Many Republicans are rooting — and in fact pushing — for President Joe Biden to remain atop the Democratic presidential ticket over the uncertainty of a replacement candidate, the Washington Examiner reported Monday.

While Democratic Party leaders and lawmakers continue to scramble in search of solutions in the aftermath of Biden’s debate performance nearly two weeks ago, many Republicans want Biden to remain right where he is for a simple reason — he’s the easiest to defeat in November, they say.

“I do think there’s an obvious feeling that if Biden remains on the ticket, that he would be easier to defeat,” GOP consultant Saul Anuzis told the Examiner. “Any candidate regardless of who it would be who would replace Biden creates a degree of uncertainty. You don’t know how they would play out. You don’t know how they would perform in the general election.”

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