Top House Democrat to Hold Weekend Meeting as Anxiety Builds
- Debate debacle heightened election fears among House lawmakers
- The chamber reconvenes Monday for the first time since debate
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Friday night abruptly scheduled an unusual weekend meeting with top Democratic colleagues as party anxiety festers over whether Joe Biden should remain in the presidential race.
Even as the Democratic establishment on Capitol Hill and elsewhere continued to publicly support Biden’s campaign, a handful have broken ranks. Representative Angie Craig of Minnesota said on X on Saturday that the president should step aside. On Friday, Representative Mike Quigley of Illinois told MSNBC that he shouldn’t run.