Dozens more Democratic lawmakers could call for Biden to drop out in coming days

Dozens of congressional Democrats could join several of their colleagues who have already publicly called for President Biden to end his reelection bid in the coming days. Those calls would come in spite of a press conference Biden held Thursday hoping to change perceptions about his age and health. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes and congressional correspondent Nikole Killion have more.
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[@lawrencesullivan3307]

Some Democrats are proving to be incredibly spineless.

[@KaiserBlade]

Some?

[@monkeeseemonkeedoo3745]

THey never had a spine, they had partisanship

[@HicSvntDracones]

Of course some are. Both parties have complete idiots involved, and a lot of time, somehow, we both gift these idiots with power.

[@BionicDance]

Boy, do I ever not care what Washington officials think; has anybody bothered to ask, oh, I don't know... _the VOTERS???_

[@MrWhitmen1981]

That’s called election day. The more you know. 😂

[@BionicDance]

@@MrWhitmen1981 Election Day is too late to switch candidates if the votes simply aren't there for Biden.

[@nr14989]

It’s not about Biden turning this around. It’s that Biden does not have control over his cognitive decline and there's no turning around ffrom that. You can watch the debate repeatedly, and it’s clear that it wasn’t just a bad night.

[@tommyhaynes9157]

Trump called Biden -Obama seven times, he called Haley -Pelosi four times. Joe has made gaffs for many years. Then he went on to do a brilliant press conference. Biden's response to questions about foreign policy were really impressive. He seems to have a great command of the issues in that area and can clearly remember all the intricate details of all the problems , negotiations and goals .He makes gaffs he always has but clearly his intellect is very strong. This is not a man in mental decline. Trump would not have a clue how to deal with these questions. That's why he talks the most bizzar nonsense I've ever heard at his public appearances

[@chuckxu5910]

I don’t care what y’all said about president Joey whether or not, he has dementia Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s. I’m still going to vote for him.

[@dusk1947]

This exactly

[@Cwgrlup]

Being a nurse who works with geriatric patients, it’s clear to me that Biden is making bad decisions and isn’t cognitively fit to run the country.

[@BlaccTony69]

Biden has a back up president, VP HARRIS. We all know he’s old. He doesn’t have dementia. My mom has dementia and she is much different than Biden. He just acts like your typical old man.

[@chobiden7770]

why would they call for him to drop out? they along with the media have been telling us for the past 3 1/2 years that he is sharp as a tack and to stop believing our own eyes and ears.

[@whocares4464]

Breaking news!!! The sky is green!!! This just in!!! The grass is blue! Back to you Tom 😁

[@Dndbdhxdvbxn25]

My eye ears gag at the thought of Trump. Newsom will win. Watch.

[@mrwz626]

​@@Dndbdhxdvbxn25yeah Newsom would beat Trump in a landslide.

[@CRAPO2011]

​@@Dndbdhxdvbxn25newsom can't overtake Biden, hes semi right wing his ex is a trump supporter

[@chobiden7770]

@@Dndbdhxdvbxn25 Newsome makes me gag. He reminds me of one of those multi millionaire snake oil salesman pastors

[@leedex]

Announcing Zelensky as Putin. Imagine, if someone announced Winston Churchill as Adolf Hitler 😱

[@lisas7389]

Denial in full bloom

[@italia689]

Biden thinks "denial" is a river in Egypt.

[@NickyM1964]

Bwahahahahahaha... But he was sharp as a tack a week ago???

[@Dndbdhxdvbxn25]

Careful youngster your time will come

[@diahegge5395]

@@Dndbdhxdvbxn25he’s not the president

[@Dndbdhxdvbxn25]

@@diahegge5395 both of you are not sharp as a tack I see

[@Dndbdhxdvbxn25]

@@diahegge5395 deletes stuff that hurts his feelings

[@elenajoseph3594]

He lost already !!

[@HicSvntDracones]

You mean like in 2020 and again in 2022 with the "red wave" that failed to even leave a drip...

[@Mike-gc9ih]

There is no honor in journalism anymore 😢

[@freda2758]

Nope, there isn't. But the fact that President Biden hasn't come out and attacked everyone who is calling for him to step down, or turning angry mobs against them, is EXACTLY why I'm voting for President Biden!

[@jasonfusaro2170DragonFly]

Never was.

[@mmunz7253]

All working for the russians.

[@duane_313]

Why? Because they’re reporting on news you don’t like???

[@LukeJ-cq8ks]

Elaborate.

[@JacobFish-s4v]

Hell yeah!!! Let’s bring Trump back!!!!

[@CheerfulFerryBoat-ug8gr]

STEP DOWN BRANDON!!!!

[@d.lowery4933]

He is Bidone. It is Joever.

[@twesj]

This man cannot remain in power.

[@freda2758]

Why? What job has he done wrong while in office? Be specific.

[@diahegge5395]

@@freda2758I can’t say one sentence without getting confused

[@diahegge5395]

@@freda2758opened the border

[@twesj]

@freda2758 halting federal funding four elementary schools who don't allow males to compete with females in athletics for starters. There's the American rescue plan that started inflation. Then there was the time he signed an executive order putting in place an eviction moratorium even though he knew it was illegal and the only reason he signed it was because he knew that going through the court process would by time. He's buying votes with student loan forgiveness in spite of the Supreme Court ruling against him. I could go on.

[@freda2758]

@@diahegge5395 That's Trump during every rally. Either he is bumbling his words or completely lying. But I asked you about President Biden.

[@Shining237]

We need a Democrat who possesses "diplomatic skills"☮️ ... not someone who's every waking thought is "more war" 🪖 for billionaires 💰

[@cameronhenke593]

I thonknthe democratic party has shown it has no business governing at all

[@leo-roundtheearth]

were the questions asked by the reporters at the Big-boy conference pre-meditated ? Why was it that, at that conference, B-i-den called out the name of the subsequent reporter? This causes an irresistible inference that the questions were pre-meditated.

[@chadkroeger9]

mislabels an ally and his own VP. staffers: great job! clap citizens!

[@dlewis895]

SAME AS TRUMP. BUT NO BASHINGGGGG WHYYYYY

[@holismtheway]

Clyburn is such a Tom!! He's the type black democrat Malcolm X warned us not to trust!!

[@cameronhenke593]

@@holismtheway it's funny because you see so much of it in the democratic party

[@holismtheway]

@@cameronhenke593 and it's embarrassing it really is!

[@densek510]

prepared and sent earlier “questions from 11 journalists” ?!

[@judytalk128]

They better do it now before it's too late to save our country!!!

[@mrwz626]

We're gonna have to force him out because he'd rather lose to Trump a convicted criminal than give up power. And other Dem would be 7 to 10 points up. America just doesn't want either one of these bozos...

[@Mjfa9923]

Exactly, they need to force Biden out.

[@williamkleimanjr]

My Democratic Party is going to lose so bad come November and then they’re going to pretend to not understand why and what they could of done differently. The Democratic voter doesn’t feel better after last night and no one in the party seems to care about the actual voters.

[@cameronhenke593]

Maybe you should join the party which cares about its citizens and that's not the democrats the party has not been for Americans for decades the sooner ppl wake up amd see that the better

[@williamkleimanjr]

@@cameronhenke593the Democratic Party aligns more with my core values but after 2016, 2020, and 2024 elections I have to question how much the party can actually be trusted. Every day that passes only makes the Republican Party seem correct about the Democratic Party and if I’m feeling this way now, there has to be millions more like me feeling the same. I’m not even sure the Democratic Party will exist come the 2026 midterms anymore.

[@Mjfa9923]

​​@@williamkleimanjrI saw the Democrat Party going the wrong way before 2016. Obama's 1st term really opened my eyes up.

[@williamkleimanjr]

@@Mjfa9923 i didn’t pay to much attention to the primaries back then but for the last 3 presidential elections choice was taken from the primary voters. A new rule needs to be established that no one that runs in the primaries for presidency can be eligible to be appointed to or work for anything dealing with the incoming administration.

[@williamkleimanjr]

How many Democratic primaries would Biden have won had he actually taken part in the primary debates last fall? He wants to talk 14 million voted for him in the primaries yet he never let anyone see him compared to his primary challengers.

[@chefbutchwild]

Any time their response is well Trump... respond- That is why we MUST beat Trump!!!!!!!Biden LOSES! IRREVERSIBLE LOSS!

[@retire14pattaya9]

Dream on demented grifter is going to go

[@dianabehr3169]

The voters in these spineless Dems' district should tell then that they won't vote for them if they don't step up and tell Biden to leave because he will.pull everyone down with him if he loses in November!

[@Mjfa9923]

Exactly, Biden is the SWAMP just dirty.

[@HicSvntDracones]

You realize the ONLY option is Harris? No one else can access those campaign funds, AND it requires Joe to resign... and you know who becomes VP until Congress OK's a VP pick? that's right.. the same guy running congress.... that's right.. Mie Johnson. oops, typo, well.. you know. Do you really think it is worth letting that man get to 2nd in charge in this country just to get rid of Joe? Do you really think Harris can beat Trump this late in the game, or are you just repeating what others are saying, that also don;t truly understand the situation. If it was much much earlier, then yeah, I think Newsom is a great Trump bashing device, of course, we won the last election by NOT bashing Trump, and speaking on the issues, which Joe did an AMAZING job at during the Nato pres briefing.

[@saneasthenextguy196]

And what will these people say if Biden drops out and Trump wins anyhow, who will they blame then?

[@richstrobel]

They'll say it was a calculated risk. If Biden stays in it is a calculated risk; he could lose. Most people strongly believe, even if he's reelected, Biden won't make it as President another four and a half years.

[@karlnordinger5968]

Biden's fitness is the issue not who becomes president .

[@Mellyn1151]

They will blame Biden anyway. What a shameful showing of congress.

[@timrainone9702]

A good leader does what is best for his party and the country. The concern is real. You cannot reverse Mother time. Biden must step aside and give the reins to a younger Democrat.

[@jaymudd2817]

Open Border is good for us? He's a Traitor.

[@cameronhenke593]

A good leader does what I'm best for country political partynshould have nothing do with it

[@SmurfPerfect]

“I’m Joe Biden and I’m a Black Woman. But I also nominated one as my VP, President Trump.”

[@karenalvarado5528]

He didn't care about our safety and borders he want drop out cause he thinks he is ok. Kinda like a alcoholic/drug addict they think that we are the ones with the problem. He does see he is wrong

[@musiccreation1198]

Where the F are they? What are they waiting for??!!!!???

[@whocares4464]

Breaking news!!! The sky is green!!! This just in!!! The grass is blue!!! Back to you Tom 😁

[@beautifulmountain6590]

To bad you didn't see all this 4 years ago. Great job, NOT Vote Trump, save America

[@beautifulmountain6590]

If you think VP Harris is the answer, THINK AGAIN VOTE TRUMP, SAVE AMERICA

[@freda2758]

Ridin' with Biden! 😎🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

[@richstrobel]

​​@@beautifulmountain6590a vote for Trump would support project 2025. Essentially they want to lessen the checks and balances in the Federal government. That is very bad. I don't trust any one person in government with that much power, certainly not Trump.

[@misterfunnybones]

He can't step aside. He can shuffle to the side.

[@seanwjones07]

Keep the pressure up!

[@jimcroft21]

So, now that it’s happening literally every single time he speaks, y’all wanna do something.. but while the rest of us were screaming it years ago, nothin.. if this ain’t the most obvious rigged game ever…..

[@theempirestate6982]

It’s so funny because everyone I know isn’t switching their vote from President Biden, but I digress

[@j2futures500]

Already committed voters are NOT a risk. Independent voters, swing state voters, uncommitted voters are the risk. Biden can't carry the win, if he loses a majority of Independents. And he is losing them badly.

[@cameronhenke593]

In really sorry you know people like that ...they are the reason behind every bad policy for America

[@BoldWittyName]

They gonna have to in a month! 🤣

[@christopherrobbins3008]

Get this cognitive mess out of the White house now!!!!

[@John-s9d]

Who's in charge?

[@CaitlinKazarian]

The billionaires who are at the top calling the shots for both parties. Not the politicians…

[@reggie_remember]

Jill

[@ronkirk5099]

I'll vote for any candidate the Democrats put forward, but president Biden has proven he can do the job and has a proven track record of accomplishments that benefit the common good so I still support him. NO PROJECT 2025 PLAN FOR ME.

[@Mjfa9923]

Biden's plan is worse.

[@BlackandBlessed100]

Biden Harris for President 🇺🇸💙💙💙🇺🇸💙💙💙🩵💙💙🇺🇸🩵💙 2017 was awful and chaotic 2021 was for me calm and peaceful 🥰☮️🥰

[@Mjfa9923]

Lies.

[@freda2758]

If President Biden is in, I'm behind him all the way.

[@alexisarouge]

So am I. What the hell media?!!

[@ElAteoMexicano]

​@@alexisarougeWhat's wrong with Kamala?

[@freda2758]

@@alexisarouge It's like the media has completely forgotten how scared they were of Trump's tweets and threats, and how they were being hunted by his mob. Meanwhile, President Biden is not attacking them. All the more reason why he has my vote! 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

[@SAWhitman]

If u care about our Country. Bidens not helping us one bit. He needs to bow out like the dems are saying. MAGA 2024

[@SAWhitman]

​Step aside Biden. SAVE OUR COUNTRY. MAGA 2024

[@sharonhearne5014]

Biden is saying , “No thanks!”.

[@bella2304]

We the ppl that elected Biden WILL give him 4 MORE years. Politicians and celebrities don't seat a president, THE VOTERS DO ! Biden Harris 2024 👍

[@dianabehr3169]

Why even ask the WH how they feel about the press conference?! What else would they say but that they're "happy about it"??

[@CheerfulFerryBoat-ug8gr]

STEP DOWN JOE!!!!!!!!!!

[@bertskidmore5506]

Calling Trump his vice president did it for me, time Biden to retire after his term but not stand again he could be an advisor to new democrat president..

[@Von819]

Advise them of what? How to properly open a pudding cup? 🤤

[@Mjfa9923]

Biden shouldn't advise anyone. His policies are horrible!

[@bertskidmore5506]

@@Von819 We all need pudding

[@user-qn4zh2pw6m]

Meanwhile in the real news the Dow broke 40,000 today again.

[@HicSvntDracones]

Trump already took credit for that

[@adayinforever]

We have to take the keys from grandpa before he wrecks.

[@TheOriginalJphyper]

These officials aren't speaking for the people they represent. The people don't want Joe to drop out.

[@user-ip7qw5qe7g]

Trust me, many have wanted him out in less than 2 years into his presidency

[@TheOriginalJphyper]

@@user-ip7qw5qe7g I'm not talking about the MAGAs; I'm talking about everyone else.

[@blackrocks8413]

maybe they should call for enforcing laws. Call for closing our border. Call for judges to be replaced if they pass light sentences. Call for less reckless spending.... how 'bout 'dat

[@HicSvntDracones]

I am all for enforcing the law, and the Judges that derail criminal cases of the people they feel loyal to, or those that undo generations of law because someone gave the a new "motor coach". But lets guess, you aren't for holding Trump accountable, or are you one of those rare "never Trump" Republicans.

[@leoobermyer3769]

The Democrats trying to villainize R.F. Kennedy Jr. is ridiculous in comparison to the history of weird behaviors from both Biden & Trump! All three candidates should be debating, not just the two parties. (Kennedy has far more support than Ross Perot did in 1992, and who participated in all three debates). Given the fact that the media hasn't allowed Kennedy equal air-time, or even mention him at all, - We the People should decide for ourselves who the real villains are.

[@Mjfa9923]

Trump or Kennedy 2024

[@dareksiewruk2240]

Trump 2024... Bidon doesn't know what day it is. Jill should be put in jail for elder abuse.

[@Koolasicewater]

Judge a old man who says he's president, what a shoestring bar to cross. Are we serious?

[@danielcota5716]

The delusion.

[@Makaha-87B]

This is awesome …

[@tiffanyjones14]

When he loses to Trump, and we're all left to suffer, just remember he did his "goodest".

[@TomZart]

BIDIN & REALITY OF LIFE = 2024 ?? Life's a book written through Where the pages are the years. There's good, evil, false and true With laughter, sweat, and tears. Our days are songs composed by God As we set them to music with pleasure. His cup of life is for us to drink Though, He, decides the measure. Hurried and worried, dawn till dusk There's no time for a curtain call. We burn our candles from both ends And we're lucky to be alive at all. Cards are shuffled and hands are dealt For all to place their bets. Youthful blunders, adulthood struggles And old age with its regrets. Americans harmonize in sentiment While facing the challenges of life. Shoulder to shoulder we defined our land Through hardship, sacrifice and strife. It matters not, how long we live More, how well we play our part. For the road to glory is always near As long as there's truth in our heart. By Tom Zart! Most Published Poet On The Web! George Bush Tom Zart

[@msheckleman1767]

FJB is going down in a blaze of gory.

[@Mjfa9923]

What does that mean...😅😅

[@AquillaStar1]

If Obama would have NOT told Biden to step out in 2016 we NEVER would have been in this mess NEVER !!!!!!! so thanks a lot OBAMA !!!!

[@Mjfa9923]

Obama wanted H Clinton in the race.2016 Obama needs to stop sticking his nose in the Whitehouse business.No wonder people think he is the one telling Biden what to do.

[@reibee1972]

Biden should drop out.

[@keithsextonakathebluerose]

Smart Republican voters would vote for a rotten banana if the Democrats nominated one. Anyone or anything but Trump! Red voting 🔵!

[@mikey1986able]

Finally!!!!

[@lawrencesullivan3307]

And they are not "flip flops"!

[@jamesstephenbritton9723]

anything could happen in the next 48 hours

[@zachthorp6131]

As long as he answers ALL the questions, is in bed by 8:00, and tried his goodest, that's all that matters. We owe it to him to let him give it the old college try. He'll have Hunter by his side to offer advice, so we're in good hands.

[@Makaha-87B]

If they feel good 🤣🤣🤣there high

[@lawrencesullivan3307]

It wasn't a "speech" but a news conference. Cognitive test needed here?

[@VerifiedVIPMember]

Riding with Biden...🎉🎉🎉...Trump Landslide 2024

[@blainemogil2254]

Just breathe in, and out, without vocalizing "uh" and your presentation will be far smoother and far more clear.

[@MIAMIC70]

Brandon’s gotta go.

[@MirandaEvans-xz3eo]

Joe NEEDS to go Harris is the future

[@CRAPO2011]

Joe has sustained this economy no way Kamala if anything Dr Jill should apply

[@Mjfa9923]

​@@CRAPO2011LOL...neither of them.

[@stewartkingsley]

Trump is laughing all the way to his coronation.

[@blainemogil2254]

You have got to, uh, get the, "uh" out of your vocab. Your brilliance is hiding behind the firing line of uhs...

[@gwenjames199]

When they get to 14 million let We The People Know! Project 25 is on google and America’s doorstep! We still gone vote him in! If it’s not Kamala Harris at the top of ticket . The only folk that elect Dem Presidents say it’s going to be JB/KH!! You better take a seat

[@Mjfa9923]

Biden needs to go.

[@CRAPO2011]

Lets go Joe dont let the naysayers make u step down. lets do this 4 more Mr Biden👍👍

[@ja1756]

Anthony Blinken for President

[@Mjfa9923]

You must be crazy...😅

[@donaldb7071]

I believe Lichman

[@jamesdonop445]

Yall made this up didn't you?

[@ja1756]

The world will honor President Putin err Biden..if he steps aside. The whole world loves president Biden but he is a grandpa. Loved and honoured. Anthony Blinken is the one that is ready. Let's get Blinken ready.

[@Mjfa9923]

Both are horrible... Biden and Blinken.

[@ardiii746]

BIDEN 2024 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@whocares4464]

Go Jojo!!! Your a big boy now!!! Look👀

[@Coffee240]

He's done. Trump 2024

[@Dndbdhxdvbxn25]

@@Coffee240Newsom will show who’s boss

[@freda2758]

Without hesitation. I'm ridin' with Biden!

[@JeffreySmith7777]

NOTE TO SOCIALIST DEMOCRAT'S: please, please keep Joey Cannibals Biden in the basement for the next four months! America thanks you.

[@TonyMichelini]

Leave joe alone😂

[@MelindaDavis-x8f]

New voter Biden .we want nice oldman2024biden

[@ElseDale-l3q]

We all mixup names. Ridiculous!

[@pango-y8j]

We're not All presidents

[@KaiserBlade]

Neither is Putin I , Mean Zelensky I mean Trump I mean Harris no I mean Biden.

[@R.me_strong]

I’ve been adamant about Biden staying the race BUT… hear me out Kamala Harris / Michelle Obama dream team 👀💙🇺🇸

[@Mjfa9923]

That's just another term for President Obama.No thanks.

[@Tigerworksinc]

Why don't they just vote for Trump?

[@LukeJ-cq8ks]

They are doing this because they don’t want Trump to be president and they have functioning brains and eyes.

[@aaronthenorm5400]

7/12/24 The dow above 40,000 for the first time! Another record, Never happened under dmfp!

[@BoldWittyName]

@@aaronthenorm5400 Never happened under JFK or Roosevelt either. Guess they suck.

[@tommyhaynes9157]

A new Marist poll has Biden up by two. He has moved ahead of Trump in 538's model .

[@BoldWittyName]

Why do you think the Dems are asking him to leave? No Dem has said Biden can't do his job- even tho he can't. If he's "ahead" why is he being asked to leave the race?

[@Mjfa9923]

Biden is not ahead.

[@LukeJ-cq8ks]

Trump supporters are lying in polling to get Biden to stay in and Trump is still up 2 pts in the popular vote polling. Biden is about 7 points behind where he needs to be to win the electoral college

[@deedeewinfrey3181]

Robert F Kennedy Jr.

[@SlyFoxZack]

11 hand picked journalists...

[@factsbyflores]

THE BIGGEST HYPE OF 2024!!!!

[@AzarAzosh]

When you say that Trump is your VP and Zelenski is Putin, you really need to change your diapers, have an ice cream and a nap.

[@mm7846]

Support Biden 💙🙏💙🇺🇸💙🫶💙

[@ashleykelly3279]

Should never have been prosecuted to begin with! He did not put the bullets in or know they were inside the gun.

[@alittlelessdisappointed.9689]

Stop it. Biden Harris 2024.

[@crotalusatrox7931]

The man has been in decline for a long time, still better than Trump but he isn't going to improve only worsen.

[@jamesdonop445]

Dozens??? Really???? Lol

[@whocares4464]

You think lol man I'm so sick of news lol but yet here i am lol

[@meidas_robyn2775]

What a load of sh!t! Ffs! Move on! This is propaganda!!

[@whocares4464]

Lol most with eyes have been watching the slow burn for years now lol and it's still hard to believe they voted that guy in lol but I guess who was their second choice lol Hillary lol oh man this thing has been staged for years and Jojo always said he was going to be a one term president

[@killahkasino709]

Shout-out sleepy joe 🎉

[@freda2758]

After all the naps we saw Trump take? 😂😂😂😂

[@mmunz7253]

Where’s Nancy..this Jeffery guy can’t lead.

[@RayBolden-hv7iz]

All yall trump donors news we exspect

[@bearmerica6668]

Don’t make him step down. We want to see a rematch with numbers the democrats can’t rig this time😂

[@megan8858]

Maga