White House Senior Deputy Press Secretary and Deputy Assistant to the president, Andrew Bates, described the New York Times report as false.
Posting on X, Bates was reacting to a report by the New York Times that Biden informed his allies that he is considering quitting the presidential race.
The newspaper reported that the president’s conversation is the first indication that he is seriously considering whether he can recover after a devastating performance on the debate stage in Atlanta.
The newspaper quoted Biden’s ally as saying that the president understood that he faced an uphill battle to convince voters, donors and the political class that his debate performance was an anomaly.
It added that President Biden had told a key ally that he knew he might not be able to salvage his candidacy if he could not convince the public in the coming days that he is up for the job after a disastrous debate performance last week.