Biden Says Democrats Can Still Stave Off House, Senate Losses

  • President seeks to rally DNC staff in face of troubling polls
  • GOP has framed midterms as referendum on unpopular Biden

Joe Biden

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President Joe Biden expressed confidence that there was still time for Democrats to stave off a loss of their House and Senate majorities with two weeks to go until the Nov. 8 midterms and the latest polling favoring Republicans.

“We’re running against the tide, and we’re beating the tide,” Biden said Monday during a visit to Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington that was meant to rally staff for the final stretch of the campaign.