One House Democrat said he spoke for others in the wake of the president’s stunningly feeble debate performance on Thursday: “The movement to convince Biden to not run is real.”

The House member, an outspoken defender of the president, said that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer should consider “a combined effort” to nudge President Joe Biden out of the race.

Crestfallen by the president’s weak voice, pallid appearance and meandering answers, numerous Democratic officials said Biden’s bet on an early debate to rebut unceasing questions about his age had not only backfired but done damage that may prove irreversible. The president had, in the first 30 minutes of the debate, fully affirmed doubts about his fitness.

A second House Democrat said “reflection is needed” from Biden about the way ahead and indicated the private text threads among lawmakers were even more dire, with some saying outright that the president needed to drop out of the race.

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    They did? That’s weird I remember voting in them just like I do every 4 years.

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      You weren’t paying attention. Many states banned anyone else from the ballot, even though there wasn’t cause for that by the rules.

      There were no debates (Something that would have given Democratic party members time to decide if they thought Biden was electable.)

      Some states were told their delegates wouldn’t count.

      There was no fair Democratic Party primary. If you think there was you were either not paying attention, or you didn’t want a fair primary in the first place.

      This problem is a problem of the Democratic Part{EDIT}y’s own making.

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          So that’s the point that DancingBear was making and I was reinforcing- as Democratic voters, we were not presented with a choice this cycle

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      Even Russia puts the opposition on the ballot. That wasn’t an election it was a roll call.

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      You can generally vote in primaries every year where one is needed, not just every four years fyi, if you’re in to voting and all.