[WaPo] The top Democrats calling on Biden to drop out of the 2024 election

Washington Post keeping a scorecard. Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota added her name to the list this morning.

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https://wapo.st/4cPt3iq

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4 senior House Dems, including NY Rep. Jerry Nadler, join calls for Biden to drop out of 2024 race

https://nypost.com/2024/07/07/us-ne...join-call-for-biden-to-drop-out-of-2024-race/

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Reps. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.), Adam Smith (D-Wash.), and Mark Takano (D-Calif.) have all called on the incumbent to step aside for the 2024 Presidential race during the two-hour call with Jeffries, sources told Politico, the New York Times and other outlets.

The four Democrats made their claims during a meeting of House Democrats on Sunday that was meant to address the party’s anxieties and concerns over Biden’s ability to win in November.

Nadler, Morelle, Smith and Takano join five other House Democrats who have issued statements questioning Biden’s reelection prospects following a poor performance during the first presidential debate against former President Donald Trump.
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California Democrat ‘getting pretty close’ to calling for Biden to step aside

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4761015-california-democrat-scott-peters-biden-debate/

 

sounds like Dems are circling the wagons

 

well I guess they're not all done

Rep. Mikie Sherrill calls for Biden to withdraw

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4762613-democrats-urge-biden-step-aside/

 

Congressional Black Caucus member breaks with colleagues, airs Biden concerns

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4763697-marc-veasey-democrats-biden-support/

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Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Texas) is urging vulnerable Democrats to break with President Biden if they need in order to win reelection.

In an interview with CNN, Veasey said vulnerable Democrats need to “do whatever it is they need to do” to win reelection, even if that means distancing themselves from Biden.
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Vulnerable House Democrat calls on Biden to step aside in 2024 race

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4764042-vulnerable-house-democrat-biden-withdraw-2024/

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Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.), a vulnerable House Democrat, is calling on President Biden to step aside in the 2024 race, becoming the eighth lawmaker in the lower chamber to publicly urge the incumbent to withdraw.

Ryan — who represents New York’s 18th Congressional District — told The New York Times in an interview published Wednesday that he does not believe Biden is the strongest Democrat to take on former President Trump in November.

“I’d be doing a grave disservice if I said he was the best candidate to serve this fall,” Ryan told the Times. “For the good of our country, for my two young kids, I’m asking Joe Biden to step aside in the upcoming election and deliver on the promise to be a bridge to a new generation of leaders.”
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N.Y. lieutenant governor asks Biden to step aside for ‘new leader’

New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado at a Democratic watch party in Kingston, N.Y., in 2018 after defeating incumbent Republican John Faso in a U.S. House race. (Seth Wenig/AP)
Antonio Delgado (D), New York’s lieutenant governor and a former member of the U.S. House, said Wednesday that President Biden should abandon his reelection campaign.

In a statement posted on X, Delgado said Biden “deserves our eternal gratitude” for his accomplishments. Delgado added that Biden “can add to his legacy, showing his strength and grace, by ending his campaign and making room for a new leader.”
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Biden first ran for president in 1987