The presence of President Joe Biden as the presumptive Democratic nominee had some of the party in tears on Tuesday, according to a new report.
House Democrats representing swing states — the kinds of politicians whose professional futures are hinging on November’s election — gathered Tuesday to review prospects that Biden could be removed from the ticket in the wake of his disastrous performance in a June 27 debate with former President Donald Trump.
“There were actual tears from people, and not for Biden,” one source told Axios
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The meetings came after Biden issued a bellicose letter Monday to Democrats returning to the Capitol after the July Fourth recess — a letter that appears to have put a stop, for the moment, to rumblings in the party to get a new nominee before November.
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“Whether or not I have concerns is besides the point. He is going to be our nominee, and we all have to support him,” Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York said after the general House Democratic meeting, according to Axios”……
(In addition to Biden’s show of strength with that Monday letter…..) According to Axios, the president also made an effort Monday night to shore up his support among members of the Congressional Black Caucus — a key part of his power base.
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