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(The Guardian) Texas congressman Lloyd Doggett becomes first House Democrat to call on Biden to step aside
Texas congressman Lloyd Doggett has become the first sitting Democratic lawmaker to officially call on Joe Biden to step aside following last week’s dismal debate performance.
In a statement on Tuesday, Doggett said Biden had “failed to effectively defend his many accomplishments and expose Trump’s many lies” on the debate stage.
Doggett said he represented a congressional district once represented by Lyndon Johnson, who had made the painful decision to withdraw. “President Biden should do the same,” he said. -- While much of his work has been transformational, he pledged to be transitional. He has the opportunity to encourage a new generation of leaders from whom a nominee can be chosen to unite our country through an open, democratic process.
He added that his decision was “not done lightly" and that his respect for all that Biden has achieved has not been diminished, but recognizing that, unlike Trump, President Biden’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. I respectfully call on him to do so.
Texas congressman Lloyd Doggett is the first House Democrat to publicly urge Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race after Thursday’s debate.
According to the Texas Tribune, Doggett has been in Congress since 1995 and shared the title of longest serving member of Congress from Texas with Sheila Jackson Lee. He represents a comfortably Democratic seat based in Austin.
As we reported earlier, former Ohio congressman Tim Ryan wrote a Newsweek op-ed published last night in which he called on Biden to step aside, and for Kamala Harris to replace him.
Texas congressman Lloyd Doggett has become the first sitting Democratic lawmaker to officially call on Joe Biden to step aside following last week’s dismal debate performance.
In a statement on Tuesday, Doggett said Biden had “failed to effectively defend his many accomplishments and expose Trump’s many lies” on the debate stage.
Doggett said he represented a congressional district once represented by Lyndon Johnson, who had made the painful decision to withdraw. “President Biden should do the same,” he said. -- While much of his work has been transformational, he pledged to be transitional. He has the opportunity to encourage a new generation of leaders from whom a nominee can be chosen to unite our country through an open, democratic process.
He added that his decision was “not done lightly" and that his respect for all that Biden has achieved has not been diminished, but recognizing that, unlike Trump, President Biden’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. I respectfully call on him to do so.
Texas congressman Lloyd Doggett is the first House Democrat to publicly urge Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race after Thursday’s debate.
According to the Texas Tribune, Doggett has been in Congress since 1995 and shared the title of longest serving member of Congress from Texas with Sheila Jackson Lee. He represents a comfortably Democratic seat based in Austin.
As we reported earlier, former Ohio congressman Tim Ryan wrote a Newsweek op-ed published last night in which he called on Biden to step aside, and for Kamala Harris to replace him.
