US Rep. Brad Schneider Calls for Biden to Step Aside

US Rep. Brad Schneider is calling on Joe Biden to ‘pass the torch’ ahead of the president’s planned Thursday press conference (ABC 7 Chicago). YouTube Tips ⓘ

U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider on Thursday urged President Joe Biden to drop out of the race for the White House, becoming the second Democratic congressman from Illinois to ask the president to step aside.

Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Il. (House Representative for Illinois’ 10th District), on Thursday, July 11, 2024 joined the sudden band wagon of Democratic lawmakers publicly calling for President Biden to drop out of the presidential race leading up to the 2024 election in November.

Mike Quigley, D-Il, House Representative for Illinois’ 5th District, on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, was the first high-profile Illinois Democrat to ask for Biden to step aside.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, during an event in Chicago’s North Lawndale community announcing two Clean and Equitable Jobs Act grant recipients (nonprofits 548 Foundation and Hire360), commented on President Joe Biden’s presidential race. In response to a question, Gov. Pritzker said that President Joe Biden is mentally and physically up to serving for another term.

Biden’s debate performance against former President Donald Trump in late June 2024, according to some individuals, suddenly revealed his lack of fitness to win a presidential election, let alone serve another four years as president.

In a statement released to the media today, Schneider praised Biden for his accomplishments while in office, but said the time had come for the president to “heroically pass the torch to a new generation of leadership to guide us to the future he has enabled and empowered us to pursue.”

Schneider flashed back to a memory of George Washington who declined to run for a third term “for the good of the nation and the people — even though supporters wanted him to run.

“He knew when it was time to pass the torch. In passing the torch now, President Biden has a chance to live up to this standard and seal his place in history as one of the greatest leaders our nation, and history, has ever known. He can lead the transition of power to a new generation that can build a stronger party and a stronger nation. I fear if he fails to make the right choice, our democracy will hang in the balance.”

— Brad Schneider

The “step aside” statement was not initially posted on Schneider’s house.gov website, or his official Facebook page, or his official x.com account. Rep. Mike Quigley did not post a statement on Biden on his official house.gov website or official social media either.

However, Schneider’s full statement was shared on x.com by NBC/MSNBC’s Jake Sherman, The Daily Line’s Ben Szalinski, and Axios congress reporter Andrew Solender.

SCHNEIDER STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT BIDEN
(provided by Andrew Solender)

WASHINGTON – Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10) issued the following statement on President Biden:

“I love Joe Biden. I was proud to be the first member of the Illinois delegation to endorse his candidacy five years ago. I knew then he would be a great president and he has proven me right. If the history books were to be closed today, he would unquestionably be recorded as one of our greatest presidents:

• He rescued our country from a potential despot and restored international confidence in the U.S. as the world’s indispensable nation.

• He guided our nation through a global pandemic, crafting and passing the American Rescue Plan to ensure the U.S. not only weathered the crisis, but that our economy would emerge from COVID the strongest in the world, and that we would help lift the economies of other nations as well.

• He passed transformative, bipartisan legislation, including the Infrastructure and Jobs Act, the CHIPS + Science Act and the PACT Act that will serve our nation for years to come.

• He lowered costs for families, took on the climate crisis and made our tax code fairer with the Inflation Reduction Act.

• He re-established, revitalized and expanded our alliances around the globe after four years of potentially catastrophic diminishment by Donald Trump.

President Biden now has the opportunity to secure his legacy and boldly deliver the nation to a new generation of leadership.

The stakes in this election could not be higher. Donald Trump and the administration he would install are an absolute threat to the very core of our nation. He is publicly committed to undermining our constitution and the democratic republic it established. A second Trump administration will tear apart our economy, further devastate reproductive freedom, threaten our national security and degrade our vital leadership role in the world order that we helped establish after World War II.

We are faced with a stark choice: be resigned to slog through this election praying we can successfully defend our democracy, or enthusiastically embrace a vibrant vision for our future, building on the extraordinary foundation President Biden has created for our nation over the past four years.

I choose the latter.

I love President Biden. I am forever grateful for his leadership and service to our nation. The time has come, however, for President Biden to heroically pass the torch to a new generation of leadership to guide us to the future he has enabled and empowered us to pursue.

In his farewell address, George Washington set a standard that every president since has tried to live up to. He declined to run for a third term – despite the encouragement of the nation and many of his supporters – for the good of the nation and the people. He knew when it was time to pass the torch.

In passing the torch now, President Biden has a chance to live up to this standard and seal his place in history as one of the greatest leaders our nation, and history, has ever known. He can lead the transition of power to a new generation that can build a stronger nation. I fear if he fails to make the right choice, our democracy will hang in the balance.”

Rep. Brad Schneider (via Andrew Solender)

In related news, former White House chief of staff Ron Klain today offered a weird endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris for president, “I think if a meteor came down and hit Joe Biden in the Rose Garden and squished him, and he couldn’t (run), and he was wiped out, I think she would do a great job as president.” Klain made the remark in an interview with political commentator Greg Sargent on “The Daily Blast” podcast from The New Republic.

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