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Rep. Lloyd Doggett Becomes First Democratic Lawmaker to Urge Biden to Withdraw from 2024 Race

Jul 2, 2024, 05:25 PM

Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) has become the first Democratic lawmaker to publicly call on President Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race. Doggett, who has served in the House since 1995, made the announcement on Tuesday following Biden's widely criticized debate performance. He invoked the decision of former President Lyndon Johnson, who once represented Doggett's Austin district, to withdraw from his re-election bid under different circumstances. Doggett emphasized the importance of not risking a Trump victory in the upcoming election, stating in a somber statement, 'President Biden saved our democracy by delivering us from Trump in 2020. He must not deliver us to Trump in 2024.'