President Joe Biden has yet to officially address the flurry of disquiet within the Democratic Party regarding his viability and strength as the party's candidate.
has yet to directly address the growing disquiet in the Democratic Party about his viability as the party's candidate following aMany prominent Democrats have said they stand by the president and only one member of Congress has called for him to withdraw. Still, in TV appearances, public statements and interviews with ABC News, key party players have increasingly expressed serious concerns about Biden's mental acuity and pressed for reassurance.
"First of all, I want to say we understand the concerns," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during Tuesday's press briefing. "We get it. The president did not have a great night, as you all know." According to two people briefed on the call and one governor who attended the meeting, some governors did express frustration over the president's debate performance -- as well as the lack of outreach from the president directly to some of the governors on the call. However, one source familiar told ABC News that the Biden White House is in "constant touch" with governors and their teams.
"I think it was a weak debate performance by President Biden," Democratic Sen. Chris Coons, a co-chair of the president's reelection campaign,"He had a scratchy, rough voice. He answered a few questions in ways that were not the most forceful, but I think side-by-side, Donald Trump had a horrifying debate performance. I do think it's for Joe Biden to make any decision about his campaign, his debate prep, his path forward.
In a Tuesday interview with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell, Pelosi acknowledged "I think it's a legitimate question to say: Is this an episode or is this a condition?"
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