NC Gov. Cooper shows support for President Biden after White House meeting

North Carolina's Gov. Roy Cooper participated virtually in a White House meeting Wednesday with other Democratic governors across the country and President Joe Biden, according to the governor's office.

The meeting, confirmed by the White House, comes after a group of Democratic governors talked on Monday about concerns over the current president's run this November without the president, USA TODAY reports. Much of the concern surrounds Biden's debate performance last week where he was seen freezing and stumbling over his words. Biden, 81, has even told reporters it was not his best performance.

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Cooper said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, after the meeting that he supports Biden as the nominee.

The post says: "We had a good meeting with the president talking about what's needed to win. Donald Trump is an existential threat to our democracy, and everyone in the room agreed that defeating him is imperative. President Biden told us he is definitely running for re-election, he is our nominee and we'll continue doing everything we can to deliver North Carolina for him."

Despite public calls for Biden to step down from the race and a flurry of potential replacements thrown out, Biden has not indicated he would do so. In fact, during a rally in Raleigh the day after the debate Biden told visitors "I know how to do this job."

This article originally appeared on Asheville Citizen Times: NC Gov. Roy Cooper to join meeting with Democratic governors, Biden