The two top congressional Democrats have both met privately with the president in the last week.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s spokesperson did not directly deny that report but called it “idle speculation” and added that: “Leader Schumer conveyed the views of his caucus directly to President Biden on Saturday.” | Francis Chung/POLITICOCongress’ two highest-ranking Democrats have gone directly to President Joe Biden with concerns about their party’s fate in November.
Schumer issued a brief statement after he spoke to Biden that simply said: “I sat with President Biden this afternoon in Delaware; we had a good meeting.” When reached for comment, White House senior deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said: “The President told both leaders he is the nominee of the party, he plans to win, and looks forward to working with both of them to pass his 100 days agenda to help working families.”
Democrats in both the House and Senate have spent weeks panicking over their polling. Many have privately and publicly called for Biden to step aside. Much of the public chatter halted on Saturday after the Trump assassination attempt., a close ally to Democratic leadership, turned attention in the party back to the internal campaign to convince Biden to step aside.
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