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The pressure is looming on POTUS Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race and now a senior Democratic party member has stepped in to do the needful. After the 46th president failed to convince voters about his « fitness » to serve America for five more years in the White House, especially after the Donald Trump debate catastrophe, the first-elected Democrat likely to take the call.
Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas is the first Democratic party member to publicly call Biden to step down, citing, that POTUS should « make the painful and difficult decision to withdraw. » Doggett explained, « My decision to make these strong reservations public is not done lightly nor does it in any way diminish my respect for all that President Biden has achieved. »
He continued, « Recognizing that, unlike Trump, President Biden’s first commitment has always been to our country, not himself, I am hopeful that he will make the painful and difficult decision to withdraw.