Three of President Biden’s top political advisers will meet with Senate Democrats on Thursday to hear their concerns about Biden’s performance as a candidate and whether he has a chance of defeating former President Trump in November.
Senate Democrats planned a special luncheon at the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee on Thursday to hear from Biden senior advisers Mike Donilon and Steve Ricchetti and Biden campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon, according to a source in Senate Democratic leadership.
The meeting comes after Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) told colleagues on Tuesday that they think Biden will lose to Trump in the general election and could perform so poorly that it eliminates disadvantaged Democrats.
Tester and Brown are two of the most vulnerable Democratic Senate candidates this year.
Tester told reporters on Wednesday that Biden has not yet fixed what is wrong with his campaign and suggested that the flaws should have already been addressed.
He said that if Biden’s political problems had been resolved, “we wouldn’t even be talking.”
“It should be fixed at this point,” he said.
But when asked whether Biden should abandon his re-election campaign, Tester responded: “Come on, now.”
Brown told reporters Wednesday that he had heard “concerns” about Biden from Ohio voters.
“I hear legitimate concerns from people in Ohio about the president. I hear that, but my job is to continue to work for my state to fight for prescription drug prices and jobs,” he said.
Bennet told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Tuesday night that Trump is “on track” to win the election and warned it could turn into a landslide victory that would cost Democrats control of the Senate and House.
“I think Donald Trump is on track to win this election, and maybe win it by a landslide, and take the Senate and the House with him,” Bennet warned.
The Colorado senator said that “the White House, since that disastrous debate, I think, has done nothing to really demonstrate that they have a plan to win this election.”
Senate Democrats such as Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), Biden’s national campaign co-chair, and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), have called on Biden to have more impromptu moments with the media and voters to show that he is capable of governing the country for another four years.
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