7th House Dem calls on Biden to drop out
New Jersey Rep. Mikie Sherrill on Tuesday became the latest House Democrat to call for President Joe Biden to step off the ticket. “I know that President Biden and his team have been true public servants and have put the country and the best interests of democracy first and foremost in their considerations,” she said in a statement. “And because I know President Biden cares deeply about the future of our country, I am asking that he declare that he won’t run for reelection and will help lead us through a process toward a new nominee.” She’s now the seventh member of the House Democratic caucus to publicly call for Biden to drop out of the presidential race. Sherrill, who praised Biden’s presidential record, said the stakes of another Trump presidency ultimately weighed into her decision: “When I think of my four children and all of the rights that another Trump presidency endangers, and in light of the recent Supreme Court decision that gave inordinate power to the President of the United States, the stakes are too high — and the threat is too real — to stay silent.” The New Jersey Democrat flipped a GOP-held seat in 2018 before it became bluer through redistricting. She’s since been a key foreign policy and defense voice in the party, and was part of a group of national security-focused members from purple districts who penned an op-ed in 2019 that helped launch the first impeachment of then-President Donald Trump. The White House has been working to tamp down widespread concerns in the party about Biden’s candidacy, but a morning Democratic caucus discussion wrapped up without any consensus in the party on how to move forward. Tuesday’s meeting had marked the first in-person meeting for Democratic lawmakers since Biden’s uneven debate performance sparked an onslaught of intra-party acrimony.
New Jersey Rep. Mikie Sherrill on Tuesday became the latest House Democrat to call for President Joe Biden to step off the ticket.
“I know that President Biden and his team have been true public servants and have put the country and the best interests of democracy first and foremost in their considerations,” she said in a statement. “And because I know President Biden cares deeply about the future of our country, I am asking that he declare that he won’t run for reelection and will help lead us through a process toward a new nominee.”
She’s now the seventh member of the House Democratic caucus to publicly call for Biden to drop out of the presidential race.
Sherrill, who praised Biden’s presidential record, said the stakes of another Trump presidency ultimately weighed into her decision: “When I think of my four children and all of the rights that another Trump presidency endangers, and in light of the recent Supreme Court decision that gave inordinate power to the President of the United States, the stakes are too high — and the threat is too real — to stay silent.”
The New Jersey Democrat flipped a GOP-held seat in 2018 before it became bluer through redistricting. She’s since been a key foreign policy and defense voice in the party, and was part of a group of national security-focused members from purple districts who penned an op-ed in 2019 that helped launch the first impeachment of then-President Donald Trump.
The White House has been working to tamp down widespread concerns in the party about Biden’s candidacy, but a morning Democratic caucus discussion wrapped up without any consensus in the party on how to move forward. Tuesday’s meeting had marked the first in-person meeting for Democratic lawmakers since Biden’s uneven debate performance sparked an onslaught of intra-party acrimony.
