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Thursday, July 11, 2024
First US Senate Democrat calls for Biden to drop out of race
WASHINGTON — Peter Welch becomes the first Democratic senator to publicly call on US President Joe Biden to ditch his reelection bid as concerns rise over his age and fitness.
“For the good of the country, I’m calling on President Biden to withdraw from the race,” the Vermont senator says in an opinion piece in the Washington Post.