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President Biden sent a letter to congressional Democrats on Monday noting his intentions to stay in the race despite growing calls for him to step aside.
He wrote that he “absolutely” believes he is the best person to beat former president Donald Trump and would not be running if he thought otherwise. He also wrote that he thinks the question of how to move forward should end, effectively calling on Democrats in Congress to stop questioning his campaign.
Nine House Democrats have publicly and privately called for the president to step aside; others are defending Biden.
Biden invited Democrats who thought he shouldn’t be the party’s presidential nominee to challenge him at the Democratic National Convention next month.
“If any of these guys don’t think I should run, run against me,” Biden said in a surprise call to MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” show Monday. “Go ahead, announce for president. Challenge me at the convention.”
Biden also pointed to predictions that he and Democrats would not prevail in 2020 and 2022, saying that he had always predicted the opposite.