Axios: Senate Democrats Call Off Huddle About Biden

July 8, 2024 Democrats, Politics

Senate Democrats won’t meet Monday to discuss their support for President Biden continuing his re-election bid, despite an effort by Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) to organize such a meeting, Axios has learned.

Warner’s meeting had been seen as a potential watershed moment for Senate Democrats, who have remained largely silent on Biden’s future amid calls for him to step aside.

Warner last week was reaching out to Democratic senators about meeting to discuss Biden’s path forward, but that meeting was never scheduled, a person familiar with Warner’s thinking told Axios. Details of the proposed meeting leaking out made it impossible for there to be a private conversation, the source said.

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