Biden leaves campaign trail due to COVID, future of reelection bid in question

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Published 2024-07-18

Calls from Democrats in Congress for President Biden to end his reelection campaign are continuing with leaders of the party reportedly telling the president in private that he cannot beat former President Donald Trump. Biden has left the campaign trail and is isolating in Delaware after being diagnosed with COVID-19 on Wednesday. CBS News' Willie James Inman and Nikole Killion have more.

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All Comments (21)

@joshuapaul2022 3 hours ago

I was the first black woman with covid to serve under a black president, anyways...
@bsfunk44 2 hours ago

But he beat Covid...there should be no issue
@drix6029 2 hours ago

Sounds like the perfect excuse to get him out of office
@boualaybounma8330 2 hours ago

Joe Scarborough - this is the “best version of Joe Biden ever”
@attinavan947 2 hours ago

So where's his mask, Lies
@godfellas483 2 hours ago

"Power abhors a vacuum." If Joe pulls out now, the Dem convention will be nothing but fist fights... "That will be must see TV"
@karencline614 3 hours ago

Give him a covid booster he'll be fine.
@sandycathcart887 2 hours ago

Has to take the attention off of Trump.
@chiocarr 2 hours ago

He's "sick" now, how convenient!!!! 🙄
@Rick_Foley 2 hours ago

Jill has glued her hand to the floor.
@vshah1010 3 hours ago

I though Biden ended Covid 19 during his administration. What happened?
@user-fw9mx2nc9w 2 hours ago

He doesn't have covid
@gregwalkiewicz4011 2 hours ago

So WHO IS RUNNING THE COUNTRY ?
@overeasy4175 2 hours ago

Which liberal democrat will CBS back next?
@andyp9747 2 hours ago

He has Covid, so the reelection bid is in question?
@knottreel 2 hours ago

Why do they even report this as true? Too convenient.
@PG-lp4bn 3 hours ago

At least his leg hairs are white😊
@WilCabrieto 2 hours ago

I don't know how I got Covid? I'm on my 18th booster shot? Covid with no mask?😂😂😂
@coyotecreek5693 2 hours ago

I thought he was vaxd and boosted . He just needed a vacation
@user-High-IQ769 2 hours ago

So BASICALLY, you talked him into dropping out because your going to BUY him out cause that’s how desperate the dem party is right now, Covid whatever, pudding cup time and retirement, I’m onto all the lies