The campaign team of the president of the United States, Joe Bidenreiterated this Friday that the president remains in the presidential race in view of the November elections and that There is no alternative candidate despite the Calls within the Democratic Party for him to reconsider his candidacy.

“Joe Biden has made it abundantly clear: he is still in the race and he is in it to win. Above all, he is the presumptive nominee: there is no plan to put forward an alternative candidate,” said Dan Kanninen, campaign manager for key states, in a statement reported by CNN.

In this regard, he has urged Democrats to “stop fighting.” “The only person who wins when we argue is Donald Trump“He stressed, adding that in a few weeks Biden will be the official candidate of the Democratic Party.

However, he has acknowledged that the team has “a lot of work ahead” for Biden to win the November presidential election against his rival, former President Donald Trump. “We have an immense opportunity and a clear path to victory if we listen to what voters are really paying attention to,” he argued.

Campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon has also spoken in similar terms, making it clear in an interview with MSNBC that Biden is still in the presidential race and that, although people’s concerns are taken “seriously”, the best way to overcome them is to “get back to work”.

“I think we saw exactly why last night. Because Donald Trump is not going to offer anything new to the American people“He’s the same person he was in 2020,” he stressed, adding that Biden is “older” but capable of winning the presidential election.

This occurs after Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 and canceled a campaign event in Las Vegas. The president announced this Friday that will resume his campaign events next week after recovering from the virus. “I look forward to returning to the campaign trail next week to continue to expose the threat of Donald Trump’s Project 2025 agenda while defending my own record and the vision I have for America: one in which we save our democracy, protect our rights and freedoms, and create opportunity for all,” his campaign said in a statement.

Biden has criticized Trump’s speech at the Republican National Convention, saying that for 90 minutes he focused only on his own issues, without “any plan to improve the lives of working people.”

The president has also mentioned the Trump-era repeal of the Roe v. Wade ruling, which enshrined the constitutional right to abortion since 1973, which has caused much “harm” to women in the country, according to NBC News.

The atmosphere within the Democratic Party has heated up even more in recent hours after the former president Barack Obama expressed concern about the polls and said Biden should reconsider his candidacy, The Washington Post reported.

He President Trump’s failure in last month’s debatewhere he appeared weakened and imprecise against his Republican rival, and his advanced age have been causes of concern among Democrats in recent weeks.

Criticism has intensified after Biden confused the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskywith its Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin during the NATO summit held in Washington, or Kamala Harris with Donald Trump, during an important press conference at the end of the summit.