EIGHTH House Democrat calls for Biden to drop out of the presidential race after Nancy Pelosi's stunning statement on Joe staying in race

New York Rep. Pat Ryan became nan eighth House Democrat to telephone connected President Biden to measurement speech from nan 2024 moving connected Wednesday. 

'Trump is an existential threat to American democracy; it is our work to put guardant nan strongest campaigner against him. Joe Biden is simply a patriot but is nary longer nan champion campaigner to conclusion Trump,' Ryan, a mean from a plaything district, wrote connected X. 

'For nan bully of our country, I americium asking Joe Biden to measurement speech -- to present connected his committedness to beryllium a span to a caller procreation of leaders.' 

Ryan was first elected successful 2022 and Republicans person made his territory a apical target for 2024. 

As the White House tries to tamp down dissent, Biden's chances of being nan Democratic nominee successful November are waffling. 

Democrats who haven't called connected him to measurement down person insisted nan doorway is still unfastened for him to do truthful – moreover though Biden adamantly insists he'll stay successful nan race. 

'It's up to nan president to determine if he's going to run. We're each encouraging him to make that determination because clip is moving out,' erstwhile Speaker Nancy Pelosi told MSNBC's Morning Joe connected Tuesday morning. 

Reminded that Biden has made up his mind, Pelosi said: 'I want him to do immoderate he decides to do.' 

'Whatever he decides, we spell with.' 

Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., said Biden's insistence that he'll stay successful nan title doesn't mean that determination is final. 

'It doesn't activity that way.' 

'I had wholly decided to return an Uber to dinner. And past I heard astir nan gridlock successful DC because of nan NATO traffic. And I redirected to nan Metro and it was a really smart decision,' he told reporters. 

Biden wrote successful a missive to elevation Democrats connected Monday: '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.' 

Also connected Wednesday character George Clooney, a longtime state of apical Democrats, called connected Biden to measurement aside. 

'I emotion Joe Biden. As a senator. As a vice president and arsenic president. I see him a friend, and I judge successful him. Believe successful his character. Believe successful his morals. In nan past 4 years, he's won galore of nan battles he's faced,' Clooney wrote successful a New York Times op-ed. 

'But nan 1 conflict he cannot triumph is nan conflict against time. None of america can. It's devastating to opportunity it, but nan Joe Biden I was pinch 3 weeks agone astatine nan fund-raiser was not nan Joe 'big F-ing deal' Biden of 2010. He wasn't moreover nan Joe Biden of 2020. He was nan aforesaid man we each witnessed astatine nan debate,' he said.