina, James Clyburn. In the afternoon, he plans to meet with a number of Democratic governors at the White House.
