House Democrats Talk Frustration, Loyalty To Biden In Closed-Door Session
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"It's the stupidest thing I've ever seen," one lawmaker said of the ongoing debate over whether to replace Biden.
Faced with an internal split over whether to keep Joe Biden as the party’s presidential nominee, House Democrats did something unusual Tuesday.
They kept their mouths shut.
Leaving a weekly party meeting, most Democrats opted to keep quiet or simply say it had been a good meeting when asked how the discussion went, trying to leave little fuel for the narrative that they are in disarray.
The mum’s-the-word approach from the usually chatty Democrats, known for not adhering to party message discipline, was a sign of how riven the caucus is over how to proceed. A person briefed on the meeting afterward described the mood as “sad and frustrated.”
While Democrats succeeded in keeping most signs of disagreement hidden, that doesn’t mean they have come to any sort of consensus. And with Congress set to leave town Thursday for a week and Biden all but daring congressional Democrats to move against him, the window to pull back his nomination, even if there were a consensus to do so, is closing fast.
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