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Michigan Rep. Hillary Scholten’s call for President Joe Biden to “pass the torch” to a new candidate made her the third Democratic “Frontliner” to do so this week and continued the slow drip of elected Democrats calling on Biden to step aside. That also helped keep the debate over his candidacy the center of attention even as Biden hosts a gathering of NATO leaders and maintains he’s staying in the race.
The debate seems unlikely to go away quickly, even as Republicans prepare to head to Milwaukee next week for their convention and await Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick.
