evidence: President Joe Biden arrives at Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Wisconsin, on July 5. More than a handful of House Democratic ranking members told House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a Sunday call that President Joe Biden needs to step aside from the 2024 campaign, according to sources familiar with the call. [...] The number of lawmakers who explicitly said Biden should not be the Democratic nominee was greater than the number who spoke up for him to stay, according to the source. Among those who opposed Biden as the nominee were Reps. Mark Takano, Adam Smith, Jim Himes, Joe Morelle, Susan Wild and Jerry Nadler, according to sources familiar with the matter. Democratic Reps. Maxine Waters and Bobby Scott spoke in support of Biden, according to one of the sources.