The resignation demands against Biden

Expert: Schumer and Jeffries can bring down Biden

There are two people within the Democrats who can get Joe Biden to drop his bid to be re-elected as President of the United States this fall. That's what Erik Åsard, professor emeritus in North American studies, tells DN and refers to the parity leaders in the Senate and the House of Representatives: Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries.

- If they turn against him and say he should drop out, then he probably has no other choice, says Åsard.

CNN writes that Biden just met Jeffries on Thursday. After the meeting, the congress leader wrote that they talked about "the way forward". According to reports, he did not express his support for Biden.

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Close to a billion kroner in Biden support is said to have been frozen

Several major donors are freezing their contributions to Joe Biden's campaign through the Future Forward committee, sources told the New York Times. The total amount that has been frozen corresponds to around SEK 945 million.

The sources say the money will not be made available until Biden withdraws from the fall election.

Future Forward is a Democratic "super PAC", which in American politics is used to raise and spend large sums of money in support of politicians.

How many donors have frozen their contributions is not clear from the data, but the NYT writes that it is the latest setback in a long line against Joe Biden's presidential campaign.

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Leaked recording with Biden's campaign manager: "The last few weeks have sucked"

In a leaked recording that Axios has come across, the head of Joe Biden's campaign, Jen O'Malley Dillon, urges her employees not to listen to "all the crazy fucking rumors" surrounding the American president.

- We have gone through two very, very, very tough weeks. Really fucking bad weeks, she says in the recording.

After the debate against Donald Trump two weeks ago, criticism of Biden has poured in and a flurry of resignation demands have been directed at the president. O'Malley Dillon states in the recording that "it has sucked".

However, she remains hopeful and says she believes Biden can win the election against Trump in November.

- If we can get through two tough weeks like this, we can get through anything.