Massachusetts Gov. Healey urges Biden to ‘carefully evaluate’ whether he remains Democrats’ best hope to defeat Trump
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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey issued a statement Friday urging President Biden to “carefully evaluate” whether he remains the Democratic Party’s best hope to defeat Donald Trump in the 2024 election.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey issued a statement Friday urging President Joe Biden to “carefully evaluate” whether he remains the Democratic Party’s best hope to defeat Donald Trump in the 2024 election. “President Biden saved our democracy in 2020 and has done an outstanding job over the last four years. I am deeply grateful for his leadership,” Healy said in a statement to CNN. “And I know he agrees this is the most important election of our lifetimes. The best way forward right now is a decision for the president to make. Over the coming days, I urge him to listen to the American people and carefully evaluate whether he remains our best hope to defeat Donald Trump. Whatever President Biden decides, I am committed to doing everything in my power to defeat Donald Trump.” Healey was one of the Democratic governors who met with Biden on Wednesday seeking reassurance over the future of the president’s reelection campaign. With her statement, Healey became the first sitting Democratic governor publicly call on Biden to think about stepping aside – a significant departure from the public statements of support other governors in the meeting issued. It comes as cracks have begun to appear in Biden’s coalition. Four Democrats in Congress – Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas, Rep. Raúl Grijalva of Arizona Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts and Rep. Mike Quigley of Illinois – have asked Biden to bow out. Those calls were signs of the unsteadiness of Democratic support for their top candidate. Some of the president’s comments during Wednesday’s meeting left participants frustrated. Biden told the governors that he needed more sleep and planned to stop scheduling late-night events. He also made a joke that didn’t go over well with some of the them: “I’m fine – I don’t know about my brain, though.”
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