Gov tough love: Pritzker, other Democratic governors back Biden — but share compliments and criticism in closed-door meeting

President Joe Biden on Wednesday told Gov. J.B. Pritzker and 23 other Democratic governors that he has no plans to drop out of the presidential race and downplayed poor poll numbers after a damaging debate performance that has set off a wave of panic in the party. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with the governors, along with Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, in an hour-long White House discussion described by Minnesota Gov Tim Walz, chair of the Democratic Governors’ Association, as “honest and open” and by Pritzker as...