’s ouster from the 2024 presidential ticket on Tuesday, calling his mental fitness a “legitimate question.”, came mere hours before Rep. Lloyd Doggett became the first sitting Democratic lawmaker to call for Biden to bow out of the presidential race. He was quickly followed by Adam Frisch, a Democratic House candidate in Colorado, who echoed the call.
“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,” he said. “I respectfully call on him to do so.” Even those engrained in Biden’s camp are now signaling they’re open to a change. Rep. James Clyburn , a Biden-Harris campaign co-chair, told MSNBC on Tuesday he “will support” Harris if Biden “were to step aside.”
Pelosi indicated earlier Tuesday that those sort of media appearances—and not just reading statements off a teleprompter—is what Biden needs to regain the public’s trust.