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WASHINGTON – The slow-drip of Democratic lawmakers calling on President Joe Biden to drop his reelection bid continues, to the point where a dam may be about to break.
On Friday, eight more House members and one more senator urged Biden to step aside amid concerns about his mental acuity and ability to defeat Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in the November election.In total, more than 30 Democratic lawmakers have publicly asked the president to bow out of the race. That’s more 10% of all congressional Democrats.
Biden maintains he’s not going anywhere and is the best candidate to defeat Trump. He’s got the support ofto stay atop the ticket, and it is his decision, ultimately, on how to proceed. But the pressure is intensifying on him to pull out, and there’s only a few more weeks until the Democratic National Convention, at which point delegates will cast their votes for the party’s official nominee. In other words, Democrats need to come together and decide what they want to do as a party – and fast.
Here’s a list of all of the Democratic lawmakers who have publicly called on Biden to bow out and “pass the torch” to the next generation of leaders, as many have put it. This list will be updated if and when more lawmakers make similar calls.of Vermont: Welch was the first senator to urge Biden to bow out, writing in a July 10 op-ed, “I understand why President Biden wants to run. … But he needs to reassess whether he is the best candidate to do so. In my view, he is not.
Rep. Lloyd Doggett was the first Democrat in Congress to call on President Joe Biden to drop his reelection bid. Now more than 30 Democratic lawmakers are doing the same.of Texas: He was the first lawmaker to call on Biden to step aside, citing his sagging poll numbers and poor debate performance. “I am hopeful that he will make the painful and difficult decision to withdraw,” he said on July 2.
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