In her news release, Craig said it was time for someone else to take the lead for the Democratic Party.
U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., said Saturday that President Joe Biden should step aside and let someone else run for president on the Democratic ticket.
“If we truly believe that Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans must be stopped, there is only a small window left to make sure we have a candidate best equipped to make the case and win,” the Minnesota lawmaker said in a statement. “This future of our country is bigger than any one of us. It’s up to the President from here.”
Craig, who represents Minnesota’s Second Congressional District, is the fifth Democrat publicly calling for Biden to step aside after his performance at last month’s presidential debate in Atlanta sparked concerns about his ability to win re-election.
Biden’s poor performance at the June 27 debate reportedly alarmed Democrats and his financial backers. The ripple effect includes questions about whether Biden is up for a campaign that’s only going to get nastier and whether he can effectively govern for another four years if he wins, according to the Associated Press.
Although Craig says she has “great respect” for Biden’s years of service and his “steadfast commitment to making our country a better place,” she said that events over the past week prompted her decision.
“Given what I saw and heard from the President during last week’s debate in Atlanta, coupled with the lack of a forceful response from the President himself following that debate, I do not believe that the President can effectively campaign and win against Donald Trump,” Craig said in the statement.
