‘We’re doomed’: Democratic lawmakers worry Biden’s interview won’t save his campaign
President Joe Biden continued debate damage control during a Friday night interview on ABC News, working to persuade Democrats that he's the best candidate to defeat former President Donald Trump this fall. Behind the scenes, the interview did little to quell fear from Hill Democrats who worry that Biden's debate performance leaves his candidacy beyond repair.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden continued debate damage control during a Friday-night interview on ABC News, working to persuade Democrats that he’s the best candidate to defeat former President Donald Trump this fall.
But behind the scenes, the interview did little to quell fear from Hill Democrats who worry that Biden’s debate performance leaves his candidacy beyond repair.
In the hours after Biden sat for a 22-minute interview with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, more than half a dozen Democrats in Congress described Biden’s political situation in stark terms including “heartbroken,” “doomed” and a “f-----g disaster.”
On Saturday morning, Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., became the latest Democrat and first front-line member to call for Biden to “step aside for the next generation of leadership.”
Separately, a Democratic lawmaker who previously endorsed Biden told NBC News that they will be breaking their silence on his political future “soon.”
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