Rep. Jim Himes urged Biden not to risk his legacy by continuing to “soldier on” in the presidential race. Rep. Scott Peters followed shortly after.
” ended on Thursday night, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee called for him to step aside and allow another presidential nominee to take his place, presaging aRep. Jim Himes said in a statement that he no longer believed the strongest candidate to confront the threat posed by Donald Trump’s “promised MAGA authoritarianism” was Biden.
“Today I ask President Biden to withdraw from the presidential campaign,” he said. “The stakes are high, and we are on a losing course.”had reported that “potentially dozens of Democrats” were expected to call for Biden to stand down over the next 48 hours. The planning is “coordinated,” sources with knowledge of the matter told the network.
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