JOE Biden has vowed to speak out for democracy as he continues to ignore calls to withdraw from the 2024 presidential election.
Longtime Democratic allies and officials are among those who have urged the president to step aside.
“I will continue to speak out strongly for our democracy, defend our Constitution and the rule of law, and call for action at the polls, not violence in our streets,” Biden wrote in a statement. tweet in X.
“This is how democracy should work.”
In a separate post, he continued to share what he will “continue to do” if re-elected.
“Inflation is the lowest in the last three years,” he said he wrote.
“But I know prices are still high. I will continue to do everything I can for the workers who built our economy, like limiting insulin, standing up to price gouging and special interests, and making the rich pay their fair share. “
He left out any mention of suspending his campaign, but did not confirm that he would remain in the race.
On Sunday, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin joined the chorus of voices calling on Biden to step aside.
Manchin appeared on ABC’s This Week with co-anchor Martha Raddatz when he made his feelings about the election clear.
“He will leave a legacy unlike a lot of people,” Manchin said in the interview, per ABC news.
“He is one of the best and truly an American patriot.
“So with that, I come with a heavy heart and I think the time has come for him to pass the torch to a younger generation.”
Manchin also argued that by stepping down from office, Biden would be able to work on issues he has long prioritized and would be “able to show the rest of the world the orderly transfer of power from the global superpower,” according to ABC News.
‘PASS THE MANTLE OF LEADERSHIP’
A letter urging Biden to step aside was signed by 56 people, including former ambassadors and former senior national security officials.
The movement was started by former US ambassador to the Czech Republic, John Shattuck, and a former National Security Council official during the Bill Clinton administration, Eric Shultz.
National Security Officials Who Asked Biden to Drop Out of the 2024 Presidential Race
The 56 former national security advisers called on Biden to step aside from the 2024 presidential race in a letter Friday. Here’s who signed the letter
- Gordon Adams: Former Associate Director of the National Security Program, Office of Management and Budget
- J.Brian Atwood: Former Under Secretary of State, Former Administrator, US AID
- Rick Barton: Former Assistant Secretary of State
- Bishop James Keough: US Ambassador
- Roberto Boorstin: Former NSC Senior Director
- Ralph L. Boyce Jr.: Former US Ambassador to Indonesia and Thailand
- Peter Bradford: Former Commissioner, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Kenneth Brill: Former US ambassador
- Rosa Brooks: Former Advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
- Scott Busby: Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and former Director of the National Security Council
- Piper Campbell: Former US ambassador
- Wendy J. Chamberlin: US Ambassador
- Ricardo Christenson: Former Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassies in South Korea and Japan
- Richard A. Clarke: Former national security and counterterrorism coordinator
- Steven Coffey: Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights, Democracy and Labor
- Geoffrey Cowan: Former director Voice of America
- Chester A. Crocker: Former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
- Peter Eicher: Former US Deputy Representative to the UN Human Rights Commission
- Marcos Fitzpatrick: Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nonproliferation
- Bennett Freeman: Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
- Peter W Galbraith: Former US Ambassador to Croatia
- Anthony W. Gambino: Former USAID Mission Director in DR Congo
- Larry Garber: Former Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID,
- Jonathan S. Gração: Ex-USA. GA Ambassador 10 Kenya
- Holly Hammonds: Former Senior Director of International Economic Affairs, National Security and National Economic Councils
- William C Harrop: US Ambassador (retired)
- Robert Herman: Former member of the U.S. Department of State Policy Planning Staff
- Paulo Hughes: Former Deputy Director for Humanitarian Assistance and Anti-Landmine Policy, OASD (SOLIC), Office of the Secretary of Defense, and retired U.S. Army Colonel KaiF Anderant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs
- Thomas C. Krajeski: former US ambassador to Yemen and Bahrain; Armer National Security Advisor
- David Lambertson: US Ambassador (retired)
- Cláudio A. Lilienfeld: Former Deputy Assistant to the U.S. Trade Representative
- Frank Loy: Former Undersecretary of State
- Jamie Metzl: Former National Security Council Staff, 1997-1999, Senior Coordinator of International Public Information, U.S. Department of State, 1999-2001
- Susan W. O’Sullivan: former director for Asia, Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
- Maria Otero: Former Undersecretary of State for Civil Security, Democracy and Human Rights
- Ted Piccone: Social Ration Dientil, Policy Planning, US Slate Department and former Director,
- Charles L. Pritchard, Sr.: Former Ambassador and Special Envoy for Negotiations with North Korea;’ Asian Assistant to the President for National Security Fairs and Senior Director,
- Susan Reichle: Senior Foreign Service Officer (Ret), USAID Advisor (Ret)
- Pedro F. Romero: Former Ambassador and Assistant Secretary of State
- Barnett R. Rubin: Former Senior Advisor to the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (2009-2013)
- David Sandalow: Former Under Secretary of Energy, former Assistant Secretary of State, and former Senior Director of the National Security Council
- Teresa C. Schaffer: East and Ambassador to Sri Lanka, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Near
- Eric Schwartz: Former Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration and former NSC Senior Director
- Todd Sedgwick: Former US Ambassador to Slovakia
- Daniel Server: Former special envoy. US Department of State
- John Shattuck: Former Assistant Secretary of the Secretary of State for Democracy, Rights and Labor and former Ambassador Darie Secretary of Defense
- Derek Shearer: Former US Ambassador to Finland;
- Tara Soenshi: Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
- Daniel Spiegel: Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva Richard W. Teare: Former ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
- Ricardo Wilcox: Former Director, Multilateral and Humanitarian Affairs, National Security Council
- E. Ashley Wills: Former ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives
“With the deepest appreciation for your many decades of inspired leadership, we firmly believe that the ongoing concerns surrounding your continued candidacy,” reads the letter obtained by CNN to read.
“And the increasing likelihood of an electoral college victory for Donald Trump has placed his national security achievements – and our country and its legacy – at an unacceptable level of risk.
“Donald Trump’s expressed vision, approach and intentions regarding our nation’s security are in fundamental conflict with the values and principles you have championed.
“We firmly believe that now is the time to pass on the mantle of leadership and we respectfully ask that you do so.”
The letter has already been sent to the White House, sources close to Shattuck and Shultz shared.
URGENT EXIT
Biden, who is in quarantine following a recent Covid diagnosis, is reportedly furious as he feels the pressure to remove him from office has intensified.
Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, author Steven King and actor George Clooney are just a few names who have come forward and asked the president to step aside for the good of the country.
As his campaign for president crumbles, Biden blames Pelosi as the main instigator of the pressure and has argued that former President Barack Obama is the puppet master behind the operation, sources close to the president said, per The New York Times.
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