"He had no answer to questions about his electability. He seemed oblivious to the polling that shows him losing swing states. He didn't want to hear it ... He didn't try to reassure anyone. He took no responsibility."
Multiple reps were queued up to ask questions, but Biden said he had to leave to attend mass near his Rehoboth Beach, Delaware home. Illinois Rep. Mike Quigley was said to be "visibly not happy that he was not going to be able to ask a question." Earlier in the day, Biden had a much longer and more harmonious call with progressive Democrats, who've emerged as his staunchest defenders. In a Saturday op-ed at the New York Times, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders called on Democrats to stop "bickering and nit-picking," calling Biden "the most effective president in the modern history of our country and...the strongest candidate to defeat Donald Trump."