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Lois Beckett

Peter Welch is first Democratic senator to publicly ask Joe Biden to withdraw

Peter Welch, a Vermont senator, stands where the new Amtrak station will be built in Brattleboro, Vermont.
Peter Welch, a Vermont senator, stands where the new Amtrak station will be built in Brattleboro, Vermont. Photograph: Kristopher Radder/AP

Peter Welch, a long-serving member of Congress from Vermont, became the first Democratic senator to publicly call on Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race.

“We cannot unsee President Biden’s disastrous debate performance. We cannot ignore or dismiss the valid questions raised since that night,” Welch, wrote in a Washington Post op-ed on Wednesday. “For the good of the country, I’m calling on President Biden to withdraw from the race.”

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