Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the U.S. House Oversight Committee, wrote a deeply personal letter to President Joe Biden earlier this month, encouraging the president that there is “no shame in a well-deserved conclusion” to the presidential election. 2024.
Raskin’s letter, dated July 6, first reported by the New York Times and obtained this Thursday (18) by CNN, reveals the delicate situation some of Biden’s key allies are facing as the president weighs his political future. Biden has promised several times to stay in the race.
“I am not writing to assume that I can tell you what to do, Mr. President, because that is entirely up to you, Jill and your family. You will be the best judge of that. But I am writing to remind you of who you are,” Raskin said in the three-and-a-half-page letter, which he said he wrote as an admirer, supporter, fellow politician, friend and “above all, as a fellow citizen.”
Raskin confirmed the authenticity of the letter in a statement shared with CNN, saying, “I wrote that letter to the president over the Fourth of July weekend.”
“My point was that we needed a strategic internal discussion about how to move forward to decisively win the election, which is of immeasurable importance for the future of America,” he added.
“The letter expressed my deep affection for the president, my great concern for the future of the country, and my confidence in his judgment. None of these things have changed,” he added.
The Maryland Democrat said that in the coming months, “we have a paramount obligation to defeat the forces of a resurgent monarchy and oppression. Everything else pales in comparison to this struggle, even its magnificent political achievements.”
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