President Biden continued to bleed support from Democrats Saturday, who called on him to leave the 2024 presidential race after his Friday ABC interview failed to silence worries about his age and cognitive abilities.
President Biden continued to bleed support from Democrats Saturday, who called on him to leave the 2024 presidential race after his Friday ABC interview failed to silence worries about his age and cognitive abilities.
Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig became the fifth sitting House Democrat to urge Biden to call it quits.
“As an elected leader, I feel a responsibility to be honest about what I believe, even when it’s hard to hear. President Biden is a good man & I appreciate his lifetime of service. But I believe he should step aside for the next generation of leadership,” Craig, who’s in a tough reelection fight in Minnesota, wrote.
Meanwhile, David Axelrod, the architect of Obama’s two successful presidential campaigns, was far more blunt. He called the Friday sit-down “sad” to watch.
“When George Stephanopoulos asked him if he’d be willing to take a cognitive test, he said, ‘I take a cognitive test every day.’ Well, the fact is, that may be true, but 75% of the American people think he fails,” Axelrod said in post-interview analysis on CNN Friday.
The wave of defections suggest that President Biden’s attempt to clean up things by sitting for an ABC News interview with George Stephanopoulos Friday has failed spectacularly.
