Clyburn declines to say if Biden ought to run in 2024

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) declined to reply whether or not President Joe Biden ought to run for reelection in 2024 throughout an occasion for North Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Cheri Beasley on Friday.

Clyburn joined the refrain of Democratic leaders in saying that he was targeted solely on the midterm elections till November and wouldn't talk about which candidates ought to search a presidential bid or who had his assist till after the midterm elections.

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“I do not know. Till this election is over, I’m not going to give attention to ’24,” Clyburn mentioned, in line with the Hill.

Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sidestepped the identical query lately, with Schumer admitting that he would assist the president ought to he run once more. However Schumer didn't say whether or not he believed the president ought to run.

Clyburn can be not contemplating a bid for Home speaker till after the November elections. He's thought-about a front-runner to switch Pelosi, who is predicted to retire as chief on the finish of the present cycle even when Democrats stay in energy. Pelosi vowed in 2018 that she would solely serve two extra phrases as speaker if Democrats reelected her.

“I do not know till this election is over. I believe it will be foolhardy for me to speak about what my future goes to be once I do not know what the supporting forged goes to be," Clyburn mentioned. "When you’re within the majority, that’s one factor. When you’re within the minority, that’s one other factor."

Republican leaders have sidestepped questions on whether or not former President Donald Trump ought to run for a second time period in workplace, with Mike Pence claiming on Wednesday that his focus is on the midterm elections. The previous vp did tease, nonetheless, that there may very well be a greater candidate on the poll as a substitute.

Neither Biden nor Trump has declared a run for 2024, however each have publicly flirted with the likelihood.