Several letters are circulating among House Democrats calling for President Biden to opt out of the 2024 presidential race, two sources familiar with the discussions told Fox News Digital.
The effort includes both Democratic lawmakers in battleground districts and left-leaning lawmakers in safe districts, one of the people said.
Sources said the letter is now being circulated mainly at parliamentary level, with lawmakers closely monitoring the major decisions they are considering.
President Biden is facing growing pressure to consider stepping down as a 2024 presidential candidate. (Saul Loeb)
“Everybody’s on guard right now,” one House Democratic leader told Fox News. “People may just be doing what they believe is best for them.”
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It comes From Reuters It was first reported that a group of 25 House Democrats were preparing to ask Biden to withdraw as a 2024 presidential candidate if he could not assuage concerns that he was unfit for the job within days.
House Democratic leaders have not seen the letter, Fox News reported.
meanwhile, Bloomberg News We first reported on Democrats’ efforts to secure the seat on Wednesday.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said he had not seen the letter, which was reportedly signed by 25 Democrats, Fox News reported. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The news comes as a growing number of Democrats express concern about the 81-year-old president’s ability to perform his duties. Questions about the president’s physical and mental health were brought to the forefront during last Thursday’s debate between Biden and former President Donald Trump.
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Democrats are now questioning whether Biden is the best candidate to defeat Trump, who is widely seen as a threat to democracy.
The dam broke on Tuesday afternoon, when Rep. Lloyd Doggett, Democrat of Texas, became the first sitting member of Congress to publicly call for Biden to drop out of the race.
Concerns about Biden’s viability were further heightened by his performance in Thursday’s debate with former President Trump. (Andrew Harnick/Getty Images)
“My decision to publicly express these strong concerns was not made lightly and does not in any way diminish my respect for all that President Biden has accomplished,” Doggett said in a statement. “Unlike President Trump, I know that President Biden’s first commitment has always been to our country, not himself, and I expect him to make the painful and difficult decision to withdraw. I respectfully call on him to withdraw.”
Hours later, two of the election’s most vulnerable Democrats, Reps. Jared Golden (D-Maine) and Marie Grusenkamp Perez (D-Wash.), came out publicly to say Biden would likely lose to Trump.
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“He’s definitely not backing down,” a Biden campaign official told Fox News Digital in response to Democrats’ concerns.
Biden’s allies have noted in recent days that he has been in contact with Democratic leaders in Congress, given an interview with ABC News and taken steps to ease concerns, including holding a news conference in the coming days..
