2024 election updates: Manchin the latest to call on Biden to end reelection bid

More Democrats called for Biden to bow out of the race.

President Joe Biden faced a critical point in his reelection bid as Democratic calls for him to exit the 2024 race continued to mount despite his efforts to shut them down.

A poor debate performance against Donald Trump in June reignited questions about Biden's age and fitness to carry out his campaign and serve another four years. While Biden defiantly insisted he was staying the course, he later announced on July 21 that he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race.

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Jul 12, 2024, 2:21 PM EDT

Biden to speak with progressive, moderate Democrats this weekend: Sources

President Biden is expected to speak with members of the New Democrat Coalition, a large group of self-styled moderates in the House, over the weekend, multiple Democratic sources told ABC News.

The group includes several Democrats who have called for him to withdraw from the race, including Reps. Adam Smith, Pat Ryan, Mikie Sherrill, Mike Quigley, and Jim Himes.

It’s not clear how many of those members will join the call. But it could be an opportunity for some of them to make their case directly to Biden.

The president plans to also meet with members of the Progressive Caucus on Saturday, according to sources.

-ABC News' Ben Siegel and Rachel Scott

Jul 12, 2024, 12:29 PM EDT

Biden to speak with Congressional Hispanic Caucus: Sources

Biden will be speaking with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Friday, two sources familiar with the planning told ABC News.

The meeting was technically set up through the BOLD PAC, which supports Hispanic and progressive candidates and includes members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, according to sources.

-ABC News' Rachel Scott

Jul 12, 2024, 11:00 AM EDT

Ron Klain says Biden news conference a 'more typical' performance than debate

Ron Klain, a senior adviser to Biden and former White House chief of staff joined MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Friday to discuss Biden's high-stakes news conference.

Klain framed the debate as a "bad night" and said the preparations were better than the real-time showing. Klain also said that what Americans saw on Thursday is more representative of Biden's abilities.

"Last night, the press conference we saw ... was much more typical to what we saw in the debate preparations," Klain said, adding: "And I think that the president showed showed what he's capable of last night in this press conference, and voters see it every day as he governs and leads the country and campaigns around the country."

-ABC News' Gabrielle Abdul-Hakim

Jul 12, 2024, 11:03 AM EDT

Jeffries, Schumer privately sympathetic to view that Biden on path to lose to Trump, source says

According to a senior Democratic source, at the Biden campaign briefing on Thursday with Democratic senators, only three senators spoke up to say Biden should stay in the race. The senators also asked for Anita Dunn (a senior adviser to Biden) to be at the briefing and she did not come.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are both sympathetic to the view Biden is on a path to lose to Trump and it would be best if he moved on, the source said. But, the source said, "This is a private play, not a public one."

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has also spoken to Barack Obama about this -- although it is important to say, they talk regularly.

-ABC News' Jonathan Karl

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