36 call for Biden resignation as Dem says president failed to recognize him: Latest

Joe Biden’s doctor has released an update on the president’s condition after being diagnosed with COVID-19 this week.

“President Biden completed his sixth dose of Paxlovid this morning,” Kevin O’Connor, the president’s physician, wrote on Saturday. “He is still experiencing a loose, non­productive cough and hoarseness, but his symptoms continue to improve steadily. His pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and temperature remain absolutely normal. His oxygen saturation continues to be excellent on room air. His lungs remain clear.”

“Genomic sequencing has determined that the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) variant which the President has encountered is the KP .2.3 variant,” he continued. “According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the KP .2.3 variant accounts for approximately 33.3% of new infections in the United States.”

“The President continues to tolerate treatment well and will continue Paxlovid as planned. He continues to perform all of his presidential duties.”

36 Democratic lawmakers have called on President Joe Biden to bow out of the 2024 race as of Saturday afternoon.

See The Independent’s full list here:

Moulton was with the president at a D-Day event in Normandy, France last month. There, Biden “didn’t seem to recognize” him, the lawmaker wrote in a Friday op-ed for The Boston Globe.

Hundreds of thousands of transgender people could lose access to medical treatment or be forced to detransition under a little-known Republican effort to defund trans healthcare for both adults and children.

Since Republicans took control of the House of Representatives last January, GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill have quietly added a wave of amendments to “must-pass” government funding bills that would ban federal money from being used for gender transition procedures such as hormone therapy and sex reassignment surgery.

These riders vary widely in their scope and effect. Some target government health programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. Others would revoke insurance coverage for transgender government employees. Still others would bar federal funding for any institution that “promotes transgenderism.”

As the entirety of America – and the rest of the world – seeks to amateurishly assess the health of 81-year-old President Joe Biden, two salient questions loom: Where, and who, is the Commander-in-Chief’s doctor?

The answer is Kevin O’Connor, a jovial 58-year-old military physician who’s been treating the Biden family for years. And he holds tremendous power — Biden reiterated this week that he’d reevaluate running “if I had some medical condition that emerged, if somebody, if doctors came to me and said, You got this problem and that problem.”

Vice President Kamala Harris is set to speak at an event in Provincetown, Massachusetts this afternoon.

Her remarks come as President Joe Biden faces mounting pressure to step down from the 2024 Democratic ticket.

Pelosi is not against a Harris-led ticket, according to the Times. Instead, Pelosi is advocating for an open nomination process at next month’s Democratic National Convention, arguing that Harris — or any other potential candidate — would be strengthened by earning the title, the Times reports.

Representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts says President Joe Biden “didn’t seem to recognize” him at a D-Day event in Normandy, France last month.

“Of course, that can happen as anyone ages but, as I watched the disastrous debate a few weeks ago, I have to admit that what I saw in Normandy was part of a deeper problem,” Moulton wrote in a Friday op-ed for The Boston Globe.

“It was a crushing realization, and not because a person I care about had a rough night but because everything is riding on Biden’s ability to beat Donald Trump in November,” Moulton continued.

Here’s The Independent’s list of potential replacements who could fall out of a coconut tree and exist in the context of the campaign that came before them.

NBC News reports that more than four dozen former foreign and national security officials for the US government wrote to Joe Biden on Friday, calling on him to drop out of the presidential race.

“We write as former US officials who have strongly supported your presidency and your initiatives to strengthen US foreign and national security policy,” they wrote.

“We have welcomed the measures you have taken to promote US alliances in Europe, Asia, and the Americas; to manage relations with great powers; and to address global issues such as climate change. These initiatives have been built on your decades-long record of support for responsible US international engagement.”

“We strongly believe that now is the time to pass the mantle of leadership, and we respectfully urge you to do so,” they added.

Among those who signed the letter are Richard Clarke, former national coordinator for security and counterterrorism, and Anthony Lake, national security adviser to President Bill Clinton.