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34 Democratic members of Congress ask Biden to withdraw, 12 in the past 24 hours; see list

Biden – Photo: Jacqueline Martin/AFP

The list of Democratic politicians calling on US President Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race continues to grow. So far, 34 members of Congress from the party have publicly called on Biden to abandon his re-election bid — 12 of them in the past 24 hours alone. (See list below)

They represent more than one in ten Democrats in the US Congress, where Biden’s Democratic Party controls 213 seats in the House of Representatives and 51 in the Senate.

Biden is in one of the most stressful moments of his candidacy. Despite his team’s efforts to calm the Democratic Party, which has been in crisis since the president’s poor performance in the debate against Donald Trump, more and more party politicians are calling for his resignation. Biden is currently considering dropping out of the race for the White House, according to sources close to him. (Continue reading below)

The first Democratic politician to publicly call on Biden to withdraw his nomination was Rep. Lloyd Doggett, on July 2, less than a week after the June 27 debate.

In total, 12 of the 34 Democratic members of Congress joined the withdrawal chorus on Friday alone (19), a day after the Republican National Convention, underscoring the current divide between America’s two largest parties. According to sources close to him, Biden appears to have accepted the idea and is forced to concede.

Below is a list of Democratic lawmakers who have publicly called on Biden to withdraw from the race:

  • Martin Heinrich (New Mexico)
  • Jon Tester (Montana)
  • Peter Welch (Vermont)
  • Sherrod Brown (Ohio)
  • Count Blumenauer (Oregon)
  • Ed Case (Hawaii)
  • Sean Casten (Illinois)
  • Jim Costa (California)
  • Angie Craig (Minnesota)
  • Lloyd Doggett (Texas)
  • Jesus “Chuy” Garcia (Illinois)
  • Raul Grijalva (Arizona)
  • Jim Himes (Connecticut)
  • Jared Hoffman (California)
  • Greg Landsman (Ohio)
  • Mike Levin (California)
  • Zoe Lofgren (California)
  • Seth Moulton (Massachusetts)
  • Betty McCollum (Minnesota)
  • Morgan McGarvey (Kentucky)
  • Scott Peters (California)
  • Brittany Petersen (Colorado)
  • Mark Pocan (Wisconsin)
  • Mike Quigley (Illinois)
  • Pat Ryan (New York)
  • Adam Schiff (California)
  • Brad Schneider (Illinois)
  • Hilary Scholten (Michigan)
  • Mickey Sherrill (New Jersey)
  • Adam Smith (Washington)
  • Eric Sorensen (Illinois)
  • Greg Stanton (Arizona)
  • Mark Vesey (Texas)
  • Gabe Vasquez (New Mexico)

According to the report, sources confirmed that Biden is considering losing to Donald Trump in the November election. However, the president has not yet made a decision.

Democrats also fear that pushing for Biden’s nomination will undermine the party’s chances of winning a majority in the House of Representatives. According to the Washington Post, Nancy Pelosi told lawmakers she believes Biden will be convinced to give up “very quickly.”