Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D), who represents the key swing state of Nevada, on Monday urged her colleagues and fellow Democrats to unite behind President Biden despite growing calls within the party for him to abandon his candidacy. to re-election.
“Joe Biden won the Democratic nomination in a landslide because he fights for the workers of this country,” Cortez Masto said in a statement. posted on social platform.
“He has always supported Nevadans, whether on the picket lines, protecting our personal freedoms or cutting costs – now it’s time for us to support his,” she said.
Cortez Masto’s statement is one of the Senate’s strongest expressions of support for Biden.
She joined Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (DN.Y.) and Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who have also declared their support for Biden to remain in the race.
“I’m with Joe Biden,” Schumer told reporters in Syracuse last week.
The Democratic leader highlighted their shared accomplishments and declared “we have delivered so much for America and for Central New York.”
Fetterman called out the Democratic Party “vultures” who have turned against Biden.
“I refuse to join the Democratic vultures on Biden’s shoulder after the debate. No one knows better than me that a difficult debate is not the sum total of the person and their record,” Fetterman posted in X following Biden’s disastrous debate against former President Trump.
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