2020 Rivals Pressured to Defend Biden

Politico: “Most of Biden’s chief opponents are renewing their calls for Trump’s impeachment after the president allegedly pressured Ukrainian leaders to open an investigation into Biden and his son in exchange for hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. military aid. They’ve blasted the president for ‘violating our constitutional mandates’ and denounced his appeals for the probe as a ‘political threat.'”

“But they’re facing growing calls from diverse voices in the party to do even more, including rallying around Biden in more forceful ways for the good of the country — and at possible expense to their own campaigns. Compounding the pressure is Biden’s position atop the field, and their need for him to fall in order for them to gain.