Six more Democrats urge Biden to drop out, campaign says 'president's in this race'

• Six more Democratic members of Congress called President Joe Biden to exit the election contest, as Biden's campaign manager brushed aside those calls, saying "Absolutely the president's in this race."
• Despite that vow by campaign chief Jen O'Malley Dillon, two people familiar with the situation told NBC News that members of Biden's family have discussed what his exit from the election race against the Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will look like if he makes that decision.
• So far, 25 House Democrats and three Democratic senators have urged Biden to drop out.

Six more congressional Democrats, among them a senator, called on President Joe Biden to exit the election contest Friday even as Biden's campaign chair brushed those calls aside, saying "Absolutely the president's in this race."

Despite that vow by campaign chief Jen O'Malley Dillon, two people familiar with the situation told NBC News that members of Biden's family have discussed what his exit from the election race against the Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump would look like, if he makes that decision.

So far, 25 House Democrats and three Democratic senators have urged Biden to drop out.

Sen. Martin Henrich of New Mexico became the third Democratic senator to come out against Biden's continued candidacy, joining Jon Tester of Montana, who made his announcement Thursday, and Vermont's Peter Welch.

The five House members who announced Friday they want the party to select a new nominee were Reps. Sean Casten and Chuy Garcia of Illinois, Jared Huffman of California, Marc Veasy of Texas and Mark Pocan of Wisconsin.

The new tally means that more than 10% of the Democratic House caucus, which has 213 members, have publicly called for Biden to