A handful of senior Democrats in Congress said that Joe Biden should drop out of the 2024 election during a conference call convened Sunday by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, adding to the steady trickle of legislators breaking ranks to call for another nominee to be allowed to take the president’s place.
The Democrats calling for Biden to side aside were Reps. Jerry Nadler (NY), Adam Smith (WA), Mark Takano (CA), and Joe Morelle (NY), according to NBC News and Politico, which both cited sources familiar with the hour-long call.
All four are high-ranking members of vital House committees. Nadler is the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, which he chaired from 2019 to 2023. Smith is his equivalent on the House Armed Services Committee; Takano on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee; and Morelle on the House Administration Committee.
