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2024-08-16 23:23:00

The Democrat Who Thinks Biden Didn’t Go Far Enough

Republicans aren’t the only ones questioning whether the president is up to completing his term.

By Russell Berman

In the hours after President Joe Biden announced that he was ending his bid for reelection, most congressional Democrats lauded the move as a selfless, even heroic, act of leadership. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, however, wasn’t satisfied. In a statement, the first-term House Democrat from Washington State praised Biden’s decision to withdraw but said that most of her constituents “do not have confidence in the President’s fitness to serve.”

Gluesenkamp Perez was raising a question that few Democrats—even those who called on Biden to withdraw from the race—have been willing to entertain publicly: Should the president resign?In the hours after President Joe Biden announced that he was ending his bid for reelection, most congressional Democrats lauded the move as a selfless, even heroic, act of leadership. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, however, wasn’t satisfied. In a statement, the first-term House Democrat from Washington State praised Biden’s decision to withdraw but said that most of her constituents “do not have confidence in the President’s fitness to serve.”

Gluesenkamp Perez was raising a question that few Democrats—even those who called on Biden to withdraw from the race—have been willing to entertain publicly: Should the president resign?In the hours after President Joe Biden announced that he was ending his bid for reelection, most congressional Democrats lauded the move as a selfless, even heroic, act of leadership. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, however, wasn’t satisfied. In a statement, the first-term House Democrat from Washington State praised Biden’s decision to withdraw but said that most of her constituents “do not have confidence in the President’s fitness to serve.”

Gluesenkamp Perez was raising a question that few Democrats—even those who called on Biden to withdraw from the race—have been willing to entertain publicly: Should the president resign?In the hours after President Joe Biden announced that he was ending his bid for reelection, most congressional Democrats lauded the move as a selfless, even heroic, act of leadership. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, however, wasn’t satisfied. In a statement, the first-term House Democrat from Washington State praised Biden’s decision to withdraw but said that most of her constituents “do not have confidence in the President’s fitness to serve.”

Gluesenkamp Perez was raising a question that few Democrats—even those who called on Biden to withdraw from the race—have been willing to entertain publicly: Should the president resign?In the hours after President Joe Biden announced that he was ending his bid for reelection, most congressional Democrats lauded the move as a selfless, even heroic, act of leadership. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, however, wasn’t satisfied. In a statement, the first-term House Democrat from Washington State praised Biden’s decision to withdraw but said that most of her constituents “do not have confidence in the President’s fitness to serve.”

Gluesenkamp Perez was raising a question that few Democrats—even those who called on Biden to withdraw from the race—have been willing to entertain publicly: Should the president resign?In the hours after President Joe Biden announced that he was ending his bid for reelection, most congressional Democrats lauded the move as a selfless, even heroic, act of leadership. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, however, wasn’t satisfied. In a statement, the first-term House Democrat from Washington State praised Biden’s decision to withdraw but said that most of her constituents “do not have confidence in the President’s fitness to serve.”

Gluesenkamp Perez was raising a question that few Democrats—even those who called on Biden to withdraw from the race—have been willing to entertain publicly: Should the president resign?In the hours after President Joe Biden announced that he was ending his bid for reelection, most congressional Democrats lauded the move as a selfless, even heroic, act of leadership. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, however, wasn’t satisfied. In a statement, the first-term House Democrat from Washington State praised Biden’s decision to withdraw but said that most of her constituents “do not have confidence in the President’s fitness to serve.”

Gluesenkamp Perez was raising a question that few Democrats—even those who called on Biden to withdraw from the race—have been willing to entertain publicly: Should the president resign?In the hours after President Joe Biden announced that he was ending his bid for reelection, most congressional Democrats lauded the move as a selfless, even heroic, act of leadership. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, however, wasn’t satisfied. In a statement, the first-term House Democrat from Washington State praised Biden’s decision to withdraw but said that most of her constituents “do not have confidence in the President’s fitness to serve.”

Gluesenkamp Perez was raising a question that few Democrats—even those who called on Biden to withdraw from the race—have been willing to entertain publicly: Should the president resign?In the hours after President Joe Biden announced that he was ending his bid for reelection, most congressional Democrats lauded the move as a selfless, even heroic, act of leadership. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, however, wasn’t satisfied. In a statement, the first-term House Democrat from Washington State praised Biden’s decision to withdraw but said that most of her constituents “do not have confidence in the President’s fitness to serve.”

Gluesenkamp Perez was raising a question that few Democrats—even those who called on Biden to withdraw from the race—have been willing to entertain publicly: Should the president resign?In the hours after President Joe Biden announced that he was ending his bid for reelection, most congressional Democrats lauded the move as a selfless, even heroic, act of leadership. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, however, wasn’t satisfied. In a statement, the first-term House Democrat from Washington State praised Biden’s decision to withdraw but said that most of her constituents “do not have confidence in the President’s fitness to serve.”

Gluesenkamp Perez was raising a question that few Democrats—even those who called on Biden to withdraw from the race—have been willing to entertain publicly: Should the president resign?In the hours after President Joe Biden announced that he was ending his bid for reelection, most congressional Democrats lauded the move as a selfless, even heroic, act of leadership. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, however, wasn’t satisfied. In a statement, the first-term House Democrat from Washington State praised Biden’s decision to withdraw but said that most of her constituents “do not have confidence in the President’s fitness to serve.”

Gluesenkamp Perez was raising a question that few Democrats—even those who called on Biden to withdraw from the race—have been willing to entertain publicly: Should the president resign?In the hours after President Joe Biden announced that he was ending his bid for reelection, most congressional Democrats lauded the move as a selfless, even heroic, act of leadership. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, however, wasn’t satisfied. In a statement, the first-term House Democrat from Washington State praised Biden’s decision to withdraw but said that most of her constituents “do not have confidence in the President’s fitness to serve.”

Gluesenkamp Perez was raising a question that few Democrats—even those who called on Biden to withdraw from the race—have been willing to entertain publicly: Should the president resign?In the hours after President Joe Biden announced that he was ending his bid for reelection, most congressional Democrats lauded the move as a selfless, even heroic, act of leadership. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, however, wasn’t satisfied. In a statement, the first-term House Democrat from Washington State praised Biden’s decision to withdraw but said that most of her constituents “do not have confidence in the President’s fitness to serve.”

Gluesenkamp Perez was raising a question that few Democrats—even those who called on Biden to withdraw from the race—have been willing to entertain publicly: Should the president resign?In the hours after President Joe Biden announced that he was ending his bid for reelection, most congressional Democrats lauded the move as a selfless, even heroic, act of leadership. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, however, wasn’t satisfied. In a statement, the first-term House Democrat from Washington State praised Biden’s decision to withdraw but said that most of her constituents “do not have confidence in the President’s fitness to serve.”

Gluesenkamp Perez was raising a question that few Democrats—even those who called on Biden to withdraw from the race—have been willing to entertain publicly: Should the president resign?In the hours after President Joe Biden announced that he was ending his bid for reelection, most congressional Democrats lauded the move as a selfless, even heroic, act of leadership. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, however, wasn’t satisfied. In a statement, the first-term House Democrat from Washington State praised Biden’s decision to withdraw but said that most of her constituents “do not have confidence in the President’s fitness to serve.”

Gluesenkamp Perez was raising a question that few Democrats—even those who called on Biden to withdraw from the race—have been willing to entertain publicly: Should the president resign?