The tally of congressional Democrats calling for President Joe Biden to exit the 2024 election race soared past 35 on Friday afternoon, as the Biden campaign‘s co-chair said the president “is weighing what he should weigh, which is, who is the best candidate to win in November and to carry forward the Democratic Party‘s values.”
Also Friday, Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, the Senate Finance Committee chairman, became the highest ranking member of Congress so far to ask Biden to end his reelection campaign. NBC News first reported Brown’s decision.
“I agree with the many Ohioans who have reached out to me,” Brown said in a statement. “At this critical time, our full attention must return to these important issues. I think the President should end his campaign.”
Brown, a Democrat, is facing a competitive Senate race in Ohio, a state that former President Donald Trump won in both the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections.
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