President Joe Biden is doing damage control with Democratic power players following the first 2024 presidential debate, but he is quickly running out of time to tamp down the momentum to replace him atop the Democratic ticket.

Biden returned to Washington, D.C., on Monday night following campaign stops in North Carolina and New York and a weekend stay at Camp David. Throughout his days away, a growing chorus of Democratic lawmakers reacted to his debate performance by calling on him to bow out of the race and turn the nomination over to Vice President Kamala Harris, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), or one of a host of other younger Democratic politicians.

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