{"id":2288037,"date":"2024-07-02T14:08:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T18:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-house-democrat-calls-on-biden-to-withdraw-from-2024-race-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-02T14:10:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T18:10:56","slug":"first-house-democrat-calls-on-biden-to-withdraw-from-2024-race-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-house-democrat-calls-on-biden-to-withdraw-from-2024-race-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"First House Democrat calls on Biden to withdraw from 2024 race &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffirst-house-democrat-calls-on-biden-to-withdraw-from-2024-race-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2288037&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House Democrats are grappling with the idea of Biden withdrawing from\u2062 the 2024\u2063 presidential race after his \u200cpoor debate\u2064 performance against Trump. Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) has become the first sitting House Democrat to openly call for Biden&#8217;s withdrawal, citing his trailing polling\u2063 numbers and failure to \u2063effectively\u2062 defend his accomplishments. Other Democrats, like\u2063 former Rep. Tim Ryan, \u200bhave also started to discuss \u200balternative paths forward, \u200cwith Ryan calling on Vice President Kamala Harris to replace Biden\u200c as the party&#8217;s nominee. The debate \u200cover Biden&#8217;s\u200b candidacy highlights a growing concern within the\u2064 party about \u200bfinding a candidate who is better equipped to face Trump in the upcoming election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">First House Democrat calls on Biden to withdraw from 2024 race<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/cami-mondeaux\/\">Cami Mondeaux<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-02T13:43:52-04:00\">July 2, 2024 1:43 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1692621\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) became the first sitting House Democrat to call on President Joe Biden to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3067226\/tim-ryan-calls-harris-take-over-biden-nominee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>withdraw from the 2024 presidential race<\/a>, citing the president\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3063589\/democrats-admit-biden-debate-stumble-resist-calls-new-nominee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>debate performance<\/a> against former President Donald Trump last week as a primary reason. <\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-enacts-africa-travel-ban-despite-calling-bans-racist-xenophobic-in-2020\/\" title=\"Biden Enacts Africa Travel Ban Despite Calling Bans Racist, Xenophobic in 2020\">lengthy statement released<\/a> on Tuesday, the longtime House Democrat commended Biden for his time in office over the last four years, arguing the incumbent helped to rebuild the country after the COVID-19 pandemic and the \u201cyears of Trump wreckage.\u201d However, the Texas Democrat lamented Biden\u2019s trailing polling numbers against Trump and said while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3063723\/house-gop-calls-biden-removal-office-debate-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>he hoped the debate<\/a> would \u201cprovide some momentum to change that,\u201d it did not. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Now we have first sitting House Dem calling on Biden to withdraw<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Lloyd Doggett: &#8220;Recognizing that unlike Trump, President Biden&#8217;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.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9bmpmHjVbv\">https:\/\/t.co\/9bmpmHjVbv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cami Mondeaux (@cami_mondeaux) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cami_mondeaux\/status\/1808180881753870665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe president failed to effectively defend his many accomplishments and expose Trump\u2019s many lies,\u201d Doggett said in a statement. \u201cRecognizing that unlike Trump, President Biden\u2019s first commitment has always been to our country, not himself, I am hopeful that he will make the painful and difficult decision to withdraw. I respectfully call on him to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The call comes in stark contrast to many of Doggett\u2019s colleagues in the House who have refrained from calling on Biden to step down from the presidential ticket despite acknowledging a poor debate performance. However, some Democrats have openly begun to debate an alternative path forward. <\/p>\n<p>Former Rep. Tim Ryan came out on Tuesday to call on Vice President Kamala Harris to replace Biden as the party\u2019s 2024 nominee, calling the president\u2019s debate performance \u201cdeeply troubling\u201d and evidence the party must move forward. <\/p>\n<p>Ryan argued that much of Biden\u2019s campaign platform in 2020 was to be a \u201cbridge president\u201d to oust Trump, but \u201cthat bridge collapsed last week\u201d with Biden\u2019s debate performance, making it imperative to tap a new candidate who is better fit to face Trump in November. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt isn\u2019t just about a 90-minute debate and a terrible performance,\u201d Ryan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/kamala-harris-should-democratic-nominee-president-2024-opinion-1919894\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>wrote in an op-ed<\/a> for <em>Newsweek<\/em>. \u201cThis election needs to be about generational change \u2014 something about which I have been shouting for more than a year now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) noted that Biden\u2019s debate \u201cwasn\u2019t just a horrible night\u201d for the president, and Biden must \u201cbe honest with himself\u201d as he considers his place on the ballot in 2024. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI won\u2019t go beyond that, out of my respect and understanding of President Joe Biden, the very proud person who has served us extraordinarily well for 50 years,\u201d Quigley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/mike-quigley-joe-biden-wasnt-just-horrible-night_n_6683fa4ee4b038babc7cf685?d_id=7848652&#038;ncid_tag=tweetlnkushpmg00000016&#038;utm_medium=Social&#038;utm_source=Twitter&#038;utm_campaign=us_politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told CNN<\/a>. \u201cI just want him to appreciate at this time just how much it impacts not just his race but all the other races coming in November.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many Democratic lawmakers were quick to come to Biden\u2019s defense in the aftermath of the debate, contrasting his performance with the \u201clies\u201d of the former president even as they admitted his stumbles were a setback. Even so, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hill-democrats-resist-calls-to-replace-biden-following-debate-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Hill Democrats resist calls to replace Biden following debate - Washington Examiner\">top party leaders generally resisted<\/a> the call from some Democratic operatives for Biden to step down so another candidate could take his place at the top of the ticket.<\/p>\n<p>And while Biden\u2019s allies on Capitol Hill admitted it was a worse-than-expected performance, they argued the president still has four months to make his case. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The White House has remained confident in Biden\u2019s abilities to serve a second term, brushing off suggestions that the president should step down or back out of the race. In a campaign speech after the debate, Biden acknowledged that although he is no longer a \u201cyoung man,\u201d he can hold a second term. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFolks, I would not be running again if I did not believe with all of my heart and soul that I can do this job,\u201d he told supporters in New York last week.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1692621\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1692621\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first House Democrat, Rep. Lloyd Doggett, has called on President Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race due to his poor debate performance against former President Donald Trump. Doggett praised Biden for his accomplishments but expressed concern over his trailing polling numbers. Other Democrats have also suggested alternative paths forward, such as replacing Biden with Vice President Kamala Harris as the party&#8217;s nominee. 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