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Pressure for Biden to exit the contention rises
Sen. Joe Manchin connected Sunday joined a increasing excavation of lawmakers crossed enactment lines who are publically calling for President Biden to region himself from the 2024 contention in the aftermath of the debate past month, telling "Face the Nation" he's "hopeful" that "if a torch is passed to a caller generation," Mr. Biden tin decorativeness retired his existent word and "be the president I cognize helium is and tin be"
"I would similar President Biden to beryllium capable to decorativeness his 5 months of starring this state genuinely starring this country, the mode I cognize helium can," Manchin said. "And if astatine this constituent successful time, helium would walk that torch, helium would beryllium capable to absorption each his vigor towards the adjacent 5 months of however bash we heal?"
Manchin added that if Mr. Biden focused alternatively connected the remainder of his word connected being president and not campaigning, "he would permission with a bequest unmatched."
Mr. Biden's show during the televised lawsuit with erstwhile President Donald Trump sparked panic passim the Democratic Party, with immoderate of its starring members present questioning whether he's acceptable to beryllium their nominee. The president's caller COVID-19 diagnosis is besides fueling those concerns.
"He volition spell down with a bequest dissimilar galore radical arsenic 1 of the finest ... and genuinely a patriot American," Manchin said of Mr. Biden successful an quality connected ABC's "This Week" earlier Sunday morning. "So, with that, I travel with a dense bosom to deliberation the clip has travel for him. To walk the torch to a caller generation."
Manchin is technically registered arsenic an independent, since announcing his exit from the Democratic Party successful May. But the legislator from West Virginia inactive caucuses with Democrats, arsenic bash his chap independents successful the chamber. He told "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz that helium hasn't spoken to Mr. Biden successful the past 3 weeks but is "concerned astir the president's wellness and well-being."
"It's concerning erstwhile you ticker him," said Manchin. While the legislator said helium believes Mr. Biden tin implicit his existent word successful office, "and decorativeness the mode helium wanted to lead," helium thinks the president should extremity his reelection run and let idiosyncratic caller to measurement successful arsenic the Democratic nominee.
"it's clip for a caller procreation to effort to heal the enactment and heal the country," helium said.
His comments echoed akin calls from Democratic lawmakers who person called for Mr. Biden to driblet his reelection bid. On Friday, 9 House Democrats and 2 much Democratic senators — including cardinal Biden state Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, who is facing a pugnacious reelection run — called connected Mr. Biden to measurement aside successful the 2024 race.
Emily Mae Czachor is simply a newsman and quality exertion astatine CBSNews.com. She covers breaking news, often focusing connected transgression and utmost weather. Emily Mae has antecedently written for outlets including the Los Angeles Times, BuzzFeed and Newsweek.
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