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

another one bites the dust

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...-nato-summit/#link-VU6KVXIPKVD2HIPKHYTQFF6OQA

Democratic Rep. Schneider calls on Biden to ‘pass the torch’
By Amy B Wang
National politics reporter

Rep. Bradley Schneider (D-Ill.) is calling for President Biden to withdraw from the presidential race, making him the second House Democrat to publicly do so Thursday.

In a lengthy statement, Schneider lauded Biden’s record, saying that he knew five years ago that Biden would be a great president — “and he has proven me right.”

“President Biden now has the opportunity to secure his legacy and boldly deliver the nation to a new generation of leadership,” Schneider said. “The stakes in this election could not be higher. Donald Trump and the administration he would install are an absolute threat to the very core of our nation.”

Schneider credited Biden with rescuing the United States from “a potential despot” and restoring its standing on the world stage, as well as for guiding the country through the coronavirus pandemic and its recovery.

“In passing the torch now, President Biden has a chance to live up to this standard and seal his place in history as one of the greatest leaders our nation, and history, has ever known,” Schneider said. “He can lead the transition of power to a new generation that can build a stronger party and a stronger nation. I fear if he fails to make the right choice, our democracy will hang in the balance.”
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...-nato-summit/#link-4VWFJYSCY5F2ZIBKUFUFXJQ3TU

5 min ago
Newsom: Biden was ‘exhausted’ from travel at fundraiser Clooney cited
By Patrick Svitek

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) suggested Thursday he disagreed with actor George Clooney comparing President Biden’s halting debate performance to his appearance at an earlier California fundraiser.

Clooney called on Biden to end his reelection campaign Wednesday and suggested the president’s showing at the star-studded June fundraiser was just as troubling as it was at the debate that would later set off widespread alarm inside the Democratic Party.

Asked about Clooney’s observations at an unrelated news conference in Oakland, Newsom said the fundraiser and debate are “two different things,” noting Biden flew to the fundraiser immediately after a major international trip.

“I think the first comments I had to the president were like, ‘Who did your schedule?’” Newsom recalled, later adding, “The person showing up at that fundraiser was a human being, like any of us, exhausted, but as it relates to the debate, that’s a whole different debate and conversation.”

Newsom has served as a top surrogate for Biden in the wake of the debate, stumping for him in battleground states over the days that followed.
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no flood yet, but a slow and steady trickle

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...-nato-summit/#link-ROEOFNS2EFHARFAJY4YMNCOARY

6 min ago
Rep. Stanton calls on Biden to step aside ‘for the sake of American democracy’
By Amy B Wang
National politics reporter

Rep. Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.) is the latest House Democrat to call for President Biden to withdraw from the presidential race, casting it as a move for Biden to make for the sake of American democracy.

“Donald Trump poses an existential threat to our Constitution and the rule of law, and to the hard-fought rights Americans have enjoyed for generations,” Stanton said in a statement Thursday afternoon. “A second Trump term would be devastating for our Republic and the stakes in this election could not be higher.”

Stanton added that the Democratic nominee must be someone who can “effectively make the case against Trump,” as well as hold the confidence of the American people to serve a four-year term.

“For the sake of American democracy, and to continue to make progress on our shared priorities, I believe it is time for the President to step aside as our nominee,” Stanton said.

There are now more than a dozen calls for Biden to step down among congressional Democrats, including three that were made privately during a party leadership call Sunday.
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update to the scorecard:

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oops, missed one.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...-nato-summit/#link-ZQSB2MWENVCNBONX27OTO66X3M

18 min ago
By Theodoric Meyer
National political reporter and co-author of the Early 202 newsletter

Rep. Ed Case (D-Hawaii) called on Biden to exit the race.

“Our decision on President, on who will embody and lead that choice, should be made on the merits, with no questions as to basic capacity to discharge responsibilities over another term,” Case said in a statement. “I cannot avoid the conclusion that that choice should be presented with another Democratic candidate.”

More than a dozen Democratic lawmakers have made similar calls for Biden to withdraw.
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totally agree

as luck would have it. not exactly a full vote of no confidence, but another one of those thinly-disguised Biden is NOT the franchise player comments

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...-nato-summit/#link-Z4NHWXYGOZCZHK3OJDFOIGFCDE

5 min ago
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By Amy B Wang
National politics reporter

Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) has not explicitly called on President Biden to drop out of the presidential race but on Thursday reiterated his support for Vice President Harris to ascend to the top of the Democratic ticket if needed.

“VP Harris is on fire. She’s vetted, tested, and has been Democrats’ strongest messenger throughout this campaign,” Huffman wrote on X in reference to footage from a Harris campaign event in North Carolina on Thursday. “She’s next up if we need her, and we might. Let me be very clear: if/when President Biden passes the torch, I’m all-in for Kamala Harris!”
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ABC just reported on this:

https://www.mediaite.com/news/democ...icans-deserve-to-feel-their-president-is-fit/

Democratic Congresswoman Calls on Biden to RESIGN: ‘Americans Deserve to Feel Their President Is Fit’
Isaac Schorr
Jul 11th, 2024, 5:35 pm

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) became the first Democrat on Capitol Hill to call on President Joe Biden to not only drop out of the presidential race, but to resign from office on Thursday.

“I’ve spent the past two weeks listening to my constituents express their concerns about the President’s age and health. Like most people I represent in Southwest Washington, I doubt the President’s judgement about his health, his fitness to do the job, and whether he is the one making important decisions about our country, rather than unelected advisors,” said Gluesenkamp Perez in a statement. “Americans deserve to feel their president is fit enough to do the job. The crisis of confidence in the President’s leadership needs to come to an end. The President should do what he knows is right for the country and put the national interest first.”


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