
Rep. Seth Moulton Becomes 3rd House Democrat To Call On Joe Biden To Quit Race
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The dam hasn't broken, but there's a steady drip of statements from Democrats skeptical of Biden being the Democratic nominee.
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) on Thursday said President Joe Biden should drop his reelection bid, making him the third elected Democrat to say the president should step aside.
“President Biden has done enormous service to our country, but now is the time for him to follow in one of our founding father, George Washington’s, footsteps and step aside to let new leaders rise up and run against Donald Trump,” Moulton told Boston radio station WBUR on Thursday.
Moulton followed Reps. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) and Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) in saying that Biden should bow out of the presidential race.
The calls for a new candidate came after Biden’s weak debate performance last week, in which he lost his train of thought as he spoke, gave garbled answers to some questions and left his mouth hanging open when he wasn’t speaking. At 81, Biden is the oldest president in U.S. history.
President Trump lied throughout the debate and also gave irrelevant and incoherent answers, but his delivery was much stronger. Even though Trump is 78, surveys have shown the age question is a major disadvantage for Biden.