Biden says his vice president, Kamala Harris, is “qualified to be president”

US President Joe Biden on Thursday expressed confidence in Vice President Kamala Harris, saying he would not have chosen her as his running mate in the 2020 election. if he were not convinced that he could serve as President “from the beginning”.

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“I wouldn’t have chosen her if I didn’t think she was qualified to be president from the beginning. I’m not beating around the bush on that. She is qualified to be president,” the president said at a news conference on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington.

Harris sounds like the only viable option if Biden is forced to withdraw from the race at this point in the campaign, one month before the Democratic Party convention, due to doubts about his age (81 years old) and his ability to renew a four-year mandate in November.

At the long-awaited press conference, the first solo since November, Biden praised his vice president, who would take over if the president were to become incapacitated.

“She has handled issues of women’s bodily freedom and control over their bodies very well. Second, she has shown an ability to handle almost any issue. She is a tough prosecutor. In one sentence: “It’s very good,” Biden insisted.

President Joe Biden also noted that America’s European allies They fear a “disaster” with a new term for Republican Donald Trump.

“European allies” are not saying “Joe, don’t be a candidate,” he said after the NATO summit. “What I hear them saying is ‘You have to win, you can’t let this guy move forward. It would be a disaster'”.

Polls following the June 27 presidential debate against Republican Donald Trump give Harris a bigger lead in a hypothetical November election showdown if Biden were to withdraw due to pressure from some members of his party.

The president’s poor performance in that face-to-face raised doubts about his ability to beat Trump in November and to remain in power for a second term, which would end at the age of 86.

Biden has refused to withdraw and today he again assured that he is the best positioned to beat Trump.

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