The Step Aside Joe campaign, sponsored by RootsAction.org, released the following statement today:

Twenty months ago, just after the 2022 midterm elections, we launched a campaign for Joe Biden to voluntarily be a one-term president, and the Step Aside Joe campaign has continued to urge that realism prevail over wishful thinking. As our country has faced the extremist Republican threat, we have persisted in pointing out that the Democratic Party needs a much stronger standard-bearer than Biden, someone capable of articulating a popular vision that could galvanize a solid electoral majority. It’s sad, in fact tragic, that the party leadership has waited until just the last few days to publicly acknowledge what has long been apparent: Biden is unable to speak effectively or act decisively to counter the MAGA movement. It shouldn’t have taken a thoroughly disastrous debate performance to set off alarm bells. Long overdue, Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 race can open up vital possibilities that his candidacy has foreclosed.

For further information, contact:

• RootsAction co-founder Jeff Cohen, jeff [at] rootsaction.org
• RootsAction political director Sam Rosenthal, sam [at] rootsaction.org
• RootsAction national director Norman Solomon, norman [at] rootsaction.org

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