Former president Donald Trump and President Joe Biden participate in the first presidential debate of the 2024 elections, in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday, June 27, 2024. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Since the debate, eight House Democrats have publicly called on Biden to end his re-election bid and a growing number of both House and Senate Democrats have publicly and privately warned that the president will lose to Trump in November.
BIDEN TELLS CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS THAT CALLING FOR HIM TO DROP OUT 'ONLY HELPS TRUMP AND HURTS US'
Biden, in a letter sent to congressional Democrats on Monday as they returned from the July 4th holiday recess, reiterated that he's "firmly committed to staying in this race" and argued that "the question of how to move forward has been well-aired for over a week now. And it is time for it to end. We have one job. And that is to beat Donald Trump."
"Any weakening of resolve or lack of clarity about the task ahead only helps Trump and hurts us," the president added. "It is time to come together, move forward as a unified party, and defeat Donald Trump."
President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign office in Philadelphia on Sunday, July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Delgado's call for Biden to step aside as the Democratic Party's 2024 standard-bearer puts him at odds with his boss, Gov. Kathy Hochul.
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Hochul was part of a large group of Democratic governors who huddled with the president last week at the White House.
Afterward, she took to social media to emphasize that the president "is in it to win it. The stakes this November could not be higher."
Ahead of Delgado's announcement on Wednesday, Hochul reiterated her support for Biden in a phone interview with Spectrum News 1 in New York.
Delgado is a former two-term congressman who was appointed as lieutenant governor in 2022. His successor representing New York's 19th congressional district - Democratic Rep. Pat Ryan - earlier on Wednesday also called for Biden to step aside.
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