After Halting Debate Performance, Biden Tries to Reassure Democrats at Rally

Pinned Rebecca Davis O’BrienTrump takes a victory lap as Biden seeks to quell debate anxieties. Here’s the latest.Reactions to the first presidential debate dominated the political world Friday, with former President Donald J. Trump taking a victory lap at a Virginia rally as President Biden and his surrogates sought to contain the damage from his shaky performance Thursday night.While Democratic leaders have publicly backed Mr. Biden — including former President Barack Obama, who on Friday offered a strong statement of support for his former vice president — a wide range of lawmakers, activists and pundits were publicly discussing the possibility of replacing him at the top of the ticket. Some urged him to step aside, to allow a new candidate to ascend at the August convention. But on Friday, Michael Tyler, the director of communications for the Biden campaign, said there were no internal conversations about replacing Biden on the ticket “whatsoever.”Here’s what else to know:Trump ham...