Former Democratic Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan said President Joe Biden should do the right thing and drop out of the 2024 race.
Ryan, appearing on CNN on Monday, said he is “worried” about Biden’s electoral chances against former President Donald Trump after a New York Times-Siena College poll showed Biden trailing Trump in five of six swing states a year out from the election. The former congressman called on Biden to forgo running and said the same for Trump.
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“I don’t think Trump should run. I don’t think President Biden should run. We have talent in the Democratic Party. There are some leaders in the Republican Party who are willing to take on the insurrectionists and take on Trump, and I think those candidates should be considered as well, but the whole country wants to move on,” Ryan said.
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“I think that it would be the right thing to do for the president to not run, for him to focus on what’s going on in the Middle East, focus on what’s going on in Ukraine. He’s doing a good job. Focus on the inequality, focus on inflation, but spend the next 14 months focusing on that and let new candidates emerge in the Democratic Party,” he added.
The former congressman then discussed how the poll showed a generic Democrat would have an 8-point advantage over Trump. He also said Trump is a “disaster” and that the poor poll numbers are an indictment on “the Democratic Party brand.”
“The guy’s getting indicted in four different states on 90-something different counts! He led an insurrection against the country to overturn our democracy, free and fair elections. He’s a disaster,” Ryan said.
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“For it to even be this close … just shows how bad the Democratic Party brand is and how unfortunately, people are looking at President Biden not quite connecting to them on the issues that are important to them,” he added.
In the RealClearPolitics national polling average, Trump has a 0.9% advantage over Biden. Trump also has a significant lead in the Republican presidential primary, according to outlet’s national polling average.
