Biden, 81, tells Democrats demanding he drop out that he is STAYING in the race and reveals how he still thinks he can beat Trump

With unit mounting connected him to measurement aside, President Joe Biden dramatically released a missive to Democrats telling them he is 'firmly committed' to staying successful nan title to support nan White House.

Biden issued nan missive conscionable arsenic lawmakers are coming backmost from a July 4th recess wherever he has faced increasing calls to discontinue nan title aft his disastrous statement capacity against Donald Trump and a drawstring of bad polling information showing he is successful threat of losing.

In it, Biden, 81, takes shots astatine nan press, donors and statement operatives who person said nan party's only chance is to propulsion him complete nan side.

'Now that you person returned from nan July 4th recess, I want you to cognize that contempt each nan speculation successful nan property and elsewhere, I americium firmly committed to staying successful this race, to moving this title to nan end, and to beating Donald Trump. 

'I wouldn't beryllium moving again if I did not perfectly judge I was nan champion personification to hit Donald Trump successful 2024,' Biden wrote, days aft his ABC News question and reply failed to quiet critics.

Then he pointed to his superior victories. 'We had a Democratic information process and nan voters person spoken intelligibly and decisively,' he wrote. 'I received complete 14 millions votes, 87% of nan votes formed crossed nan full nominating process.' 

His connection besides suggested he holds nan cards arsenic he approaches nan party's Chicago normal adjacent month.

'I person astir 3,900 delegates, making maine nan presumptive nominee of our statement by a wide margin,' he wrote. 

He besides described nan superior process wherever amended known challengers begged disconnected – leaving him pinch token guidance from Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.)  and Marianne Williamson.

'Only 3 group chose to situation me. One fared truthful severely that he near nan primaries to tally arsenic an independent,' he said, referencing Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. 'Another attacked maine for being excessively aged and was soundly defeated,' he said of Phillips. 'The voters of nan Democratic Party person voted. They person chosen maine to beryllium nan nominee of nan party.' 

Biden remains successful peril this week, arsenic lawmakers return to D.C. and leaders huddle amid nan situation successful his campaign.

In nan days that preceded nan bonzer missive from his party's presumptive nominee, Reps. Angie Craic (Minn.), Seth Moulton (Mass.), Lloyd Doggett (Texas) Raul Grijalva (Ariz.) and Mike Quigley (Ill.) person each called for Biden to go.

 His faltering statement capacity and nonaccomplishment to cleanable up nan messiness successful successive days moreover while holding run events and granting interviews has brought statement fractures to nan fore. Some insiders are taking a caller look astatine Vice President Kamala Harris arsenic a imaginable modular bearer – and a erstwhile longtime Barack Obama adjutant penned an essay calling her nan only viable replacement and saying it would beryllium 'insulting' to walk her over. 

Other statement insiders person pleaded pinch Biden to measurement backmost to let a plaything authorities politician aliases different elected Democrat pinch little governmental baggage to return connected Trump, who is starring Biden successful nationalist arsenic good arsenic cardinal plaything authorities polls.

Biden's missive implied Democrats would salary a value if they formed him aside. 'Do we now conscionable opportunity this process didn't matter? That nan voters don't person a say?' he asked.

He formed his determination arsenic grounded successful a 'deep obligation' successful nan religion and spot of nan voters, though sentiment polls person shown ample majorities see him excessively aged for different term.

'It was their determination to make. Not nan press, not nan pundits, not nan large donors, not immoderate selected group of indivicuals, nary matter really good intentioned.'

Then he linked his determination to his democracy-themed run to return connected Trump.

'How tin we guidelines for populist successful our federation if we disregard it successful our ain party?' he asked. 'I cannot do that. I will not do that.'

His missive comes successful a week erstwhile Biden will erstwhile again beryllium forced to beryllium himself, this clip hosting world leaders astatine a NATO acme successful D.C. He has besides scheduled a property conference, aft taking disapproval for having his unit determine which reporters he'll telephone connected and limiting specified engagements to conscionable a fewer questions.

His printed missive besides makes galore of nan arguments against Trump that he grounded to muster during his statement aliases sit-down pinch George Stephanopoulos, hammering Trump connected taxation cuts, tricle down economics, wellness care, and taking connected 'Big Pharma.'

During nan debate, he awkwardly said he 'beat Medicare,' requiring his unit to explicate aft nan fact. 

 He ended his missive by mentioning immoderate of nan fears raised by his friends astir taking immoderate extremist caller course, contempt nan spread Biden is in. 'Any weakening of our resoluteness aliases deficiency of clarity astir nan task up only helps Trump and hurts us,' he wrote.

The missive comes arsenic his run says Biden has phoned 20 Democratic lawmakers amid nan unit run against him. 

Biden underlined his missive by phoning into 'Morning Joe' connected MSNBC – a level Trump utilized to his advantage successful 2016.

'We’re not going anywhere. I americium not going anywhere,' Biden insisted.

He mocked Trump for golfing and utilizing a cart, while 'I've been each complete nan country.'

He brushed disconnected polls. 'We’re conscionable starting to attraction connected Trump,' he said. He bullied Trump for talking pinch his 'wealthy friends' astatine Mar-a-Lago and laying debased aft nan debate.

'The president and nan first woman – we said astatine a run crystal pick social,' Biden said, correcting himself while moving done his events of nan week.

Biden besides defended his cognition. 

'I had a physical. Neurological beingness arsenic good successful February,' he said. 'I person a neurological trial each azygous day.'

And he dismissed a agelong database of detractors who co-host Mika Brzezinski publication retired by name. 'I don’t attraction what those large names thing,' he said.

Biden was forceful successful his remarks, throwing successful immoderate of his trademark exclamations for illustration 'give maine a break!' 

But he besides acknowledged during nan call-in question and reply that he had notes successful beforehand of him – and a microphone picked up what sounded for illustration a portion of insubstantial being turned over. 'I’m reference from a database of lies,' Biden said.