On Thursday's broadcast of CNN's "The Source," House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) discussed his call for President Joe Biden to leave the race and said that "This is not about one press conference, one debate, one speech. This is about the presidency of the United States. It's about an apocalyptically powerful individual and whether the trajectory to the election and the outcome of the election and beyond, in the event that Joe Biden were re-elected" and "A debate with Donald Trump is a walk in the park compared to what happens at 4:00 a.m. in the White House." Himes also stated that "it's excruciatingly hard to answer" if Biden can deal with Putin and Xi.