Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has confirmed he’s backing embattled President Joe Biden as the Democrats’ 2024 presidential nominee as questions about Biden’s fitness continue to dog Democrats.

Schumer told reporters on Tuesday that he’s “with Joe,” responding to a question about a potentially contested convention for Democrats.

“As I’ve said before, I’m with Joe,” the majority leader said.

This follows Schumer’s statement to the New York Post on Monday evening; spokesman Angelo Roefaro told the paper, “He’s for Joe.”

Despite Schumer’s support, at least seven House Democrats have called on Biden to step aside as the nominee. The latest Democrat to come out against the president is Rep. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey.

“I am asking that (Biden) declare that he won’t run for reelection and will help lead us through a process toward a new nominee,” Sherrill said in a statement, according to USA Today.

Aside from the public calls for Biden to drop out, some Democrats are reportedly working behind the scenes to push for Biden’s ouster as the nominee. During a private call on Sunday with Democratic lawmakers, Reps. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), Adam Smith (D-WA), Mark Takano (D-CA), and Joe Morelle (D-NY) said they wanted Biden to end his campaign, while other Democrats expressed concerns about Biden’s chances against Trump, The Daily Wire noted.

Nadler has since seemingly flipped. The Democrat told reporters on Tuesday morning that Biden “is going to remain in” the race, adding, “He’s our candidate, and we’re all going to support him.”

Further, when he was asked if he believes Biden is the best candidate to run against former President Donald Trump, Nadler was quiet for a few moments before saying, “Yes, at this point, he’s the best candidate. He’s the only candidate.”

“As the president said, something like 90% of Democrats voted for him in the primaries, he won the nomination,” the congressman added.

Biden has been adamant that he’s staying in the race, even saying during a recent ABC News interview that he would only drop out if the “Lord Almighty” told him to.

In a letter he sent to Congressional Democrats on Monday, the president emphasized his position and urged Democrats to fall in line. “Any weakening of resolve or lack of clarity about the task ahead only helps Trump and hurts us,” Biden wrote. “It is time to come together, move forward as a unified party, and defeat Donald Trump.”

Zach Jewell contributed to this report 

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said during a press conference this week that he believes that Vice President Kamala Harris and the rest of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet should use the 25th Amendment to remove Biden because of his apparent cognitive decline.

“If I were in the Biden Cabinet … would I be mulling over the 25th Amendment, applying the Fourth Clause of the 25th Amendment, which has never before been employed in that way?” he asked at the press conference.

“And I answered honestly, ‘Yes,’ I would,” he said. “In good conscience, if I was in the Biden Cabinet, I would be wrestling with that question because I would know what we all know now, that Joe Biden is not up to the task and it’s a dangerous situation for the reasons we articulated earlier.”

“So, there’s a time to every purpose under Heaven, desperate times call for desperate measures, I think the 25th Amendment is appropriate here,” he continued. “We all know that the House doesn’t have the authority to do that, it’s the vice president of the United States that has to initiate that process. We don’t have any involvement unless there’s a disagreement between the president and what the vice president and the Cabinet decide.”

Johnson said that he thinks that if most Americans knew how the 25th Amendment worked that they would believe that it is appropriate to use in this situation.

“I’m under no illusion that they’re going to do that,” he concluded. “But if I were in the Cabinet and … any of us were in the Cabinet, we would have to honestly say that that’s something we’d have to wrestle with.”

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