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Separately, two members of the moderate Blue Dog Coalition — Reps. Jared Golden of Maine and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington — said that they believe Biden will lose to Trump.
Golden went as far as to say that he is “OK” with Trump winning, saying he rejects the idea that Trump is a “unique threat to our democracy.”
Democratic politicians who don’t hold elected office have also called on Biden to step aside.
Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, one of Biden’s competitors in 2020, said that Biden needed to “allow a stronger Democratic candidate to prevent a disastrous second Trump term.
Another 2020 Biden competitor, former Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio, published an op-ed on Tuesday calling for Biden to be replaced with Vice President Kamala Harris.
Harris is one of several Democratic contenders who could replace Biden if he stepped aside.
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