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Raúl Grijalva Is Second House Democrat to Call for Biden to Drop Out [1]
['Tim Balk']
Date: 2024-07-03
Representative Raúl M. Grijalva, a progressive Arizona Democrat, on Wednesday became the second House Democrat to publicly urge President Biden to leave the race, citing the “precarious” state of the president’s campaign.
“What he needs to do is shoulder the responsibility for keeping that seat — and part of that responsibility is to get out of this race,” Mr. Grijalva, 76, said in an interview with The New York Times.
His remarks came one day after Representative Lloyd Doggett, a 77-year-old progressive Democrat from Texas, called on Mr. Biden to withdraw. Both men are close in age to Mr. Biden, 81, whose halting debate performance on Thursday reignited questions about his age and acuity.
Mr. Grijalva questioned whether Mr. Biden could beat former President Donald J. Trump and said that Democrats needed to “put up a fight.” Mr. Grijalva, who was diagnosed with cancer in March, stressed that he believed Mr. Biden was a “good man” and that he would support the president if he stayed in the race.
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