House Democrats are circling their wagons around Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries even as his caucus continues to clash over President Biden's candidacy.
House Democrats are insisting Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is doing a steady job leading their caucus even as his lawmakers continue to defect from President Biden’s candidacy. The high-profile Democrat’s backing is critical to Biden right now as he insists to critics and allies alike that he can beat former President Trump and serve another four years. Jeffries held a listening session with Democrats on Tuesday morning where people aired both their concerns and support for Biden.
Those public declarations have drawn rebukes from Biden supporters like Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., who accused his fellow Democrats of 'intra-party mixed messaging' that was 'deeply self-destructive.' Asked if any of that came from a lack of direction from Jeffries, however, Torres told Fox News Digital, 'Leader Jeffries is handling the situation as well as he can.
Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., who earlier this week released a statement disputing reports that he spoke out against Biden’s candidacy, similarly denied that Jeffries had any blame for the discord. 'I would never put any of that on him. No, it's a wide and diverse caucus. It’s a big tent. People are going to have different opinions, but he's very good at bringing us together,' Beyer told Fox News Digital. Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass.
Despite Jeffries’ backing, however, pressure from House Democrats continues to trickle down onto the 81-year-old president. While just seven House lawmakers in his party have asked Biden to step aside, more have expressed their concerns over his abilities. Reps. Jared Golden, D-Maine., and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., have warned they don’t think Biden can beat former President Trump. And on Tuesday evening, Rep.
What I said this morning and expressed to my colleagues, particularly from members on the front line, is that I think they need to do whatever it is they need to do in order to come back and be re-elected and so if they need to, you know, distance themselves, then that’s what they need to do,' he told CNN. Jeffries, for his part, told reporters on Monday, 'I made clear the day after the debate, publicly, that I support President Joe Biden and the Democratic ticket.
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