 Worse yet, the drumbeat for Biden to leave the top of the ticket really hit home Saturday, with large protests outside the White House itself from self-proclaimed Democrats urging him to end his run for reelection. Summing up the rift, Virginia's Jerry Connolly, who told the New York Times, we have to cauterize this wound right now, and the sooner we can do it, the better. A sentiment shared by many in party leadership privately, who continue to insist publicly that they're riding with Biden for now.