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In the weeks since President Biden’s catastrophic debate performance, panicked Democrats have increased pressure on the president to abandon his re-election bid.
Top Democratic Party officials, megadonors, editorial writers and as many as 37 congressional lawmakers have urged the president to “pass the torch” to a new generation of leadership for fear that Biden cannot defeat Republican nominee former President Trump.
Biden’s top campaign aides have been working damage control with major donors, while the White House — and Biden himself — remain adamant he is the right man to lead the party.
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President Biden participates in the first presidential debate of the 2024 election season against former President Trump. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
“Absolutely the president is in this race. You’ve heard him say that time and again,” Biden Campaign Chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said Friday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
“I’m not here to say this hasn’t been a tough several weeks for the campaign. There’s no doubt that it has been, and we’ve definitely seen some slippage in support,” she added. “But it has been a small movement.”
What follows is a list of congressional Democratic lawmakers who have called on Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential election.
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Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, was the first House Democrat to call on President Biden to drop out of the 2024 election. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
House Democrats (29 Total)
Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore.
“President Biden should not be the Democratic presidential nominee.”
Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii
“I do not believe President Biden should continue with his candidacy.”
Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill.
“It is with a heavy heart and much personal reflection that I am therefore calling on Joe Biden to pass the…
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