Massachusetts Democratic Governor Maura Healey has called on President Joe Biden to consider whether she is the best candidate to defeat former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.
“President Biden saved our democracy in 2020 and has done an incredible job over the past four years. I am deeply grateful for his leadership, and I know he agrees that this is the most important election of our lifetimes,” she said in a statement. Reports.
“The best way forward at this point is a decision made by the president. Over the next few days, I urge the president to listen to the American people and carefully evaluate whether he remains our best hope of defeating Donald Trump. Whatever President Biden decides, I will do everything in my power to defeat Donald Trump,” she added.
“Biden should step aside…”
Biden’s poor performance in last week’s debate has led some on the left to call for him to drop out of the 2024 election.
“I expect him to make the painful and difficult decision to withdraw, and I respectfully urge him to do so,” Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, said in a statement.
“Biden needs to step down and strong Democratic leadership needs to work to defeat Trump and keep us all safe and prosperous,” Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings argued. The New York Times.
But Biden, who is seen as a possible 2024 Democratic presidential candidate, Declared He will stay in the race.
Democratic Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania remains a strong supporter of the president.
“I am not going to dismiss a great president, an honorable man and a loving father who served in public office for 50 years over a 90-minute debate. Responding with confusion, panic and disloyalty is not appropriate for this moment,” Fetterman said. Tweet.
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