Dem Dam Breaks on Biden: Pelosi Says Fitness is ‘Legitimate’ Question
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) opened the proverbial floodgates of top Democrats calling for Joe Biden’s ouster from the 2024 presidential ticket on Tuesday, calling his mental fitness a “legitimate question.”
Her comments, in a lunchtime interview with MSNBC, came mere minutes before Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) became the first sitting Democratic lawmaker to call for Biden to bow out of the presidential race. He was quickly followed by Adam Frisch, a Democratic House candidate in Colorado, who echoed the call.
“I represent the heart of a congressional district once represented by Lyndon Johnson,” Doggett wrote in a statement. “Under very different circumstances, he made the painful decision to withdraw. President Biden should do the same.”