President Biden has repeatedly rejected suggestions that he end his campaign, and the vast majority of Democratic lawmakers have declined to break with him.
But today he faced fresh pressure, from Capitol Hill to Hollywood.
Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker and longtime ally of Biden, gave the strongest public signal yet that Democrats remain divided, suggesting in a television interview that the president still could reconsider his decision.
“Time is running short,” she said, noting that she would support him “whatever he decides.”Pelosi’s comments were “emblematic of the game of chicken that a lot of Democrats are playing,” Catie Edmondson, our congressional correspondent, told me.
“They have concerns about the president’s fitness to run, but they don’t want to be the ones to say Mr. President, please step aside.”Catie told me that she has continued to hear many Democrats “privately express real fears about the extent to which Biden could not only lose the White House but could drag down Democrats running in House and Senate races.”
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Biden, Nancy Pelosi, ”, ” Catie Edmondson, ” Catie, “
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Democratic, Capitol
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Hollywood, House