Democrats 'don't want to wake up on Nov. 6 kicking ourselves' because they 'couldn't muster the courage to do something,' one lawmaker said.
Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Photos: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP, Al Drago, Jemal Countess, and Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imagesabout the president's political strength and fitness for office by casting doubters as overwrought, but that strategy now appears to be backfiring.
Quigley said public worries are surfacing this week because it "took some time to process" the fallout from Biden's poor showing in Thursday's debate, and members are "starting to digest how the public is being influenced by this.", Rep. Jared Huffman said Democrats "must be laser-focused on winning, not hand wringing, or sentimentality, or insulting each other as 'bedwetters,' or anything else.
"This is real! To ignore what the public obviously feels is ridiculous ... what's hard to burn away is the president being walked off the stage by his wife down the stairs," the lawmaker added.Several House Democrats told Axios they think Biden should meet with the Democratic Caucus to address lawmakers' concerns.
Rep. Steve Cohen said a meeting with the caucus would be an "important thing" for Biden to do and suggested the president also sit down with a TV news anchor with a "high degree of respect" from the public, such as CNN's Chris Wallace.Reached for comment on this story, the Biden campaign referred to a past statement from spokesperson Mia Ehrenberg that Biden "is absolutely not dropping out.
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