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Democratic Congressman Calls for Joe Biden to End Campaign After Debate Performance Stirs Party Concerns

Rep. Lloyd Doggett calls for Biden to end re-election campaign after debate.

Representative Lloyd Doggett has made history by being the first member of Congress to endorse the idea that President Joe Biden should step down from his re-election bid. This development has caused a stir inside the Democratic Party, which has caused ripples to spread throughout the party.

This bold comment comes in the wake of Biden's recent performance at the Presidential debates, which has been met with widespread criticism and has caused many party members to feel apprehensive about his prospects during the next election.

According to NPR, Representative Doggett gave an interview indicating his dissatisfaction with Biden's performance during the debate. "I had hoped that the debate would provide some momentum to change that. It did not," Doggett said.

It has been brought to Biden's attention that his performance during the debates was not particularly impressive. The POTUS told donors, "The fact is that you know, I wasn't very smart," ceiling poorly timed travel between different time zones as the reason he was off his game.

It is clear from his statements that there is growing anxiety among the Democratic party's ranks over President Joe Biden's capacity to rally support and present a strong front against the Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump.

When properly countering the onslaught of accusations that Trump launched throughout the debates, President Biden struggled to articulate his accomplishments while in office. “Instead of reassuring voters, the president failed to effectively defend his many accomplishments and expose Trump's many lies,” Doggett noted.

Doggett was the first person to publicly express their dissatisfaction with the current President's endeavor to run for reelection, as reported by the Daily Mail. However, he was not the last to do so.

In an honest statement, Joe Manchin, a politician considered to be at the center of the political spectrum, stated, "Nobody wants to be the first one to knife Julius Caesar."

Likewise, Senator Tammy Baldwin stated unequivocally that she would not be present on stage beside the President of the United States during his campaign in Wisconsin. At the present moment, she is running for re-election herself.

It has been decided that former President Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden will hold a second debating meeting on September 10. Before this, both sides had agreed to participate in the impending debate.

Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0

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