Biden seeks to dispel Democratic concerns over debate fumbles

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00:00He won the Democratic primaries earlier this year, but that does not make Joe Biden the

00:04party's official candidate.

00:07He still needs to be endorsed at the Democratic National Convention, taking place on the 19th

00:11of August in Chicago.

00:13Although Biden has indicated that he has no plans to leave the campaign, whispers have

00:18been rippling among Democrats about potentially replacing him.

00:22But it's far from a consensus.

00:24California Governor Gavin Newsom says the party stands by Biden, telling MSNBC that

00:29such talk is unhelpful.

00:31You don't turn your back because of one performance.

00:34What kind of party does that?

00:37The only plausible scenario to replace Joe Biden as the Democrats' official candidate

00:41would be for the president to withdraw voluntarily and allow the delegates voting to choose someone

00:46else.

00:47In the scenario that he were to step aside, it would create a scuffle among Democrats,

00:52as there is no mechanism to anoint a successor.

00:56This notion among Democrats that we should replace Biden simply proves my point, that

01:01the Democrats have absolutely no spine, they panic and run at the first sign of adversity.

01:09They are rushing and panicking at the first sign of danger.

01:14The party has, however, already announced that it will hold a virtual roll call to formally

01:18nominate Biden before in-person voting begins in Chicago.

01:22The exact date for the roll call has not yet been set.

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