{"id":2288043,"date":"2024-07-02T14:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T18:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-damage-control-hasnt-reached-top-democrats-on-the-hill-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-02T14:24:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T18:24:31","slug":"biden-damage-control-hasnt-reached-top-democrats-on-the-hill-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-damage-control-hasnt-reached-top-democrats-on-the-hill-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden damage control hasn\u2019t reached top Democrats on the Hill &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-damage-control-hasnt-reached-top-democrats-on-the-hill-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2288043&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ocratic lawmakers have expressed concerns about Biden&#8217;s ability\u2064 to lead and \u2062have raised questions about\u200d whether he should remain the party&#8217;s nominee. However, despite calls for him to step aside, Biden has not personally addressed these concerns \u2062with top Democratic leaders. This \u2063lack of communication has\u2062 frustrated some \u200bmembers of Congress, who feel that Biden&#8217;s inner circle \u2064should \u200dhave consulted them before allowing him to \u200bparticipate in \u200bthe debate. there is growing tension within \u200cthe Democratic Party regarding Biden&#8217;s\u2063 performance and leadership, \u2064highlighting the \u200bneed for more open and\u200c transparent communication between the president and party\u200b officials.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Biden damage control hasn\u2019t reached top Democrats on the Hill<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/emallon\/\">Elaine Mallon<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-02T14:11:46-04:00\">July 2, 2024 2:11 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1693492\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>While <a href=\"http:\/\/Hakeem%20Jeffries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> chief of staff Jeff Zients has been working on damage control after President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden\u2019s<\/a> disastrous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"debate\">debate<\/a> performance, Biden has yet to speak personally with top Democratic leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Five sources familiar with the situation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/joe-biden\/biden-disastrous-debate-democrats-worry-call-step-down-rcna159841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> NBC News that Biden has not spoken with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) nor House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) since the presidential debate last week. Schumer and Jeffries have only been in conversations with Zients. Counselor to the president Steve Ricchetti has also been in phone calls with members of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries said that Biden gave an \u201cunderwhelming performance\u201d in Thursday\u2019s debate, but he said he stood in support of the president.<\/p>\n<p>Pundits on TV and columnists have filled the airwaves with calls for Biden to step aside as the party\u2019s nominee, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-the-democrats-election-heist-too-big-to-fail\/\" title=\"Is the Democrats\u2019 Election Heist \u2018Too Big to Fail\u2019?\">elected officials<\/a> have been less vocal about their opposition in public. Those calls, however, have started to become more frequent on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>While Biden hasn\u2019t spoken with Jeffries or Schumer, campaign spokeswoman Lauren Hill said he \u201chas spoken personally with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-times-democrats-flip-to-republican-in-political-upheaval-of-border-towns\/\" title=\"NY Times: Democrats Flip to Republican in &#039;Political Upheaval&#039; of Border Towns\">multiple elected officials<\/a> on the Hill and across the battlegrounds since the debate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But that handful of conversations might not be enough to soothe Democrats who have grown frustrated with the lack of transparency between members of Biden\u2019s inner circle and themselves. Given Biden\u2019s debate performance, one Democratic lawmaker said Biden\u2019s family should have known better than to let him step foot on the debate stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hold his family and his advisers directly responsible for this mess,\u201d the lawmaker told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-73976-ballots-released-by-maricopa-county-56-1-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"BREAKING: 73,976 Ballots Released By Maricopa County \u2014 56.1% FOR DONALD TRUMP\">news outlet<\/a>. \u201cThey are closest to him, and they should have pulled him out before this happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some Democratic lawmakers said they think Biden\u2019s inner circle has been regulating access to the president, keeping people from seeing what kind of mental and physical shape he is in.<\/p>\n<p>Publicly, Democratic lawmakers remain steadfast in their support for the president, but privately, four lawmakers have said that they think the president needs to drop out of the race.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For Democrats in vulnerable districts and contentious Senate races, Biden being the head of the party puts a great burden on them in trying to win over independent and swing voters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ones that are in the worst position are front-liners in the swing states who already were feeling as though they had to carry the president \u2026 and then the catch-22 of trying to go out there and campaign. \u2026 It\u2019s hard not to be panicky,\u201d a lawmaker told the media outlet. \u201cIt\u2019s a lot of pressure. It\u2019s a lot of anxiety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1693492\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1693492\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top Democrats on Capitol Hill have not yet been personally contacted by President Biden following his poor debate performance, despite efforts by White House chief of staff Jeff Zients to do damage control. While Biden has not spoken directly with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer or House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, his campaign spokeswoman stated that he has spoken with multiple elected officials since the debate. However, some Democratic lawmakers have expressed frustration with Biden&#8217;s inner circle for not being transparent about his mental and physical condition. Despite publicly supporting Biden, some lawmakers privately believe he should drop out of the race, especially those in vulnerable districts and contentious Senate races who are feeling pressure to win over independent and swing voters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2288044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/biden-white-house-supreme-court-2-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,33699,4460,33700,32076],"class_list":["post-2288043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-damage-control","tag-hill","tag-top-democrats","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/biden-white-house-supreme-court-2-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2288043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2288044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2288043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2288043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2288043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}