Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., voiced his support for Biden, saying that the president remains the “best messenger” to deliver messages to the American people.
During an interview on MSNBC’s “José Díaz-Balart Reports,” Meeks — the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee — said that Democrats are “on the same page” when it comes to ensuring that Trump can’t be re-elected.
Meeks expressed his dismay over reports that some of his Democratic colleagues suggested during a phone call convened by House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries that Biden should drop out.
“I think that it was hugely a mistake, and I don’t like the fact that that meeting was leaked because what leader Jeffries is trying to do is bring us all together and listen to every Democrat in the House of Representatives so that we can get everybody’s opinion,” he said.
Meeks said he believes Biden had “one horrible debate” performance and that the president will soon redeem himself in upcoming press conferences.
“I’m told there’s going to be a number of press conferences that he will have,” he said. “He’ll meet the general media and he’ll be able to articulate whatever questions that are asked of him to show what he has done and what he will do in a next administration.”
Although he hasn’t been in touch with Biden recently, Meeks noted that he accompanied the president during his visit to Normandy last month and said Biden delivered a “remarkable speech” commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion.
“The president has led, continues to lead, and the leadership that he has provided has brought the world, the democratic world, closer together, to make us all safer together than we would be if we were doing this by ourselves,” he said.
