Democratic Convention delegates unload on Biden in leaked Facebook chat plotting his downfall and fearing 'fury' if Kamala is passed over

The bitter divisions wrong nan Democratic Party complete President Joe Biden's early are laid bare successful a leaked cache of Facebook messages sent among California delegates up of their normal adjacent month.

They show plummeting assurance successful Biden, 81, aft his disastrous statement capacity and tensions among supporters of different candidates.

The angry messages were fired betwixt Democrats moreover arsenic their statement leaders insisted that Biden had their afloat support. 

Delegate Susan Bolle said much than 150 voters had contacted her asking her to request Biden guidelines aside.

'Obviously, nan first measurement would beryllium that President Biden steps down of his ain accord and frees his delegates,' she wrote successful nan backstage 2024 California DNC Delegate Group. 

'We should talk this. This is simply a achy acquisition connected each level, but we play an outsized domiciled successful history this election. This cannot beryllium near to chance.'

The messages were sent successful nan Facebook group and past successful a abstracted Signal concatenation of California delegates, according to Politico, which obtained nan cache.

California will person nan biggest delegation astatine nan normal successful Chicago adjacent month.

And nan state's is location to 2 of nan astir important players successful Biden's adjacent steps: Vice President Kamala Harris and erstwhile House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who remains 1 of nan party's astir influential figures. 

Harris was quickly identified by delegates arsenic nan evident campaigner to switch Biden.

Nico Brancolini, a vice president of nan Stonewall Democratic Club, said Harris whitethorn not beryllium nan 'strongest' but would logistically would beryllium nan 'cleanest' switch.

'But ideate nan fury if a sitting vice president who is simply a achromatic female were passed complete for immoderate of nan different candidates,' he added.

Others soon weighed successful pinch their preferred candidates, including Govs. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, and Gavin Newsom of California.

Some were angry that Biden had near it truthful late. 

'If Trump gets reelected it's 100 percent Biden’s fault,' wrote Melissa Garcia.

But immoderate were worried nan statement would undermine support for nan president.

'As I said, I americium pledged to Joe,' wrote delegate Agi Kessler.

Meanwhile Biden was fighting to prevention his governmental career, walking to battleground states, hosting NATO leaders astatine nan White House and holding an hour-long property convention to show he was still up to nan occupation contempt being nan nation's oldest president. 

All nan while a drip, drip, drip of lawmakers went nationalist pinch their worries.

Eventually moderators of nan chat group stepped in.

 'We understand location whitethorn beryllium immoderate disagreement astir whether Biden should enactment successful nan race,' wrote Sascha Bittner. 'However, he has made it clear that he is, and nan immense mostly of america are pledged delegates to him. 

'Thus, we person decided to prohibit immoderate organizing for a caller campaigner for president successful this group.'

Further messages connected that taxable would beryllium deleted. 

That brought its ain dissent.

'I would ne'er beryllium good placing limits connected free speech,' wrote delegate Roberto Hernandez. 'This is not what I thought Biden delegates would beryllium like.'