Rep. Mikie Sherrill, DN.J., called the President Joe Biden He will end his re-election bid after meeting with House Democrats on Tuesday morning. 2024 race.
New Jersey legislator a statement “The stakes are too high and the danger too real to remain silent,” and Biden should focus his efforts on identifying a new Democratic nominee.
“I know that President Biden and his team have been true public servants and put the country and the best interests of democracy first in their judgment.” “I ask that he declare that he will not run for re-election and help us move through the process towards a new candidate.”
When reached for comment, a Biden campaign official pointed to NBC News public letter of the president On Monday, he told congressional Democrats that “voters have spoken clearly and decisively” and said he is not dropping out.
Sherrill is the 9th House Democrat who called on Biden to lean out of the raceA week after Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett became the first Democratic lawmaker He calls on Biden to step aside.
within one closed meeting Sources in the room told NBC News that only a few lawmakers raised concerns about Biden’s age and his ability to defeat former President Donald Trump in November during a meeting Tuesday morning in the House Democratic chamber.
Biden is ramping up his campaign efforts to address concerns about his candidacy after a poor debate performance against Trump in Atlanta last month.
NBC News reported earlier Biden will speak virtually with Democratic mayors on Tuesday night and take questions from them, according to two sources familiar with the plans.
Overall, Democrats in Congress have been overwhelmingly supportive of Biden in his public appearances. Representative Jerry Nadler, DN.Y.The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday turned it upside down an ordinary task please call On Sunday, sources said he urged Biden to step aside.
Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan, who led the Democratic Senate campaign, expressed his support for Biden on Monday. Congressional Black Caucus Speaker Steven Horsford, D-Nev., was among many Democratic lawmakers this week to support the president.
Biden’s loss of support from Sherrill comes nearly six years after he traveled to New Jersey to campaign for her before his first successful election. It was Biden’s first campaign event since Labor Day that year on behalf of his congressional, Senate and gubernatorial candidates, helping to build his case for the 2020 election.
During the 2018 campaign for Sherrill, Biden referenced Republicans calling for the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974.
“My fellow Republicans, they know better. But they are silent. They are afraid,” Biden said at the time. “You know who brought Nixon down? Barry Goldwater went to the White House and said enough is enough.”
Biden cited other Nixon-era Republicans and said, “They stood up! And they said enough is enough.”