Biden-Harris Team Asked Point Blank: How Will You Counter GOP Unity After Calls For Biden To Resign?

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During a press briefing on Thursday, campaign officials from Team Biden-Harris answered reporter questions on calls for President Biden to resign.

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00:00The Republicans seem totally united behind Donald Trump here.

00:07And yet we continue to hear reports of Democratic concerns about President Biden at the top

00:12of the ticket.

00:13We see polling to that extent.

00:14They just mentioned Representative Schiff.

00:18How do Democrats counter this unified Republican front this fall?

00:23We have to counter it with unity.

00:24And the sooner we get past talking about this and talking about what's at stake and what

00:29we've heard for the first three nights of this convention and what we're going to hear

00:32tonight from Donald Trump, the better off we'll be.

00:34I mean, a question was just asked about Project 2025, a rose, but the name is still Rose.

00:40They are talking about it and what they want to do.

00:42And I encourage Americans who are not hearing them say the words Project 2025 on the convention

00:47stage to tune into these MAGA rallies.

00:49They double down on it every single time.

00:51And when they get in front of any type of bigger audience, they try to censor themselves

00:54because they know that these issues are deeply unpopular.

00:57And I think that all you have to do is look at it.

01:00J.D. Vance wants a nationwide abortion ban.

01:02He is going to be the poster child for this, as Congresswoman Beatty just said.

01:05He wrote an op-ed about wanting to repeal Obamacare in the New York Times.

01:10They put the architect of family separation on stage last night and then branded it about

01:15talking about that they want to unify this country.

01:17There's nothing unifying about that.

01:19And so Democrats have to come together to talk about the work that they have done for

01:22the past three and a half years under President Biden, capping prescription drug costs, expanding

01:26health care, expanding health care services to our veterans, making sure that they're

01:31going to be taken care of when they come home, lowering the cost of prescription drugs for

01:35everyone, trying to push for a fair tax code, actually doing something about immigration

01:40and not just lying about it.

01:41And that is our policy and that is our stance.

01:42And we're going to continue to do everything we can to make sure that we're drawing a very

01:47stark contrast between the two different visions of this country.

01:49And I think that Republicans are showing us exactly who they are.

01:52Senator Beatty, do you think the party at this point can unify behind President Biden,

02:01given all the doubts, the public doubts by a lot of your colleagues?

02:07Let me just say, I am very comfortable that we will be more unified because we understand

02:13that diversity is our strength and we are a party of diverse individuals.

02:18But we also recognize greater than that, that unity is our power.

02:23So we're having some family discussion.

02:25I'm comfortable that we'll work through it.

02:27President Biden has given us the answer that he's staying in the race and we're supporting

02:32him.

02:33I agree.

02:34We can, we will unite.

02:35Our convention is still a few weeks away, but it'll be here before you know it.

02:40And you're going to see unity not just during the Democratic National Convention, but in

02:45the days that remain between now and November 5th, because of the important work that we

02:49have to do on the campaign trail.

02:51I would also differ with you on this, what you're going to see from Democrats is unity.

02:56What you see from Republicans isn't unity.

02:59It's falling in line.

03:00Donald Trump has bent this political party to his will.

03:05They do not allow for dissent.

03:07And that's why you haven't heard it at the convention.

03:15And Senator Padilla, we know that Chuck Schumer met with President Biden over the weekend.

03:20He said that the current election trajectory will cost Democrats the Senate.

03:25And our understanding is he's reflecting the view of your caucus.

03:29What is your understanding of how your colleagues feel?

03:31Are you hearing this concern?

03:32Look, we're Democrats, so of course, there's going to be a little diversity in what folks

03:38are thinking and feeling, but I can share with you this in my spare time and with my

03:43wife's permission.

03:45I serve as a vice chair of the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee.

03:49So yes, our incumbents in some of the tougher states are facing tougher elections, but they're

03:54doing well.

03:55And I do think there's a difference between the presidential campaign, politics and strategy,

04:02and state-by-state Senate campaigns, politics and strategy.

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