'I don't know who's making decisions,' said one House Democrat.
Some lawmakers want Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries to privately push Biden to step aside. These lawmakers argue the president could bring down their chances of holding the Senate or flipping the House if he loses big in November.Multiple members told us they're furious the 81-year-old president has dragged his feet on reaching out to Democratic leaders, much less rank-and-file members in tough races.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 84, told MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports" that she thinks it's "a legitimate question to say: Is this an episode, or is this a condition?"The stakes of keeping the Senate majority, and winning back the House, now feel existential to many Democrats after the debate debacle and the Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.
"I didn't listen to my staff ... and then I almost fell asleep on stage," he told donors. "It's not an excuse but an explanation." "Strangely, we are getting to the point where it may not have been the debate that did him in, but the aftermath of how they've handled it," a top Democratic operative told us.that major Democratic donors are now planning to move big bucks to House and Senate candidates as a hedge against a second Trump term, which they view as increasingly likely.Top Democrats are watching to see if any blue-leaning states, including Minnesota, are suddenly in play.
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