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Former Dem Senator calls Biden 'too old' in NBC interview:

'Democrats just don't have any choice'
Dennis DeConcini said they were 'kind of stuck with Biden'
By Hanna Panreck Fox News

Published September 5, 2023 11:44am EDT

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A former Democratic senator told NBC that President Biden is "too old" to run for re-
lection and said that the Democratic Party just doesn't "have any choice" as they are "kind
of stuck with Biden."

"Democrats just don't have any choice and it's so difficult," Dennis DeConcini, a former
Democratic senator who served with the president in the Senate, said. "He’s too old. So am
I. What tell people is in comparison to Trump, he’s a decent guy. He may be too old and
I

stumble a little bit. The problem, in my opinion, is the Democrats really have a problem if
he didn’t run because [Vice President] Kamala Harris — don’t think she could be elected."
I

"We're kind of stuck with Biden because of that," he continued.

NBC News reported that Democratic elites view the president as a "the second coming of
Franklin D. Roosevelt, but the party's voters overwhelmingly see an "old man."

Former Sen. Dennis DeConcini warned that President Biden was "too old" to be running for re-election. ((Photo by Win
McNamee/Getty Images,))

ATLANTIC WRITER CALLS BIDEN ‘TOO OLD’ TO RUN IN 2024: ‘NO ONE WANTS TO SEE
GRANDPA IN THE DAMN COCKPIT’

A Democratic voter from New Jersey told the outlet that she would vote for Biden if there
was no one better.

"If there’s no one better, I’ll vote for Biden," Catiana Kutyla told NBC. "But if another
candidate comes up who’s actually younger, understands what this country needs, and
just seems like a better candidate, then I would vote for that candidate."

A Democrat and former Ohio state senator criticized the administration's economic
messaging push.

"I need my party to stop acting as though the suffering that people are feeling, especially
socially and economically, is a figment of their imagination and they don’t understand all
that we’ve done," Nina Turner said. "The talking heads feel it. The people in the bubble feel
it. But big mama and big papa do not feel that this economy has gotten better for them."

President Joe Biden arrives to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on August 15, 2023. (ANDREW
CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

NY TIMES, MSNBC, CNN, OTHERS FLOAT DEMOCRATS' CONCERNS ABOUT BIDEN'S

AGE, QUESTION IF HE WILL RUN IN 2024

NBC News reported that the president's allies were quick to establish an advisory board
after Biden announced his re-election campaign that included several Democrats who
were believed to be potential primary challengers, such as Democratic California Gov.
Gavin Newsom.

"Hell-bent on stopping Trump’s comeback and pleased with Biden’s record, allies
employed a mix of blandishments and not-so-subtle warnings to spare Biden the burden
of a sharply contested primary," the outlet reported.

Democratic officials reportedly told the outlet that the Biden campaign quickly deterred
presidential hopefuls by getting them on board with the president's re-election effort early
on.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has been seen as a potential threat to Biden's re-election effort by the president's allies,
according to NBC. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden allies especially viewed Newsom as a threat according to NBC, and say it would be
,

"self-defeating" for him to challenge Biden and Vice President Harris because she made
history as the first woman and first person of color to be elected vice-president.

"Biden allies have not been shy about getting the word out that it would be self-defeating
for ambitious white male candidates like Newsom to try to snatch the nomination away
from Biden and Kamala Harris, who made history as the first woman and person of color
to become vice president," the report said.

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Hanna Panreck is an associate editor at Fox News.

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