First Democrat in Congress calls for President Biden to withdraw from 2024 race
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🗓️ 3 July 2024
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President Biden will meet with Democratic governors later today as he attempts to solidify support among his party’s top leaders after last week’s debate. This as Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas has become the first Democrat in Congress to publicly call for Mr. Biden to step down as his party’s nominee for president. While you and I can do very little to change our leaders or resolve the political turmoil of these days, we can contribute directly to our national “soul.”
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Daily Article podcast. Today is Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024. I'm Josh Miller with the Denison |
| 0:10.5 | forum team filling in as the narrator for today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:20.7 | President Biden will meet with Democratic governors later today as he attempts to solidify support among his party's top leaders after last week's debate. |
| 0:31.2 | This, as Representative Lloyd Doggett of Texas, has become the first Democrat in Congress to publicly call for Mr. Biden to step down |
| 0:40.1 | as his party's nominee for president. Politico reports that at least a half dozen current |
| 0:46.5 | or former Democratic members of Congress have openly acknowledged their skepticism about |
| 0:52.2 | his campaign as well. New York Times writer Thomas Friedman, |
| 0:56.7 | said to be one of Mr. Biden's favorite columnists, has also published a second article, appealing |
| 1:02.8 | to the president to step aside. However, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the president's |
| 1:09.1 | tight inner circle is counseling him to ignore |
| 1:12.3 | critics and stay in the race. In other political news, former President Trump's criminal sentencing |
| 1:19.4 | has been delayed until September 18th. This is in response to a request from his legal team |
| 1:26.0 | after the Supreme Court's decision on presidential |
| 1:29.1 | immunity. His sentencing was previously scheduled for July 11th. If you're tired of all this |
| 1:36.4 | political turmoil, you're not alone. Sixty-five percent of Americans say they always or often |
| 1:43.7 | feel exhausted when thinking about politics. |
| 1:47.6 | Their number may only escalate as the fall elections approach. Is there a way forward? |
| 1:55.0 | Yesterday marked the anniversary of the shooting of James Garfield, the 20th president of the United States. Garfield was a preacher, |
| 2:03.7 | attorney, civil war general, and nine-term House of Representatives member before becoming the only |
| 2:10.4 | sitting member of the House to be elected president. He was shot in 1881 by a disillusioned |
| 2:17.3 | office seeker and died 80 days later. |
| 2:21.1 | Learning about him, I was struck by this statement. |
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