Biden is convinced he can win. Democrats say prove it.

Democrats are still unsatisfied with President Joe Biden after his interview on Friday night did little to quiet his critics. Now, they want him to go off script — and they aren’t giving him much time to do it.

Democrats said Sunday they are looking for more from the president to assure voters that he has the stamina and mental acuity for the rigors of campaigning. Across Sunday shows, Democrats’ message was clear: Biden needs to make some changes this week and do “what’s best for the country.”

“I think the president needs to make some moves this week to put himself out there in a position to answer those questions,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said in an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash Sunday morning. “And if he can’t do that, then of course, he’s going to have to make a decision about what’s best for the country and what’s best for the party.”

Biden on Sunday traveled throughout Pennsylvania in an attempt to salvage his campaign. It was his first public appearance since the interview on Friday and he spoke to a church congregation in Philadelphia.

Murphy, a Biden ally, is not the only Democrat who wants Biden to be talking with voters without a teleprompter, such as at town halls or in live interviews. And he’s not the only Democrat supporting Biden who wants the president to prove himself on the trail and beyond.

“If there's a silver lining I think that's come out of this debate, it's let Joe be Joe. A lot of us were trying to advise the campaign to do that since before the debate. I think now they have no choice,” Sen. Alex Padilla said in an interview with MSNBC’s ‘The Weekend.’ “Let's get Joe out there at public events, at homes, being a little bit more unscripted.”

Lawmakers come back to Capitol Hill on Monday, but House Democrats are already planning to meet on Sunday afternoon to discuss the president. Meanwhile in the Senate, Sen. Mark Warner is set to talk to other Senate Democrats about finding the best path forward .

And that all comes amid concerns that Biden, who is polling significantly worse than down ballot Democrats in battleground states, could hinder the House and Senate efforts to secure a majority. Already, five House Democrats have called on Biden to drop out of the 2024 race, including Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig , a lawmaker in a battleground district.

The president is now facing a reckoning of sorts, as members of his own party call for him to step aside and publicly express concerns over his ability to stay in the 2024 race. Those fears were laid bare during the June 27 debate with former President Donald Trump, where Biden stumbled over words and had an overall poor performance. In recent interviews and events, Biden has asserted that he’s not dropping out of the race.

Rep Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday morning, also expressed anxieties over Biden and suggested that the president needs to question whether he can beat Trump.

“At the present, our down-ballot candidates in the Senate and House are doing well. They're all ahead. They are running well ahead of the president, but you can only run so far ahead of the president,” Schiff said. “And so, obviously, Joe Biden is going to need to consider, for his own sake and his own legacy, can he beat Donald Trump? Is he the best to beat Donald Trump?”

Murphy, Padilla and Schiff were some of few Democrats who went on the air Sunday morning to defend the president, in the absence of higher ranking Democrats like Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer , House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.). Clyburn, a strong Biden ally who helped rescue the president’s 2020 campaign, was scheduled to appear on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday. But he canceled about two hours before ABC’s 22-minute interview with the president aired on Friday night.

And on “Fox News Sunday,” host Shannon Bream said her team struggled to find any Democrats to defend Biden.

“Our team has spent days reaching out to dozens of lawmakers and Biden advocates and allies. We’ve had numerous interactions with the Biden-Harris campaign,” Bream said. “But not a single potential guest was either able or willing to join us on today’s show to defend the president and his decision to stay on the ticket. So we will be having a conversation without that voice which we have been working around the clock to avoid.”