A congressional Democrat reportedly said that the assassination attempt against Republican 2024 presidential nominee Donald Trump saved President Joe Biden from a full-blown revolt.
Democrats have increasingly pressured Biden to drop his reelection bid following the president’s poor debate performance against Trump on June 27. Momentum for Biden’s exit slowed down after Trump was shot in the right ear after 6 p.m. Saturday at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Biden held a “tense” Zoom call with moderate congressional Democrats Saturday to discuss stemming the the rising number of members of Congress calling for him to exit the presidential race, participants in the call told Axios. One congressional Democrat on the call told Puck News that the assassination attempt prevented as many as 50 people in the meeting, which ended after 5 p.m., from publicly calling for Biden…
