According to a Fox News report, five more House Democrats are calling on President Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race. Four Reps released a joint statement on Friday and one penned an op-ed for the Chicago Tribune.
In the statement, Reps. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., Marc Veasey, D-Texas, Chuy Garcia, D-Illinois and Marc Pocan, D-Wisc., urged Biden to “pass the torch to a new generation of Democratic leaders.”
“Mr. President, with great admiration for you personally, sincere respect for your decades of public service and patriotic leadership, and deep appreciation for everything we have accomplished together during your presidency, it is now time for you to pass the torch to a new generation of Democratic leaders,” the lawmakers wrote.
“We must defeat Donald Trump to save our democracy, protect our alliances and the rules-based international order, and continue building on the strong foundation you have established over the past four years,” they said.
“At this point, however, we must face the reality that widespread public concerns about your age and fitness are jeopardizing what should be a winning campaign. These perceptions may not be fair, but they have hardened in the aftermath of last month’s debate and are now unlikely to change. We believe the most responsible and patriotic thing you can do in this moment is to step aside as our nominee while continuing to lead our party from the White House.”
Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) separately urged Biden to drop out in an op-ed for the Chicago Tribune.
“It’s time for Joe Biden to pass the torch,” Casten wrote.
“[P]olitics, like life, isn’t fair. And as long as this election is instead litigated over which candidate is more likely to be held accountable for public gaffes and ‘senior moments,’ I believe that Biden is not only going to lose but is also uniquely incapable of shifting that conversation.”
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Four more House Democrats – Huffman, Veasey, Chuy Garcia and Pocan – call for Biden to get out of the race: pic.twitter.com/QnDvTbhpGd
— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) July 19, 2024
[h/t Fox News]
