Democrats anxiety grows as Biden keeps his distance after debate debacle

Democrats on Capitol Hill were growing alarmed Tuesday at a lack of direct communication from President Biden since his historically bad debate performance against former President Donald Trump last week.A senior Democratic aide told The Post Tuesday that Biden, 81, had not reached out to any lawmakers to reassure them — as would be expected following a debacle on the scale of the commander in chief’s globally televised meltdown June 27.“You can’t have the problem you’ve had — then go to a campaign rally and think the box is checked,” added a Democratic strategist who suggested that Biden should have tried to allay concerns by going on one or more of the Sunday public affairs shows this past weekend.As of Tuesday afternoon, just one sitting Congressional Democrat — Rep.Lloyd Doggett of Texas — had called on Biden to bow out of the race.But other lawmakers, in a sign of growing consternation, were making increasingly pointed criticisms of the White House and Biden campaign spin that the incumbent had just had “a bad night” in Atlanta.

“We have to be honest with ourselves that it wasn’t just a horrible night,” Rep.Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) told “CNN This Morning” Tuesday.

“I won’t go beyond that out of my respect and understanding for President Joe Biden, a very proud person who has served us extraordinarily well for 50 years” he went on.“I just want him to appreciate at this time just how much this impacts, not just his race, but all the other races coming in November.”Quigley, 65, added that he wasn’t sure what, if anything, would persuade Biden to exit the race.“I don’t know if this polling is.

It probably takes, what, three, four, five [days], up to a week to get decent polling?” he said.“So, I assess we’ll probably get that starting today or tomorrow.

The holiday will make polling more difficult.”“I do think that’s probably the only thing out there right now that could change his mind or influence that c...