{"id":2289891,"date":"2024-07-06T11:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T15:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/angie-craig-calls-on-biden-to-pull-out-of-presidential-contest-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-06T12:01:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T16:01:22","slug":"angie-craig-calls-on-biden-to-pull-out-of-presidential-contest-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/angie-craig-calls-on-biden-to-pull-out-of-presidential-contest-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Angie Craig calls on Biden to pull out of presidential contest &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fangie-craig-calls-on-biden-to-pull-out-of-presidential-contest-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=2289891&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>Topic in the upcoming presidential election due to President Joe Biden&#8217;s poor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/book-donald-trump-tested-positive-later-negative-for-coronavirus-before-first-presidential-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">debate<\/a>\/&#8221; title=&#8221;Book: Donald Trump Tested Positive (Later Negative) for Coronavirus Before First Presidential Debate&#8221;>debate performance<\/a>. Representative Angie Craig from Minnesota&#8217;s 2nd Congressional District has added to the pressure by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nolte-robert-reich-tells-dems-to-give-kyrsten-sinema-the-backs-of-their-hands\/\" title=\"Nolte: Robert Reich Tells Dems to Give Kyrsten Sinema &#039;the Backs of Their Hands&#039;\">publicly calling<\/a> on Biden to step\u2064 aside for the next generation of leadership. Craig&#8217;s concerns about Biden&#8217;s ability to defeat former President Donald Trump in November reflect growing worries among \u200cdown-ballot Democratic \u2063candidates \u2064about the impact of his candidacy on their races. With Minnesota now seen as a more competitive\u2062 state for the Democrats, the demand for \u2062Biden to withdraw\u200d from the presidential contest is gaining momentum.  <\/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\">Angie Craig calls on Biden to pull out of presidential contest<\/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\/max-thornberry\/\">Max Thornberry<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-06T11:55:21-04:00\">July 6, 2024 11:55 am<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1696126\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Pressure on President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> to withdraw from the looming rematch with former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> intensified on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>A trickle of sitting Democrats calling on the president to bow out of the contest after a dismal debate performance last month could turn into a flood after Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) said it was time for Biden to step aside. Craig is the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Democrat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democrat<\/a> in a relatively competitive state to make the demand of the president. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an elected leader, I feel a responsibility to be honest about what I believe, even when it\u2019s hard to hear,\u201d Craig said. \u201cPresident Biden is a good man &#038; I appreciate his lifetime of service. But I believe he should step aside for the next generation of leadership. The stakes are too high.\u201d <\/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\">As an elected leader, I feel a responsibility to be honest about what I believe, even when it\u2019s hard to hear.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden is a good man &#038; I appreciate his lifetime of service.<\/p>\n<p>But I believe he should step aside for the next generation of leadership. <\/p>\n<p>The stakes are too\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rtZLz6riDp\">pic.twitter.com\/rtZLz6riDp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Angie Craig (@AngieCraigMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AngieCraigMN\/status\/1809577054062432688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 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>Craig represents Minnesota\u2019s 2nd Congressional District, which, according to the nonpartisan <em>Cook Political Report<\/em> House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/ratings\/house-race-ratings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>ratings<\/a>, is a \u201clean Democrat\u201d seat. Craig has had relatively comfortable victories to hold onto her seat since failing to beat Jason Lewis in 2016. <\/p>\n<p>But while Minnesota has been considered a safe bastion for Democrats, Biden\u2019s debate performance might have put it in play. Craig\u2019s concerns about the president\u2019s ability to beat Trump in November is the latest warning sign down-ballot candidates are worried about the effect he is having on contests as Democrats try to re-take the House. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3068824\/bidens-bad-debate-performance-moves-two-states-toward-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Earlier this week<\/a>, election analysts at the University of Virginia conceded Minnesota was going to be a more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvanias-dem-governor-candidate-propped-up-his-own-rival-now-republicans-think-he-could-win\/\" title=\"Pennsylvania\u2019s Dem Governor Candidate Propped Up His Own Rival. Now, Republicans Think He Could Win.\">competitive contest<\/a> in the Electoral College than it has been in recent years. Larry Sabato\u2019s Crystal Ball placed the blame for Minnesota\u2019s shift from \u201clikely Democratic\u201d to \u201cleans Democratic\u201d entirely on how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/latest-presidential-polls-a-dwindling-gop-field-yields-no-major-shifts-so-far\/\" title=\"Latest Presidential Polls: A Dwindling GOP Field Yields No Major Shifts So Far\">president performed<\/a> at the debate. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Craig became the fifth House Democrat to break ranks publicly and call on Biden to consider what remaining in the race could mean for his legacy. Other Democrats include Reps. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), and Seth Moulton (D-MA).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a decision I\u2019ve come to lightly, but there is simply too much at stake to risk a second Donald Trump presidency,\u201d Craig said. \u201cIf we truly believe that Donald Trump and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/MAGA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>MAGA<\/a> Republicans must be stopped, there is only a small window left to make sure we have a candidate best equipped to make the case and win. This future of our country is bigger than any one of us. It\u2019s up to the President from here.\u201d<\/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_1696126\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1696126\"}});<\/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>Angie Craig is urging President Biden to withdraw from the upcoming presidential contest, citing concerns about his ability to defeat Donald Trump. She is the first Democrat in a competitive state to make this demand, expressing the need for a new generation of leadership. Other House Democrats have also publicly called on Biden to consider stepping aside to prevent a second Trump presidency. This comes as analysts predict a more competitive race in Minnesota, with Biden&#8217;s debate performance being a key factor in the state&#8217;s shift from &#8220;likely Democratic&#8221; to &#8220;leans Democratic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2702,"featured_media":2289892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/angie-craig-joe-biden.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34068,3620,34069,32183,32076],"class_list":["post-2289891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-angie-craig","tag-biden","tag-election-news","tag-presidential-election","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/angie-craig-joe-biden.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2702"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2289891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2289892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2289891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2289891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2289891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}