Biden campaigns in Pa. as some Democrats plead with him to consider dropping out

PHILADELPHIA — President Biden campaigned in the critical swing state of Pennsylvania on Sunday as he pushes to try to resurrect his reelection bid, even as some Democrats took to television to say he should strongly consider dropping out of the race.

Biden, 81, has said that "the Lord Almighty" could convince him to step back from his campaign for a second term after he badly faltered in a debate with former President Donald Trump — a performance that alarmed Democrats worried that he no longer has what it takes to run, win and govern.

He has been trying to demonstrate that his debate flub was just one bad night and not a sign of something more serious. He attended Sunday services at Mount Airy Church of God in Christ, where a praise band belted out the worship song, "I need you to survive," and Bishop J. Louis Felton led a call-and-response for Biden, and urged unity.

"Forgive us for allowing the enemy to drive wedges between us," Felton prayed. "Because if we ever lock arms and come together, there's no election that we cannot win."

Later, Biden stopped at a campaign field office where he gave some high-energy unscripted remarks about economic issues important to voters, like grocery and insulin prices.

"Dark Brandon’s coming back," Biden said to the group of about 150 cheering volunteers — referring a superhero-like meme his campaign uses to mock his opponents. "And guess what: in the next 120-some days or so, they are going to get a real good look at who Donald Trump is," he said.

Biden was flanked by Sen. John Fetterman and Rep. Madeleine Dean. "There is only one person in the country that's ever kicked Trump’s ass in an election —and that is your president," Fetterman said. "He’s going to do it twice."

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