Kate Bedingfield argues ‘the bottom has not fallen out’ on Biden post-debate

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Former Biden White House communications director Kate Bedingfield argued Democrats should not be pressing the panic button on President Joe Biden’s reelection bid and instead stick with him as the presumptive nominee.

Discussions about replacing Biden with another Democratic candidate have grown exponentially since the first presidential debate last month, during which the president performed underwhelmingly against former President Donald Trump. Bedingfield, however, encouraged Democrats to “level-set” their concerns about Biden, claiming that post-debate polling was not as drastically bad as some predicted.

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