“President Biden is a good man who values his life of service, but he believes he should step aside in favor of the next generation of leaders,” Minnesota Democratic Congresswoman Angie Craig wrote in a statement.
So far, five of the 211 Democratic members of Congress have publicly called on Joe Biden to resign from running for president.
Hakeem Jeffries, the leader of the Democratic Representative Caucus, began a meeting with senior members of Congress from his party on Sunday.
The House of Representatives took a break this week for the Fourth of July holiday, and the legislative session will reconvene next week.
Meanwhile, he is campaigning in support of Joe Biden. California Governor Gavin Newsom, who met with Democratic voters in Pennsylvania on Saturday to reassure them of Joe Biden's fitness for the presidency. He has also repeatedly expressed his support for Biden's candidacy. Also Vice President Kamala Harris. Both politicians are being touted by US media as potential candidates to run if Joe Biden decides to withdraw from the race.
In a pre-recorded interview with ABC News national television on Friday, the president confirmed that He has no intention of backing down. He said that only “Almighty God” could force him to withdraw from the race he is running against Donald Trump.
He responded to the voices calling for him to withdraw from the Democratic Party by saying that he had heard them, but in his opinion they did not represent the overwhelming majority.
Asked about polling showing Donald Trump gaining ground, the president said he knew they were tied. Responding to data that only 36 percent of Americans approve of his job as president, Biden said he doesn’t believe that and that their internal polling shows otherwise.
The ABC News interview was Joe Biden’s first televised appearance since the June 27 presidential debate, in which he, by his own admission, performed poorly. The performance was closely watched.
The White House added several unscheduled interviews to Biden's schedule to make up for his presidential debate performance.
Former Democratic presidential adviser David Axelrod responded to an ABC News interview on CNN on Saturday, saying the president should face the reality of polls showing him running against Donald Trump.
Philadelphia-based broadcast journalist Andrea Lovell Sanders, who interviewed the president on Wednesday, told CNN on Saturday that the White House sent him the questions in advance for “acceptance.”
Cover photo source: MTI Photo/Giuseppe Lami
