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White House insists that Biden will run in 2024, despite low Democratic polling

President Biden intends to run for reelection, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday, despite meager approval ratings and multiple surveys saying Democrats would prefer a new candidate in 2024.

“The president has said he intends to run,” Ms. Jean-Pierre said during the daily White House press briefing. “He’s said that multiple times, so there’s that. I’ll put that out there.”

When asked about former President Trump suggesting that he’s prepared to run on the Republican ticket in 2024, Ms. Jean-Pierre quickly pivoted to talking about the Inflation Reduction Act. The proposal is a smaller revival of Mr.