First Democrat member of Congress comes forward to demand Biden step down as party’s nominee

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First Democrat member of Congress comes forward to demand Biden step down as party’s nominee​

Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, became the first elected Democrat to call on President Biden to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race, saying the president "failed" to defend his record and reassure voters that he's the man for the job during last week's debate.

Acknowledging Biden's accomplishments for his party, Doggett said in a Tuesday statement that "many Americans have indicated dissatisfaction with their choices in this election."

"President Biden has continued to run substantially behind Democratic senators in key states and in most polls has trailed Donald Trump. I had hoped that the debate would provide some momentum to change that. It did not. Instead of reassuring voters, the President failed to effectively defend his many accomplishments and expose Trump's many lies," Doggett said.

Rep. Lloyd Doggett said Tuesday he is hopeful Biden "will make the painful and difficult decision to withdraw" from the 2024 race for the White House. (Getty Images)

"Our overriding consideration must be who has the best hope of saving our democracy from an authoritarian takeover by a criminal and his gang," he continued. "Too much is at stake to risk a Trump victory — too great a risk to assume that what could not be turned around in a year, what was not turned around in the debate, can be turned around now."

"President Biden saved our democracy by delivering us from Trump in 2020. He must not deliver us to Trump in 2024," he added.

Amid his call for Biden to withdraw, Doggett reflected on the "painful" decision made by former President Lyndon Johnson not to seek re-election to the White House in 1968.

"I represent the heart of a congressional district once represented by Lyndon Johnson. Under very different circumstances, he made the painful decision to withdraw. President Biden should do the same," the Texas lawmaker said. "While much of his work has been transformational, he pledged to be transitional.".....

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The Democrat party doesn't want to go down with the Biden ship. Biden is going to transition from the White House to a nursing home in January.