MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow said she believes President Joe Biden’s backup plan for the 2024 election is to “run a better campaign” and “fight harder.”
The View host Alyssa Farah Griffin prompted the comments when she asked if replacing Biden as the presidential nominee was an option for the Democratic Party. Maddow argued that Biden’s record as president is enough for him to beat former President Donald Trump, though she acknowledged the upcoming election will be “a tough fight” for the incumbent.
“I think the backup plan is run a better campaign,” Maddow said. “Joe Biden’s record as a president is a very, very strong record. We are the economic envy of the world. Doesn’t mean our economy is perfect, but literally, we are the envy of the world. We have a better situation than anybody. We’ve got unemployment rates we haven’t seen in generations, we’ve got economic growth that any major country in the world would kill for.”
Maddow then suggested “there’s no reason” to think Biden will not be the Democratic presidential nominee, calling him “a fixed variable.”
The MSNBC anchor also claimed that Trump is “trying to get rid of the American system of government” and replace it with a government that serves him, arguing that this is what Project 2025 “is all about.” Maddow’s reference to Project 2025, a project created by the Heritage Foundation, comes even though Trump’s campaign is not pushing to use it.
Polling data for the presidential election, with Biden and Trump as the presumptive nominees for their respective parties, have the two tied at 49%, with the last 2% undecided. Biden does have a slight advantage in these data, however, as 50% of independents prefer him over Trump, who had 48% of support from that demographic.
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The suggestion that Biden will step aside for a different candidate has been largely dismissed by Democratic lawmakers, including Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL). He argued last month that “we’re well past that conversation” and predicted that Biden would win reelection this November.
Trump and Biden are set to debate each other next week on CNN. Notable details include the absence of a studio audience, muted microphones except when a candidate is given time to speak, and each candidate’s presence at a uniform podium.