Biden discusses the future of his campaign after the debate: report

president Joe Biden is said to have been hiding in Camp David with his wife and chief advisor, the First Lady Dr Jill BidenEd.D., and other relatives met at Camp David on Sunday (June 30) to discuss the future of his campaign after a disappointing performance in the first presidential debate for the 2024 election, sources close to Biden confirmed to NBC News.

Biden reportedly planned the trip ahead of last Thursday’s (June 27) debate, which was attended by the First Couple’s children and grandchildren.

“The decision makers are two people – the president and his wife,” said a source NBC News“Anyone who does not understand how deeply personal and familial this decision will be does not know the situation.”

“The one person who has the most influence on him is the First Lady,” another source added.

Biden’s campaign team sharply criticized the so-called “bedwetter brigade” for panicking about his performance in the first debate, citing a poll that rates him as a stronger candidate than other Democrats. Deputy campaign manager Robert Flaherty reiterated in an email to his supporters titled “7 Things to Tell Your Friends After the Debate—and 4 Things You Can Do” that Biden intends to remain the likely Democratic presidential nominee, according to the New York Post.

“The bedwetter brigade is demanding that Joe Biden ‘drop out.’ That is the best way for Donald Trump to win and us to lose,” Flaherty wrote via the post.

“Joe Biden will be the Democratic nominee, period. End of story,” he continued. “And if he were to drop out, it would lead to weeks of chaos, internal bickering and a slew of candidates limping into a brutal battle at the convention.”

Flaherty also cited a Data for Progress poll in which Biden and his vice president Kamala Harris were the strongest Democratic candidates challenging the former president Donald Trumpalthough the presumptive Republican presidential nominee still defeated both Biden and Harris by margins of 48% and 45%, respectively.