President Joe Biden was asked about whether there would be a difference between going up against former President Donald Trump or Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in the 2024 election.
During an interview with “Noticias Telemundo,” anchor Julio Vaqueiro noted Biden has said “multiple times that you have an intention to run for reelection, but you haven’t made that decision yet.”
He asked the president, “What’s stopping you from making that decision?”
Biden replied, “I’m just not ready to make it.”
When asked if there is a motive behind that, Biden said, “No.”
Vaqueiro then asked, “How do you win Democrats again?”
He pointed out that “many of them are concerned about your age.”
Biden responded, “Well, that’s not what I hear. It’s not. Look, do you know any polling is accurate these days? You all told me that there was no way we were going to do well this off-year election. I told you from the beginning we were going to do well. You all told me I couldn’t win the general election. We did well. I feel good about where we are.”
He continued, “I feel good about the way things are, and I feel good about the reception I get. And I think it’s awful difficult to poll these days. … I think you have to somebody make like 51 calls to get one call through and ask what … Ask any pollster how accurate they think their polling is.”
The president suggested “it may be that, you know, I run, I get clobbered and if I run, I win. I mean, that’s not my motive. It’s not the basis upon which I make the judgment.”
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The anchor pointed out they are in Florida and asked whether there is a difference between running against Trump or DeSantis.
“I have no idea,” Biden responded.
After Biden reiterated he had no idea, Vaqueiro said, “But I guess my question is, because you talk a lot about how divided the country is and how you want to unite it, which is true. But I do wonder if you think there would be a difference between running against one or the other candidate in terms of polarization?”
Biden explained, “No, I don’t think so, because I think that they have a similar modus operandi, a similar way in which they work. But I really don’t know. I’ve never decided to run or not run based on who the opponent will be.”
Earlier this week, a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found only 37% of Democrats say Biden should run again.
The number is a decrease from 52% in the weeks before the midterm elections.
