House Democratic leaders came to President Joe Biden’s defense Tuesday, declaring him as the party’s presumptive nominee while also leaving the door open to a possible change and acknowledging Biden has work ahead to convince voters of his viability.

After a closed-door meeting between House Democrats on Tuesday morning, Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (D-CA) said the party emerged with “twin goals”: Preventing former President Donald Trump from being reelected and winning the House majority in November.

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