‘Uneasiness’ permeates White House as Biden enters critical week amid re-election doubts

There’s a general sense of “uneasiness” spreading through President Joe Biden’s White House as the future of his re-election campaign enters a critical week.

Biden’s terrible debate performance in Atlanta on June 27, when he appeared frail with a raspy voice and made several blunders as he lost his train of thought, has set off a crisis within the Democratic Party assenior elected officials call for the president to step aside.

Many in the White House are now in a somber mood and struggling with anxiety and unease regarding whether Biden, 81, will carry on with his campaign for another four year-term, according to CNN.

Staff members, including younger, more junior, employees as well as older, more experienced officials have had difficulty making sense of the president’s dismal showing at the debate.

TV screens in the White House set to cable news networks have made the headlines about the fallout of the debate hard to avoid for staffers.

Then on Sunday, several House Democrats said during a leadership call that Biden should step aside. Senior administration officials have since talked to their teams for emotional support and urged staffers to keep their heads down and continue the work, the network reported.

Administration officials have also shared the latest headlines and gossip in group chats, CNN noted.

A “senior White House official,” described as having worked with Biden during his time as president, vice president, and his 2020 campaign, told The New York Times over the weekend that they don’t think he should continue to run for re-election. The identity of the official has been a hot topic of conversation among staffers during the last few days.

“They shouldn’t be in the White House. Period,” one senior White