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Do the Democrats need a doctor? Inside the 'tears' and tantrums of the mutiny in ailing Joe's party... and the mess over whether to kick him off the ticket
If you were walking through Capitol Hill on Tuesday you may have stumbled on a funeral procession.
There were 'tears', drooped shoulders and shrugs as a line of glum men and women left a building after reminiscing about the accomplishments of an 81-year-old man.
But the listless group wasn't made up of mourners, it was made up of Democrats leaving a closed-door meeting at the Democrat National Committee headquarters to try and decide whether they would be able to keep their jobs if President Joe Biden remains the party's leader.
Members of the ailing commander-in-chief's party have been scrambling over whether it is time to choose a different candidate after Biden's disaster debate performance.
Their current state is far cry from the party that gleefully mocked the chaos in the Republican party when conservative rebels ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
The mutiny has gotten so bad Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., said members aren’t even ‘in the same book’ let alone on the same page, though he position on the president has remained unclear.
On Wednesday Nancy Pelosi - a staunch Biden ally - sent shockwaves through the party by stopping short of telling Biden he should stay in the race, and suggested he should reconsider.
And on Tuesday night, Colorado's Democratic Senator warned Biden is heading for a 'landslide' defeat in the general election if nothing changes.
Democrat lawmakers have not been able to come to a consensus on whether they believe President Joe Biden should remain the party's presidential nominee since his disastrous presidential debate performance against Donald Trump which raised questions about whether he has the mental and physical ability to run the country for another four years
Their statements mirror the fears by many that Biden could lead them into a disaster in November - in the general election and their own races.
Just seven House Democrats have come out publicly to say Biden should step aside, while dozens have shared their worries in secret. Some won't go further than saying they are listening to voters concerns.
The question that Democrats have so far failed to answer as a unit is: Do they stick with the languishing man with a 50-year Washington career who has beaten Donald Trump before, or do they dump him to avoid their worst nightmare in November.
Almost all of the Democrat's concerns relate to President Biden's apparent cognitive decline, which both he and the White House have furiously denied.
One of the most senior Democrats in the nation, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, is standing with the embattled president.
But he is facing mounting pressure from members running for election in their districts in November who believe Biden could cost them victory.
The progressive wing of the party are standing firmly behind Biden.
AOC told DailyMail.com on Monday she is backing Biden: 'The matter is closed.' Black Democrats are also mostly in his corner.
Regardless, hundreds of Democrats still have to reveal where they stand - whether for their own future or the party's.
DailyMail.com breaks down all the Democrats who have publicly called for Biden to drop out, those who have flipped and the others who simply won't say.
The Democrats who have called on Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race:
Seven House Democrats have publicly stated it is time to move on from Biden.
Adam Smith, the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, is the most senior party member to come forward.
The Washington lawmaker told DailyMail.com he was concerned about Biden's cognitive abilities before the debate.
He doubled down on calls for Joe to be replaced as Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J became the seventh House Democrat to call for his ousting.
They followed a handful of colleagues who broke ranks with Biden. The first was Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett.
On July 2, just five days after Biden's CNN debate, Doggett released a statement calling on the president to withdraw from the race.
Doggett, a veteran Democrat who has served since 1995, said Biden had fulfilled his pledge to be to be a 'transitional' candidate, and it was time for him to let someone else take the reins.
A day later on July 3, Rep. Raúl Grijalva of Arizona told the New York Times he too believes Joe Biden should drop out of the race.
'If he's the candidate, I'm going to support him, but I think that this is an opportunity to look elsewhere,' Grijalva said.
Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett was the first sitting Democrat in office to call for Joe Biden to get out of the presidential race. He said Democrat leadership did not try to keep him quiet
Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., became the second sitting Democrat to publicly call for President Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 election
'What he needs to do is shoulder the responsibility for keeping that seat — and part of that responsibility is to get out of this race.'
The next day Massachusetts Democrat Rep. Seth Moulton also called on Biden to withdraw.
'President Biden has done enormous service to our country, but now is the time for him to follow in one of our founding father, George Washington's footsteps and step aside to let new leaders rise up and run against Donald Trump,' he told local outlet WBUR.
On July 5, Rep. Mike Quigley of Illinois went on MSNBC - one of the president's favorite networks - to call on Biden to withdraw.
Additionally, on July 6, Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig posted on X she wants Biden out too.
'President Biden is a good man & I appreciate his lifetime of service,' she wrote. 'But I believe he should step aside for the next generation of leadership. The stakes are too high.'
On Sunday the dam protecting Biden as the presumptive nominee cracked further.
Democrat Reps. Mark Takano of California, Jerry Nadler and Joe Morelle of New York, and Smith all privately expressed on the conference how they want to see Biden step aside.
Nadler then flipped and said he would be backing the president, but for the rest their minds were made up.
On a private phone call Sunday, many Democrats, including Reps. Craig and Nadler (shown above), expressed how they want to see Biden withdraw from the race. Nadler later said Tuesday he is with Biden
On Tuesday, a group of swing-district Democrats against Biden's reelection held a meeting about their support of the president.
'There were actual tears from people, and not for Biden,' a source told Axios of the meeting in which members were firmly against the president.
After the Democrats' Tuesday morning meeting at their committee headquarters, many who had called on Biden to withdraw were more subdued than their announcements might have suggested.
Democrats backing Biden's 2024 reelection bid:
In total there are roughly 30 Democrat lawmakers that have firmly said they are on team Biden.
That still leaves more than 150 who are either on the fence or having publicly commented.
Some of these lawmakers include heavy hitters like South Carolina powerbroker Rep. Jim Clyburn.
The list also boasts several senators, unlike the list of defectors which is comprised solely of House Democrats.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who ran against Biden for the Democratic party nominee in 2020, California Senators Laphonza Butler and Alex Padilla, Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock and Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman all have come out in favor of the president's reelection gambit.
Immediately after the two presidents debated, criticism from inside the Democrat party aimed at Joe Biden began circulating on social media and cable news
Undecided Democrats and those who want Biden to prove himself:
There are also around 10 lawmakers who are unsure whether they want Joe to step aside and others who want to see the president prove himself.
Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, for example, recently said he loves Biden and that he needs to do more to convince voters of his ability in the same interview.
'Personally, I love Joe Biden,' Murphy told CNN before addressing whether the president's interview with ABC last week quelled voter's concerns.
'I think the president needs to do more. I'm not advising this campaign, but if I were, I would probably suggest that the president get out there and do a town hall, that he do a press conference, and that he show the country that he is still the old Joe Biden.'
Murphy's declaration of love for the president coupled with his call on Biden 'to do more' serves as a confusing middle-ground some Democrats find themselves in.
This grey zone requires not throwing Biden under the bus, but not providing a full-throated endorsement of the elderly executive either.
Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia, when pressed on the Democrat best fit to lead the party in November, said, 'I don't think we know that yet.'
'I think everybody is waiting for the dust to settle from the aftermath of the debate,' he continued.
President Joe Biden did an exclusive interview with ABC News as calls for him to withdraw from the election grew louder
Though he lauded the president's ability to 'speak extemporaneously without a teleprompter or cue cards' and that he 'can interact with the public in various settings in an expressive way,' Connolly said he will be keeping a keen eye on Biden's performance in coming weeks as an indicator for whether he is fit for reelection.
'If he can't do that, then I think we are looking at some very hard judgments and hard choices we're going to have to face as a party,' Connolly continued.
The CBC Chair Stevens Horsfor, D-Nev., came out of his call with the president bullish on Biden.
'I listened to my constituents during the district work period. I'm not going to judge the president on a 90-minute debate,' he said.