Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) on Friday became the fourth Democratic member of the House of Representatives to call on President Biden to end his re-election effort.
Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) on Friday became the fourth Democratic member of the House of Representatives to call on President Biden to end his re-election effort.
The Illinois Democrat made a direct plea to the 81-year-old president during an appearance on MSNBC, after clips of Biden’s much-anticipated interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos aired.
“Mr. President, your legacy is set. We owe you the greatest debt of gratitude. The only thing that you can do now to cement that for all time and prevent utter catastrophe is to step down and let someone else do this,” Quigley said during an appearance on “All In with Chris Hayes.”
The congressman argued that with Biden off the ticket, “Day One we’re back in a dogfight” with former President Donald Trump.
“All of the sudden, all the things we’re talking with President Biden … we’ve got a lot more we can talk about with Trump,” Quigley said, claiming that the 78-year-old presumptive GOP nominee “has cognitive issues.”
Reps. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) and Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) had previously called on Biden to step aside.
Earlier this week, Reuters reported that as many as 25 Democrats in the House are preparing to call for the president to end his campaign.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) has also reportedly been working to organize a meeting between the president and Democratic Senators, where they would ask Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race, according to the .
Biden, in his interview with Stephanopoulos, could not definitively remember if he watched a replay of his June 27 showdown with Trump.
