One congressional Democrat is condemning fellow members of his party who are breaking ranks and urging President Joe Biden to step aside in the 2024 race.
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY), a two-term lawmaker from the Bronx, argued on Monday that the discordance of some members turning on Biden while others are standing with him after a poor debate performance is hurting the Democratic Party’s chances of winning the presidential contest.
“Regardless of where one stands on the question of President Biden’s political future, the intra-party mixed messaging strikes me as deeply self-destructive,” Torres said in a statement posted to his personal X account. “Those publicly calling on President Biden to withdraw should ask themselves a simple question: what if the President becomes the Democratic nominee? The drip, drip, drip of public statements of no confidence only serve to weaken a…
