President Joe Biden is facing calls to end his reelection bid from a growing number of prominent Democrats after his debate performance raised serious questions about the 81-year-old’s mental fitness.
The president and his campaign remain defiant and are pressing ahead, but an avalanche of calls to step aside and let someone such as Vice President Kamala Harris be the Democratic nominee could change that calculus.
Here are the Democrats who have so far said Biden should bow out of the race against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump.
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
On Tuesday, Doggett became the first sitting member of Congress to say Biden should withdraw from the race. The longtime House Democrat praised the president but said he “failed to effectively defend his many accomplishments and expose Trump’s many lies.”
“Recognizing that unlike Trump, President Biden’s…
