text:  called for Biden to drop out, hoping an army was going to form behind them. Then a week passed, and another week, and the battalions did not show up. They hung out there by themselves. Finally, at the end of this week, we heard about big names in the party, Pelosi, Schumer, Jeffries, behind the scenes, urging the president to step aside. With that cover going into the weekend, the number of elected lawmakers started edging up very slowly. But it took over three weeks for things to get to this point.