Two powerful House Democrats from New York each declined Tuesday to say that President Joe Biden should run for the White House again in 2024.
Jerry NadlerNEW YORK — who chair powerful committees and are competing for a Manhattan-area House
seat, shied away from supporting the president when they were asked in a televised debate whether Biden should seek a second term. Nadler, who chairs the House Judiciary committee, said: “Too early to say. Doesn’t serve the purpose of the Democratic Party to, to deal with that until after the midterms.”Their comments followendorse the president for a second term, saying he wouldn’t get into it.
New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is more progressive than Nadler, Maloney and Manchin, also demurred when asked in a June CNN interview to say whether she would support Biden running in 2024.that he didn't believe Biden should run again and that "the country would be well-served by a new generation of compelling, well-prepared, dynamic Democrats who step up.”“need new leaders in Washington up and down the ballot” when asked if she would support Biden if he runs.
While Maloney and Nadler each declined to encourage a Biden reelection bid, the third candidate in their primary, 38-year-old attorney Suraj Patel, backed the president.
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