During a TV appearance Friday night, Quigley said the president should “step down and let someone else do this” to “prevent utter catastrophe.”
U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley encouraged President Joe Biden on Friday to drop his bid for a second term, making the North Side congressman the first in Illinois’ Democratic delegation to join a“Mr. President, your legacy is set. We owe you the greatest debt of gratitude.
Other Democratic congressmen have called for Biden to step aside, including Reps. Lloyd Doggett of Texas, Raúl Grijalva of Arizona and Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, but Quigley is the first major Democrat from Illinois to join the chorus. Quigley, who first took office in 2009, is also from Chicago, which will be hosting the Democratic National Convention next month where Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were long expected to celebrate being renominated to take on Trump in November.
But despite Biden’s outreach attempt to the governors, some Democrats said privately that the meeting was too little, too late as questions continued to swirl as to whether the president’s reelection campaign would survive. A Pritzker political team spokeswoman said Wednesday that the governor reported that the roughly 90-minute meeting “was candid and he appreciated hearing directly from the president.”Judge blocks new federal gender ID rule from taking effect in Florida
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