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 stepping done Capitol Hill connected Tuesday you whitethorn person stumbled connected a ceremonial procession.

There were 'tears', drooped shoulders and shrugs arsenic a statement of glum men and women near a building aft reminiscing astir nan accomplishments of an 81-year-old man.

But nan listless group wasn't made up of mourners, it was made up of Democrats leaving a closed-door gathering astatine nan Democrat National Committee office to effort and determine whether they would beryllium capable to support their jobs if President Joe Biden remains nan party's leader. 

Members of nan ailing commander-in-chief's statement person been scrambling complete whether it is clip to take a different campaigner aft Biden's disaster statement performance.

Their existent authorities is acold outcry from nan statement that gleefully mocked nan chaos successful nan Republican party erstwhile blimpish rebels ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

The mutiny has gotten truthful bad Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., said members aren’t moreover ‘in nan aforesaid book’ fto unsocial connected nan aforesaid page, though he position connected nan president has remained unclear.

On Wednesday Nancy Pelosi - a staunch Biden state - sent shockwaves done nan statement by stopping short of telling Biden he should enactment successful nan race, and suggested he should reconsider.

And connected Tuesday night, Colorado's Democratic Senator warned Biden is heading for a 'landslide' conclusion successful nan wide election if thing changes. 

Their statements reflector nan fears by galore that Biden could lead them into a disaster successful November - successful nan wide predetermination and their ain races. 

Just 7 House Democrats person travel retired publically to opportunity Biden should measurement aside, while dozens person shared their worries successful secret. Some won't spell further than saying they are listening to voters concerns.  

The mobility that Democrats person truthful acold grounded to reply arsenic a portion is: Do they instrumentality pinch nan languishing man pinch a 50-year Washington profession who has beaten Donald Trump before, aliases do they dump him to debar their worst nightmare successful November.

Almost each of nan Democrat's concerns subordinate to President Biden's evident cognitive decline, which some he and nan White House person furiously denied. 

One of nan astir elder Democrats successful nan nation, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, is opinionated pinch nan embattled president. 

But he is facing mounting unit from members moving for predetermination successful their districts successful November who judge Biden could costs them victory.

The progressive helping of nan statement are opinionated firmly down Biden.

AOC told DailyMail.com connected Monday she is backing Biden: 'The matter is closed.' Black Democrats are besides mostly successful his corner.

Regardless, hundreds of Democrats still person to uncover wherever they guidelines - whether for their ain early aliases nan party's.

DailyMail.com breaks down each nan Democrats who person publically called for Biden to driblet out, those who person flipped and nan others who simply won't say.

The Democrats who person called connected Biden to driblet retired of nan 2024 statesmanlike race:

Seven House Democrats person publically stated it is clip to move connected from Biden.

Adam Smith, nan ranking personnel of nan House Armed Services Committee, is nan astir elder statement personnel to travel forward.

The Washington lawmaker told DailyMail.com he was concerned astir Biden's cognitive abilities earlier nan debate.

He doubled down connected calls for Joe to beryllium replaced as Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J became nan seventh House Democrat to telephone for his ousting.

They followed a fistful of colleagues who collapsed ranks pinch Biden. The first was Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett. 

On July 2, conscionable 5 days aft Biden's CNN debate, Doggett released a connection calling connected nan president to retreat from nan race. 

Doggett, a seasoned Democrat who has served since 1995, said Biden had fulfilled his promise to beryllium to beryllium a 'transitional' candidate, and it was clip for him to fto personification other return nan reins.

A time later connected July 3, Rep. Raúl Grijalva of Arizona told nan New York Times he excessively believes Joe Biden should drop retired of nan race.  

'If he's nan candidate, I'm going to support him, but I deliberation that this is an opportunity to look elsewhere,' Grijalva said.

'What he needs to do is enarthrosis nan work for keeping that spot — and portion of that work is to get retired of this race.' 

The adjacent time Massachusetts Democrat Rep. Seth Moulton besides called connected Biden to withdraw. 

'President Biden has done tremendous work to our country, but now is nan clip for him to travel successful 1 of our founding father, George Washington's footsteps and measurement speech to fto caller leaders emergence up and tally against Donald Trump,' he told section outlet WBUR. 

On July 5, Rep. Mike Quigley of Illinois went connected MSNBC - 1 of nan president's favourite networks - to telephone connected Biden to withdraw. 

Additionally, connected July 6, Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig posted connected X she wants Biden retired too. 

'President Biden is simply a bully man & I admit his life of service,' she wrote. 'But I judge he should measurement speech for nan adjacent procreation of leadership. The stakes are excessively high.' 

On Sunday nan reservoir protecting Biden arsenic nan presumptive nominee cracked further. 

Democrat Reps. Mark Takano of California, Jerry Nadler and Joe Morelle of New York, and Smith each privately expressed connected nan convention really they want to spot Biden measurement aside. 

Nadler past flipped and said he would beryllium backing nan president, but for nan remainder their minds were made up.

On Tuesday, a group of swing-district Democrats against Biden's reelection held a gathering astir their support of nan president. 

'There were existent tears from people, and not for Biden,' a root told Axios of nan gathering successful which members were firmly against nan president. 

After nan Democrats' Tuesday greeting gathering astatine their committee headquarters, galore who had called connected Biden to retreat were much subdued than their announcements mightiness person suggested. 

Democrats backing Biden's 2024 reelection bid:

In full location are astir 30 Democrat lawmakers that person firmly said they are connected squad Biden. 

That still leaves much than 150 who are either connected nan obstruction aliases having publically commented.

Some of these lawmakers see dense hitters like  South Carolina powerbroker Rep. Jim Clyburn.

The database besides boasts respective senators, dissimilar nan database of defectors which is comprised solely of House Democrats. 

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who ran against Biden for nan Democratic statement nominee successful 2020, California Senators Laphonza Butler and Alex Padilla, Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock and Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman each person travel retired successful favour of nan president's reelection gambit. 

Undecided Democrats and those who want Biden to beryllium himself: 

There are besides astir 10 lawmakers who are unsure whether they want Joe to measurement speech and others who want to spot nan president beryllium himself. 

Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, for example, precocious said he loves Biden and that he needs to do much to person voters of his expertise successful nan aforesaid interview. 

'Personally, I emotion Joe Biden,' Murphy told CNN earlier addressing whether nan president's question and reply pinch ABC past week quelled voter's concerns. 

'I deliberation nan president needs to do more. I'm not advising this campaign, but if I were, I would astir apt propose that nan president get retired location and do a municipality hall, that he do a property conference, and that he show nan state that he is still nan aged Joe Biden.'

Murphy's declaration of emotion for nan president coupled pinch his telephone connected Biden 'to do more' serves arsenic a confusing middle-ground immoderate Democrats find themselves in. 

This grey area requires not throwing Biden nether nan bus, but not providing a full-throated endorsement of nan aged executive either. 

Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia, erstwhile pressed connected nan Democrat champion fresh to lead nan statement successful November, said, 'I don't deliberation we cognize that yet.'

'I deliberation everybody is waiting for nan particulate to settee from nan aftermath of nan debate,' he continued. 

Though he lauded nan president's expertise to 'speak extemporaneously without a teleprompter aliases cue cards' and that he 'can interact pinch nan nationalist successful various settings successful an expressive way,' Connolly said he will beryllium keeping a keen oculus connected Biden's capacity successful coming weeks arsenic an parameter for whether he is fresh for reelection.  

'If he can't do that, past I deliberation we are looking astatine immoderate very difficult judgments and difficult choices we're going to person to look arsenic a party,' Connolly continued.

The CBC Chair Stevens Horsfor, D-Nev., came retired of his telephone pinch nan president bullish connected Biden. 

'I listened to my constituents during nan territory activity period. I'm not going to judge nan president connected a 90-minute debate,' he said.