"Lame Duck": Biden's nomination postponed, President with Covid-19 quarantined

In the United States, leading Democratic politicians recommended postponing the nomination of a Democratic presidential candidate, and another leading Democrat called on Joe Biden to resign. On the same day, it was announced that the president had contracted coronavirus and was interrupting his election program because of it.

On Wednesday, July 17, Democratic leaders of both houses of the US Congress called for the postponement of the convention (congress) for the presidential nomination from the Democratic Party, while influential Democrat Congressman Adam Schiff suggested Joe Biden to abandon the nomination.

The leader of the majority of Democrats in Senator Chuck Schumer and the leader of the Democrats from the minority in the House of Representatives, Hakim Jeffries, met on Wednesday, after which they proposed to postpone the presidential nominating convention due to problems related to Joe Biden's nomination for president. The convention was originally scheduled for August 19-22, to be held in Chicago.

The leadership of the Democratic Party also said on Wednesday that a virtual vote would still be required to nominate and officially approve Joe Biden's candidacy in early August. The exact date and details of this were discussed with the party's Rule-making Committee. The proposal providing for remote voting from August 1 to August 7 should be adopted in the interim.

On Wednesday, influential Congressman Adam Schiff, who is running for president in November The Senate has asked Joe Biden to withdraw his candidacy for the presidency. The California politician released a statement expressing doubts about Joe Biden's ability to defeat Donald Trump in November.

The "progressive" wing of the Democrats announced in a statement that a second Trump presidency would undermine the foundations of American democracy. It also expressed the belief that it is time for Joe Biden to pass the baton and allow others from the Democratic Party to defeat Donald Trump in the upcoming elections in order to preserve his political legacy.

After that, it was announced that President Joe Biden had been diagnosed with coronavirus, and he canceled the election program on Wednesday. This was announced by the White House.

According to the statement, the president was vaccinated and re-vaccinated, so his symptoms are mild, but he will return to his home in Delaware, where he will be quarantined. During this time, he will continue to perform his official duties, and the White House will regularly provide updated information on the president's health status, a representative of the presidential administration said.

Kevin O'Connor, the doctor of the elderly president, said that Joe Biden, among other things, complained on Wednesday of general malaise, as well as cough and upper respiratory tract symptoms, after which a test was conducted. He added that the president had also started taking medication.

Joe Biden's campaign trip to Nevada was interrupted due to a positive test result for Covid-19.

The president, who is running for re-election, was scheduled to speak Wednesday afternoon at a meeting of Unidos, an important organization of Latino origin, in Las Vegas. The event was cancelled.

Thus, after a failed speech at the debate with Donald Trump and an unsuccessful assassination attempt on the latter, US President Joe Biden becomes a classic "lame duck" who will soon leave the White House.