Democrats held a closed-door meeting on Sunday amid growing pressure on President Biden to withdraw from the race.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York held a virtual meeting with ranking Democrats on House committees on Sunday afternoon.
Fox News has learned that several Democrats on House committees have expressed concerns about the possibility of Biden continuing to seek reelection against former President Trump.
Fox was told the consensus among most of the Democrats who suggested on the call that Biden should drop out of the race was that the party should focus on Vice President Kamala Harris as a potential successor.
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President Biden is facing growing pressure to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race. (Getty Images)
It is unclear which Democrats have called on Biden to step aside, or how concerned they are about the current president continuing to seek a second term.
The meeting was proposed after Biden gave a 22-minute interview with ABC News on Friday, in which his campaign hoped to allay concerns that the president doesn’t have the power to continue his campaign and defeat former President Donald Trump.
If anything, the interview sparked new anxiety among Democrats already concerned by Biden’s dismal debate performance.
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries convened an online meeting with House Democratic committee leaders to discuss President Biden. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
“While Biden certainly looked better and more consistent than he did in the debate, there was nothing in this interview to calm the nerves of Democrats who are worried that Joe Biden is on track to lose this race to Donald Trump,” ABC News Washington bureau chief Jonathan Karl said after the interview.
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But Biden struck a defiant tone, saying he would not withdraw unless “God almighty came down and said, ‘Joe, get out of the election.'”
Fox News Digital’s Landon Mion contributed to this report.
