Concerned Democratic Governors Requesting Meeting With Biden Amid Radio Silence Post Debate

Democratic governors have reached out to the White House requesting to “hear directly” from President Joe Biden , CNN’s Jake Tapper reported on Tuesday morning.

“Sources: Democratic governors held a call yesterday afternoon… Just governors – no staffs – no one from campaign or WH… Organized by Gov Tim Walz of Minnesota for the DGA [Democratic Governors Association]…” began Tapper on X, formerly Twitter.

He continued :

On the call Dem. governors expressed concern about what’s going on with the president. They know if they come forward publicly with concern that likely will cause Biden to dig in more. They were also surprised none of them had heard from him (!)

There was discussion on the call about wanting to have a call with the campaign or White House… Some discussion about having VP Harris address them… There was strong sentiment that they needed to hear directly from President Biden.

They are trying to set up a meeting at the WH …or via Zoom for those who can’t come…nothing is on the books yet….but WH knows of request

Dem Govs are not coming in with any specific message– but they feel they need to hear from President Biden.

“More to come,” promised Tapper.

Biden has faced scrutiny from much of the media and even elected officials within his party since his disastrous performance in last week’s presidential debate with Donald Trump .

In an op-ed published on Tuesday, Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) called on Biden to step aside and allow Vice President Kamala Harris to take his place atop the Democratic ticket.

“We have to rip the band aid off! Too much is at stake,” wrote Ryan in a post promoting his op-ed on X. “@VP has significantly grown into her job, she will destroy Trump in debate, highlight choice issue, energize our base, bring back young voters and give us generational change. It’s time!”