Several prominent Democrats now say President Joe Biden could drop out of the presidential race as early as this weekend.
Axios reported on the timeline Biden is recovering from COVID-19 at his home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on Thursday.
The president has maintained that he plans to remain in the race.
But this week, conversations he had with top Democrats in Congress were leaked to the press, and there are reports that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries also pressured him to drop out of the race.
The official version remains that those legislators did not pressure the president to resign.
Several prominent Democrats now say President Joe Biden could drop out of the presidential race as early as this weekend.
“Leader Hakeem Jeffries met privately with President Joe Biden a week ago. On behalf of the House Democratic Caucus, he directly expressed the full breadth of expertise, perspectives, and conclusions reached on the path forward after extensive discussions among colleagues,” a spokesperson for Jeffries told ABC News on Thursday.
“Any other characterization of the private, one-on-one meeting between President Biden and Leader Jeffries is speculative and misinformed,” the statement continued. “Leader Jeffries’ letter to House Democratic colleagues speaks for itself.”
The letter, published on Friday, did not give details about the substance of the conversation.
In total, 20 Democrats have urged Biden to drop out of the race.
On Wednesday, Rep. Adam Schiff, who is on track to win a Senate seat in California, made his fears public.
“While the decision to withdraw from the campaign is President Biden’s alone, I believe it is time for him to pass the torch,” Schiff said in a statement. “And in doing so, he will secure his legacy of leadership by enabling us to defeat Donald Trump in the upcoming election.”