People who argue Joe should step down entirely haven't thought through what Trump's violent mob would do if Mike Johnson were next in line for the Presidency -- or the disincentive that'd give the House to confirm someone else.
"When things look bad and it doesn't look like you're going to make it, that's when you got to get mean, I mean plum mad dog mean. Because if you lose your head and give up, then you neither win nor live, that's just the way it is."