Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined the list of congressional Democrats publicly calling for Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential election.

Brown, considered among the most vulnerable Senate Democrats up for reelection, is the fourth senator to urge Biden to step aside.

“Over the last few weeks, I’ve heard from Ohioans on important issues, such as how to continue to grow jobs in our state, give law enforcement the resources to crack down on fentanyl, protect Social Security and Medicare from cuts, and prevent the ongoing efforts to impose a national abortion ban. These are the issues Ohioans care about and it is my job to keep fighting for them,” Brown said in a statement.

“I agree with the many Ohioans who have reached out to me. At this critical time, our full attention must return to these important issues. I think the President should end his campaign,” he added.

Brown’s call for Biden to end his campaign follow the statement made by Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), who’s considered another vulnerable Senate Democrat.

Another Democrat Senator Calls On Joe Biden To Withdraw From Presidential Election

Per NBC News:

Brown’s call follows one Thursday from Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., who, like Brown, faces a tough re-election campaign this fall, and another Friday from Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., urged Biden to withdraw from the race last week. More than 30 congressional Democrats now want someone other than Biden to be their party’s presidential nominee.

The push for Biden to exit comes after a debate performance with Trump last month that raised alarms about the president’s age and health — and about his ability to lead the Democratic ticket this fall. The push has intensified in recent days, with speculation increasing about Vice President Kamala Harris and others stepping in for Biden.

Brown, according to his campaign, will not weigh in on the process to choose a new Democratic nominee and believes Biden should serve the rest of his term.

The three-term Ohio senator had previously said that voters in his state, which former President Donald Trump twice won by 8 percentage points, had “legitimate questions about whether the president should continue his campaign” and that he intended to listen to their concerns. But he had stopped short of calling for Biden to end his re-election bid.

"Make no mistake, @SherrodBrown has known for a long time that Joe Biden is unfit to serve, but Brown lied and hid the ball on his cognitive decline. Sherrod must answer if @JoeBiden should step down as President, or if Democrats will continue to put our country at risk," Ohio Republicans wrote.

"If Joe Biden is unfit to run, he is unfit to serve. I am formally calling on Joe Biden to resign the Presidency because his continued presence in the situation room is a national security threat," Republican nominee for Senate in Ohio Bernie Moreno reportedly said.

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Fox News reports:

Brown is the fourth Democrat senator to press Biden to step aside and the 34th Congressional Democrat to do so.

The Ohio Democrat is in a particularly competitive race in November, where he will face Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno, who is endorsed by former President Trump.

Non-partisan political handicapper the Cook Political Report rated the Ohio Senate race as a "Toss Up," placing it alongside races in Montana, Nevada, and Michigan.

 

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