Although President Joe Biden has made it wide he's staying successful the presidential race contempt his shaky show astatine past month's statesmanlike debate, respective Democrats connected Capitol Hill person publically called connected him to measurement aside.
The database has grown pursuing the statement and aft Biden's interrogation with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos successful July.
Here is the existent database of Democrats who person publically asked Biden to measurement aside.
Rep. Jim Costa
In a connection sent retired July 18, Congressman Jim Costa urged Biden to measurement speech successful the race, writing:
"President Biden has been an unthinkable President who has led this state backmost to spot aft the Pandemic. I americium arrogant of the enactment we person done to walk monumental authorities that is starring to the archetypal existent investments successful our communities successful decades. But for the bully of the country, I deliberation it is clip for the President to walk the torch to the adjacent procreation to transportation connected the bequest helium started. Democrats request to unite and present their strongest squad to the American radical successful this election."
Rep. Jamie Raskin
The Maryland congressman sent Biden a missive connected July 6 asking him to reconsider his campaign.
"There is nary shame successful taking a well-deserved bow to the overflowing appreciation of the assemblage erstwhile your limb is bushed out, and determination is existent information for the squad successful ignoring the statistics," helium wrote successful the four-page letter.
Raskin confirmed to ABC News that helium sent the missive connected July 18.
Rep. Adam Schiff
On July 17, Rep. Adam Schiff called connected Biden to driblet retired of the contention and "pass the torch."
"Joe Biden has been 1 of the astir consequential presidents successful our nation's history, and his beingness of work arsenic a Senator, a Vice President, and present arsenic President has made our state better," Schiff said successful a connection released by his office.
"But our federation is astatine a crossroads. A 2nd Trump presidency volition undermine the precise instauration of our democracy, and I person superior concerns astir whether the President tin decision Donald Trump successful November," helium continued, past calling connected the president to "pass the torch."
"While the prime to retreat from the run is President Biden's alone, I judge it is clip for him to walk the torch. And successful doing so, unafraid his bequest of enactment by allowing america to decision Donald Trump successful the upcoming election," Schiff said.
"But marque nary mistake, whoever our enactment ends up nominating, oregon if the information remains with the president, I volition bash everything I tin to assistance them succeed. There is lone 1 singular goal: defeating Donald Trump. The stakes are conscionable excessively high," helium added.
Influential congressman Rep. Adam Schiff is calling connected President Biden to retreat from his re-election bid, predicting he'll suffer to Donald Trump.
Rep. Mike Levin
The California congressman said successful a connection connected July 12 that helium heard from "several hundred" of his constituents and they shared his interest astir Biden's viability successful November.
"Once again, our nationalist mettle indispensable beryllium forged successful the crucible of history. It is clip to determination forward. With a caller leader. Together," Levin said.
Rep. Brittany Pettersen
The freshman typical from Colorado posted a lengthy connection connected X connected July 12 urging Biden to "pass the torch" to "one of our galore susceptible Democratic leaders truthful we person the champion accidental to decision Donald Trump."
"Joe Biden saved our state once, and I'm joining the increasing fig of radical successful my territory and crossed the state to inquire him to bash it again," Pettersen said.
Rep. Eric Sorensen
Adding to the increasing database of Democratic representatives calling for Biden to exit the statesmanlike race, Rep. Eric Sorensen of Illinois released a connection pursuing the NATO property league connected July 11.
"In 2020, Joe Biden ran for President with the intent of putting state implicit party. Today, I americium asking him to bash that again," Sorensen said.
"I americium hopeful President Biden volition measurement speech successful his run for President," helium said.
Rep. Scott Peters
House Democratic Rep. Scott Peters of California called connected President Biden to measurement speech from the statesmanlike contention pursuing Biden's NATO property league connected July 11.
"Today I inquire President Biden to retreat from the statesmanlike campaign," Peters said, adding, "The stakes are high, and we are connected a losing course. My conscience requires maine to talk up and enactment loyalty to the state and to ideology up of my large affection for, and loyalty to, the President and those astir him."
"We indispensable find a campaigner from our heavy seat of endowment who tin decision Donald Trump," Peters said.
Rep. Jim Himes
Following President Biden's NATO property conference, Connecticut Congressman Jim Himes released a statement, calling connected Biden to "step distant from the statesmanlike campaign."
Himes serves arsenic a ranking Democratic subordinate successful the House Intelligence Committee.
"The 2024 predetermination volition specify the aboriginal of American democracy, and we indispensable enactment distant the strongest campaigner imaginable to face the menace posed by Trump's MAGA authoritarianism," Himes said.
"I nary longer judge that is Joe Biden, and I anticipation that, arsenic helium has passim a beingness of nationalist service, helium volition proceed to enactment our federation first, and, arsenic helium promised, marque mode for a caller procreation of leaders," helium said.
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
The Washington congresswoman, who flipped her territory successful 2022, not lone called for the president to extremity his re-election bid but vocally questioned his fittingness for the remainder of the word successful a connection released connected July 11.
"Like astir people, I correspond successful Southwest Washington, I uncertainty the President's judgement astir his health, his fittingness to bash the job, and whether helium is the 1 making important decisions astir our country, alternatively than unelected advisors," she said. "Americans merit to consciousness their president is acceptable capable to bash the job."
Rep. Greg Stanton
The Arizona congressman touted Biden's accomplishments successful a connection connected July 11, but said the president's "most defining legacy, though, is arsenic a fierce defender of American democracy."
"The Democratic Party indispensable person a nominee who tin efficaciously marque the lawsuit against Trump, and person the assurance of the American radical to grip the rigors of the hardest occupation connected the satellite for the adjacent 4 years," Stanton said.
Rep. Ed Case
The Hawaii House subordinate issued a connection connected July 11 asking Biden to measurement aside, claiming, "Difficult times and realities necessitate hard decisions."
"This has thing to bash with his quality and record. If it did, determination would beryllium nary determination to make," Case said. "This is solely astir the future, astir the President's quality to proceed successful the astir hard occupation successful the satellite for different four-year term."
Rep. Brad Schneider
The Illinois congressman released a connection connected July 11 calling connected Biden to "heroically walk the torch to a caller procreation of leadership."
"We are faced with a stark choice: beryllium resigned to slog done this predetermination praying we tin successfully support our democracy, oregon enthusiastically clasp a vibrant imaginativeness for our future, gathering connected the bonzer instauration President Biden has created for our federation implicit the past 4 years," Schneider, the vice seat of the New Democrat Coalition said. "I take the latter."
Rep. Hillary Scholten
The Grand Rapids, Michigan, House subordinate said successful a July 11 connection connected X that Biden needed to extremity his statesmanlike run, contending that it "is indispensable that we person the strongest imaginable campaigner starring the apical of the summons -- not conscionable to win, but to govern."
"The radical of Michigan's 3rd Congressional District elected maine to correspond them with integrity. They elected a Congresswoman they spot to talk the truth, adjacent erstwhile it's hard. They voted for idiosyncratic who would enactment America's aboriginal archetypal and basal up for what is right. That's what I americium doing now," she said.
Sen. Peter Welch
Welch, who represents Vermont, became the archetypal Democratic legislator to officially telephone connected Biden to measurement speech successful a Washington Post op-ed published July 10.
Welch wrote that "regular Vermonters are disquieted that helium can't triumph this time, and they're terrified of different Trump presidency."
Rep. Earl Blumenauer
The Oregon representative, who is simply a elder subordinate of the House Ways and Means and Budget committees, said successful a connection connected July 10 that "we volition each beryllium amended served if the president steps speech arsenic the Democratic nominee and manages a modulation nether his terms."
"He should give his vigor and undivided attraction to issues of warfare and peace, the clime crisis, and rebuilding and renewing America. I basal consenting to assistance successful immoderate mode imaginable connected these captious efforts," Blumenauer added.
Rep. Pat Ryan
Ryan, a mean Democrat who is up for reelection successful a important territory successful upstate New York, said successful an op-ed published successful the Poughkeepsie Journal connected July 10 that Biden needed to measurement speech owed to what helium said was the menace posed by a 2nd Trump term.
"If the 2 of them are connected the ballot this fall, I'll beryllium voting for Biden," helium wrote. "But I'd beryllium doing a sedate disservice to the hundreds of thousands of radical I person the grant to correspond if I said Biden was the champion campaigner to look Trump this fall."
Rep. Mikie Sherrill
The New Jersey congresswoman, who flipped her spot successful the 2020 election, released a connection connected July 9 calling for Biden to driblet retired of the statesmanlike contention and to "help pb america done a process toward a caller nominee."
Sherrill told ABC News her determination to telephone connected Biden to measurement speech came aft speaking and listening to her constituents, colleagues and family.
The congresswoman said she felt she needed to "advocate arsenic powerfully arsenic imaginable for caller enactment truthful we could truly prosecute the lawsuit against Donald Trump."
Rep. Adam Smith
The Washington authorities House subordinate released a connection connected July 8 calling connected Biden to bow retired of the contention and merchandise his delegates earlier the Democratic National Convention successful August.
"He is not yet the nominee. So I deliberation we person a accidental to prime a amended campaigner who tin efficaciously present the message, get disconnected of each of these distractions, absorption connected the Democratic connection and connected the dangers of Donald Trump," Smith told ABC News. "And I deliberation we request to instrumentality that opportunity."
Rep. Angie Craig
The Minnesota congresswoman said successful a connection connected July 6 that Biden needed to measurement down from the race, citing his mediocre statement show and "the deficiency of a forceful effect from the president himself pursuing that debate."
"This is not a determination I've travel to lightly, but determination is simply excessively overmuch astatine involvement to hazard a 2nd Donald Trump presidency," she said.
Rep. Mike Quigley
The Illinois congressman was vocal astir his disapproval of Biden pursuing the statement and called connected him to measurement speech during an MSNBC interrogation connected July 5, soon aft the president spoke with ABC News.
"Mr. President, your bequest is set," helium said. "We beryllium you the top indebtedness of gratitude. The lone happening that you tin bash present to cement that for each clip and forestall utter catastrophe is to measurement down and fto idiosyncratic other bash this."
Rep. Seth Moulton
The Massachusetts House subordinate told Boston nationalist vigor presumption WBUR connected July 4 that helium believes Biden should retreat from the race.
"President Biden has done tremendous work to our country, but present is the clip for him to travel successful 1 of our founding fathers, George Washington's footsteps and measurement speech to fto caller leaders emergence up and tally against Donald Trump," helium said.
Rep. Raúl Grijalva
The Arizona congressman told The New York Times connected July 3 that Biden needed to reconsider his candidacy.
"If he's the candidate, I'm going to enactment him, but I deliberation that this is an accidental to look elsewhere," helium told the newspaper.
Rep. Lloyd Doggett
On July 2, 5 days aft the debate, the Austin, Texas, congressman became the archetypal House subordinate to telephone connected the president to measurement aside.
Doggett cited Biden's dwindling canvass numbers successful cardinal districts and his statement show arsenic the factors down his decision.
"I correspond the bosom of a legislature territory erstwhile represented by Lyndon Johnson. Under precise antithetic circumstances, helium made the achy determination to withdraw. President Biden should bash the same," Doggett said successful a statement.
Rep. Sean Casten
U.S. Congressmen Sean Casten called connected President Joe Biden to retreat from the statesmanlike election.
"It is with a dense bosom and overmuch idiosyncratic reflection that I americium truthful calling connected Joe Biden to walk the torch to a caller generation," wrote Rep. Casten successful the Chicago Tribune. "To negociate an exit with each the dignity and decency that has guided his half-century of nationalist service. To cement his bequest arsenic the President who saved our ideology successful 2020 and handed it disconnected to trusted hands successful 2024 who could transportation his bequest forward."
Rep. Chuy Garcia
As portion of a associated connection with respective different members of Congress, Garcia wrote, "Mr. President, with large admiration for you personally, sincere respect for your decades of nationalist work and patriotic leadership, and heavy appreciation for everything we person accomplished unneurotic during your presidency, it is present clip for you to walk the torch to a caller procreation of Democratic leaders."
ABC News' Ben Siegel, Rachel Scott, John Parkinson, Isabella Murray, Allison Pecorin, Lauren Peller, Oren Oppenheim and Jacob Steinberg contributed to this report.
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