Crow: 'No doubt' Biden can serve out his term despite age concerns

Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) said he has “no doubt” that President Biden will be able to effectively serve out the remainder of his term, despite his earlier concerns about his age and acuity regarding his reelection campaign.

Crow added in a NewsNation "The Hill Sunday" interview with Chris Stirewalt that he's confident Biden made the right decision to leave the presidential campaign.

“There's no doubt in my mind that [Biden] will continue to do remarkable things as our commander in chief. No doubt whatsoever,” Crow said.

The congressman recalled a heated conversation between Biden and House Democrats earlier this month, during which Crow and others levied harsh criticisms of the president amid concerns about his electoral viability.

“I had a tough conversation with him, and I raised concerns about the campaign and the course of his candidacy, and what that looks like going forward,” Crow said. “I had at no time outright asked him to step aside, because that is his decision and decision alone, and we saw that he made the right one.” 

A source familiar with the conversation told The Hill that the exchange between Biden and Crow was “hard to watch,” characterizing Biden’s response as “tense” and “defensive.”

Despite that previous criticism, Crow reaffirmed that he has confidence in Biden now, and lauded the president’s decision to end his campaign.

“He did an incredible act of service to this country,” Crow continued. “You almost never see this in politics, somebody's putting aside their own interest and their own advancement to do what's good for the country. And you know, it was a remarkable act of love in service for America.” 

Crow is now a surrogate for Harris’ presidential campaign. 

Democrats have quickly coalesced around Harris, with her campaign already gathering enough committed delegates to effectively lock up the party’s nomination. No other candidate has challenged Harris for the nomination, and her campaign has broken numerous fundraising records as it attempts to make up for a late start.

Polling has shown Harris improving over Biden’s figures against former President Trump, though now all attention is onto who her vice presidential candidate will be.

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