U.S. President Joe Biden and his top aides sought to calm growing anxiety among his allies on Capitol Hill and among top Democrats. Biden vowed on Wednesday to continue his reelection campaign, rejecting pressure from within the Democratic Party to drop out after his poor performance in the debate sparked questions about him. Biden's comments, which were reportedly posted on social media platform X by a senior Biden aide, said, "I'm running, I'm the leader of the Democratic Party, and no one is forcing me to drop out." Biden and Harris made a surprise appearance on a Democratic National Committee call, according to three people familiar with the matter. It was a pep talk that emphasized the stakes of the election and harkened back to Biden's previous post-debate comments that he would get back up after being "knocked down."