Former Speaker of US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi has joined the push for President Joe Biden to bow out of the presidential race.
The former speaker has reportedly told her Democratic colleagues that the President could be convinced to leave the race soon.
According to the Washington Post, the former speaker has assumed a prominent role in passing messages from House Democrats to the White House.
She is relaying concerns the incumbent President is incapable of beating his opponent from the Republican Party, Donald Trump in November.
The lawmaker thinks Biden is close to making a decision to end his campaign.
Pelosi, who was one of the key figures that ensured Trump did not return elected in 2016, helping Biden to the White House, is now widely reported as orchestrating the renewed pressure on the President to bow out of his re-election bid.
Biden has insisted he will bear the Democratic Party’s flag in November, but he is said to be asking questions about negative polling data and whether the vice-president, Kamala Harris, considered the favourite to replace him if were to withdraw, would fare better.
The indications of a possible rethink come after the President tested positive for Covid-19 during the week, forcing him to be isolated for several days.
His isolation has curtailed a campaign visit to Nevada that had been part of a drive to show his candidacy was very much alive.
This coincides with fresh polling data showing that Trump now leads by two points in Virginia, a state Biden won by 10 points in 2020.
It shows that President Biden’s support has fallen in swing states since his disastrous showing at last month’s debate in Atlanta.