至少四个高级众议院民主党人周日告诉众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯，他们呼吁乔·拜登总统据几个了解这次私人电话讨论的消息人士透露，他将退出总统竞选。
消息人士告诉美国广播公司新闻，众议员杰里·纳德勒、马克·高野、乔·莫雷尔和亚当·史密斯表示，拜登应该让位，不再继续竞选。
这是值得注意的——这意味着众议院司法委员会的最高民主党人，退伍军人事务的高级成员，行政委员会的最高民主党人和武装部队委员会的高级成员私下里传达了拜登应该下台的信息。
据多位消息人士透露，弗吉尼亚州众议员唐·拜尔(Don Beyer)的妻子是拜登2020年的主要筹款人，她对总统的前进道路表示了一些担忧。一名发言人在X上发表声明说，贝耶“支持拜登总统，并在电话中这样说，任何相反的报道都是对他所说和他所相信的误解。”
据电话中的一位人士说，杰弗里斯没有表明立场。这位人士告诉美国广播公司新闻，这位民主党领袖说，他将在整个星期与核心小组接触，从这些资深民主党人开始，征求对前进道路的意见。
ABC新闻已经联系了拜尔、纳德勒、高野、莫雷勒和史密斯的代表，请他们发表评论。
当周日联系到拜登竞选顾问时，他说，“简单的数学”显示，包括众议院少数党领袖杰弗里斯和参议院多数党领袖查克·舒默在内的绝大多数党团成员都站在拜登一边。
竞选团队表示，他们不会退缩，他们“准备战斗”
周日晚上，宾夕法尼亚州民主党众议员苏珊·怀尔德(Susan Wild)在一份声明中表示，在众议院领导层的电话会议上，她“表达了全国各地的美国人正在努力应对的同样的担忧，即拜登总统的当选可能性”。
在她的声明中，她说，“在未来的几天和几周内，我将一如既往地开展工作，继续进行这些重要的对话，同时将我的选民的最佳利益放在我所做的每一个决定和声明的首位。”
面临艰难连任考验的怀尔德此前一直避免讨论拜登的辩论表现，此后多次拒绝回答美国广播公司新闻部(ABC News)关于总统未来的问题。
Senior House Democrats tell Jeffries they're privately calling for Biden to step aside: Sources
At least four seniorHouse Democratstold House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday that they are calling onPresident Joe Bidento step down from the presidential race, according to several sources with knowledge of the discussion on the private call.
Reps. Jerry Nadler, Mark Takano, Joe Morelle and Adam Smith stated Biden should step aside and no longer continue his campaign, sources told ABC News.
This is notable — it means the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, the ranking member of Veteran Affairs, the highest Democrat on the Administration Committee and the ranking member of the Armed Services Committee have privately conveyed Biden should step aside.
Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia, whose wife was a major Biden fundraiser in 2020, expressed some concerns about the president’s path forward, according to multiple sources. A spokesman posted on X that Beyer "supports President Biden and said so on this call and any reporting to the contrary is a misunderstanding of what he said and what he believes."
Jeffries did not express a position, according to one person on the call. That person tells ABC News the Democratic Leader said that he would engage with the caucus throughout the week, starting with these senior Democrats to solicit views on the path forward.
ABC News has reached out to reps for Beyer, Nadler, Takano, Morelle and Smith for comment.
When reached on Sunday, a Biden campaign adviser said the "simple math" shows that the vast majority of the caucus, including House Minority Leader Jeffries and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, is on Biden's side.
The campaign says they aren't backing down and they are "ready to fight."
On Sunday evening, Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. Susan Wild said in a statement that she "expressed the same concerns that Americans across the country are grappling with, about President Biden’s electability at the top of the ticket" on the House leadership call.
In her statement, she said, "In the coming days and weeks, I will operate as I always have, continuing to have these important conversations while keeping the best interests of my constituents at the forefront of every decision and statement I make."
Wild, facing a difficult reelection test, has avoided discussing Biden’s debate performance previously, declining multiple times since then to answer ABC News’ questions about the President’s future.
