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The number of Democrats willing to go on record calling on Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race is growing. Donors are withholding millions of dollars in donations, and Democratic voters are feeling increasingly dejected. While only a handful of elected Democrats are calling on Biden to drop out or have expressed concern about him, plenty more haven’t yet gone public. Now their concern isn’t limited to Biden’s likely defeat; they’re worried about the impact on down-ballot races and the possibility that Donald Trump could win the election in November and get majorities in both the House and Senate.
« Some worry that Biden could drag down the rest of the ticket so badly that they not only fail to win back the House, but Trump and Hill Republicans could be handed big-enough majorities in both chambers to actually carry out huge GOP priorities », reports Politico.
“They are nervous about the upcoming election,” Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) told Politico. “If anybody tells you they’re not, they’re lying.”
The problem for vulnerable Democrats, of course, is that they are worried about voters tying them to Biden, which makes it harder for them to get reelected. « Democrats’ quest to assert more local control may be compromised as well, as Biden’s crisis could jeopardize their attempts to flip legislative chambers in swing states like Arizona and Pennsylvania, and hang onto Michigan and Minnesota », the report explains.
