President Biden faced more pressure to step aside yesterday, as Democrats aired concerns that he would lose to Donald Trump in November.
Speaking on a news show, Nancy Pelosi, congresswoman and former speaker of the House, said that “time is running short” for Biden to reconsider, adding that she would back him “whatever he decides.”
Some other Democratic lawmakers, including Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, have appeared to follow her lead, focusing on Biden’s past decisions to be a realist about his political fortunes and put his country first.
Explicit calls for Biden to withdraw have also increased. Senator Peter Welch of Vermont became the first Democratic senator to publicly call on the president to withdraw, and Representative Pat Ryan of New York became the eighth member of Congress to publicly call on him to drop out of the race.
However, President Biden has tried to silence his doubters by criticizing the Democratic “elites” whom he portrays as having turned on him,
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