New Mexico Democratic Senator Martin Heinrich on Friday called on President Joe Biden to drop his 2024 re-election bid, becoming the third Democratic senator to urge Biden’s withdrawal from the race.
In a statement, Heinrich said that former President Donald Trump represented an “existential threat” to the country and that he believed Biden would not win in November. Heinrich joins Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) and Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) in calling for Biden to step aside.
“While the decision to withdraw from the campaign is President Biden’s alone, I believe it is in the best interests of our country for him to step aside,” Heinrich said. “By passing the torch, he would secure his legacy as one of our nation’s greatest leaders and allow us to unite behind a candidate who can best defeat Donald Trump and safeguard the future of our democracy.”
Heinrich also claimed that…
