US Senator Peter Welch has become the first upper chamber Democratic member to call for US President Joe Biden to end his re-election campaign.
Welch wrote in a Washington Post op-ed on Wednesday, stating he “cannot unsee” Biden’s "disastrous" debate performance.
The senator began his opinion piece asserting his respect for President Biden and that he is “one of the best presidents of our time”.
The 77-year-old declared he was “worried” about the upcoming presidential election on November 5.
“I understand why President Biden wants to run. He saved us from Donald Trump once and wants to do it again. But he needs to reassess whether he is the best candidate to do so. In my view, he is not,” he wrote.
The Democrat then boldly called for the oldest-ever sitting president to “withdraw from the race”.
