Sanders calls on Democrats to drop calls for Biden to withdraw in NYT op-ed: ‘Enough!’ Yahoo! Voices
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(TheHill)—Sen.BernieSanders(I-Vt.)iscallingonDemocratstoendthe“circularfiringsquad”aftertwoweeksofapublicdebateoverwhetherPresidentBidenshouldcontinuehispresidentialcampaignafterhisdisastrousJune27debateperformance.
“Enough!Mr.Bidenmaynotbetheidealcandidate,buthewillbethecandidateandshouldbethecandidate.Andwithaneffectivecampaignthatspeakstotheneedsofworkingfamilies,hewillnotonlydefeatMr.Trumpbutbeathimbadly.It’stimeforDemocratstostopthebickeringandnit-picking,”SanderswroteinaNewYorkTimesop-edonSaturday.
SandershasstoodbythepresidentevenasmanyDemocrats,including19CongressionalDemocrats,havecalledonhimtostanddownaftertheJune27debate.Duringthedebate,Bidenstumbledoverhiswordsandsoundedraspy,settingoffaconversationwithinthepartyaboutreplacinghim.Sincethedebate,SandershasrepeatedlypointedtoBiden’saccomplishmentsinoffice.
“Yes.Iknow:Mr.Bidenisold,ispronetogaffes,walksstifflyandh
