Pressure is growing on the Biden campaign after the president's much-criticized performance at last week's debate, which many Democrats called a disaster. In Vogue, first lady Jill Biden said “we will continue to fight.” House Democrats tell NBC News they are waiting for polling from swing districts before making judgments.
WASHINGTON — Four days after his disastrous debate performance, President Joe Biden still had not personally called top Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill to shore up support, five sources told NBC News, though White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients was making calls. Biden’s team has been working to quash questions swirling in the party about whether he can continue in the race against former President Donald Trump.
“They are closest to him and they should have pulled him out before this happened.” The person added: “Just hoping someone above my pay grade figures this out.” Rep. Annie Kuster, D-N.H., the chairwoman of the moderate New Democrat Coalition, also reiterated frustration with the Biden team’s handling of the debate and said that Democrats need more information to assess “what happened” as they defend their seats. “Obviously, we saw what we saw.
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