Biden will spend the next few days surveying the political wreckage from his home in Delaware, with his fate as the Democratic nominee more uncertain than at any point in the last three weeks.
After a brief pause to acknowledge the shocking violence of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump last Saturday, Democratic pressure on Biden to exit the race has reached a fever pitch.
Adding insult to injury, Trump — feted as a martyr in Milwaukee — will deliver his nomination speech at a raucous and remarkably united Republican National Convention.
There are only a few Democrats with the influence to persuade Biden to quit — starting with Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).
Semafor reported that Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg, co-chair of the Biden campaign, privately told the president in Las Vegas on Wednesday that donor cash is drying up.
The financial path forward will be one of the key considerations Biden ponders as he remains isolated — both politically and physically — in the coming days.
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