7 Massachusetts state Senate Democrats call for Biden to 'pass the torch'

[TheProle]

Seven Democratic Massachusetts state senators called on President Joe Biden Thursday night to stand down as the party nominee, saying “it is time for him to pass the torch,” in a joint statement.

“We are calling for President Biden to step aside so that a different candidate can be nominated at the Democratic convention in August,” the state lawmakers said.

Democratic State Sens. Jo Comerford, Paul Feeney, Pat Jehlen, John Keenan, Jason Lewis, Michael Moore and Jamie Eldridge at the start of the joint statement hailed Biden’s “lifetime of public service to our nation,” but argued later in the release that recent polls show “competitive races in blue states like Virginia and Minnesota” between Biden and former President Donald Trump.

The state senators also pointed to increasing worries from Democratic federal lawmakers over Biden’s chances against Trump, and the impact of losing the Oval Office for the party.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4781805-massachusetts-state-senate-democrats-biden-pass-torch/

[MOMFUDSKI]

1. We, the people, say

hell no!

[JohnSJ]

2. STFU already and go back to doing your STATE'S business

[Peacetrain]

3. Pass the torch my a**

we elect these people to represent us not kneecap us.. we have the nominee.. the torch was passed to Joe Biden..

[DeepWinter]

4. Whew

Going to be an interesting and hot weekend.

[newdeal2]

5. Now we're down to state senators?

[W_HAMILTON]

20. LMAO, that was my immediate thought!

[Gore1FL]

6. I'm concerned about the cognitive health of elected officials calling for Biden to step out of the race.

Perhaps all of these individuals should resign and seek medical help.

[The Magistrate]

7. Getting Down To the Scrubs, Ain't We?

I don't give a fuck what denizens of my own state's legislature think about national and global affairs....

[GreenWave]

8. Where were these people when the GQP used Biden's good name as a pejorative?

Did they defend his policies or get bullied away?

[rollin74]

9. OMG!! This changes everything!!111!!!!!

[NoveltySocks]

10. These people need a new metaphor.

[LuvLoogie]

11. "Pass the torch to us..."

"so we can set ourselves on fire."

[Srkdqltr]

12. Too.....???????? Who? Whom?

[Rene]

13. Let Joe Biden eun...he'll win.

These sniveling cowards can just shut up and let Biden run and win. He'll beat drumpf.

[SamKnause]

14. Fuck off.

Joe is our candidate.

14 million of us have already voted for him.

We saw the debate.

It didn't change our minds.

Joe is our candidate.

He is a fighter.

Why don't you try fighting with him instead of against him ???

If you can't do that, just keep your mouths shut !!!

[TheProle]

15. To be clear are you telling them to fuck off or me?

[SamKnause]

16. You made me laugh out loud.

I meant any politician or media mouthpiece calling for our candidate Biden to drop out.

[TheProle]

17. Got it. Thanks.

[SamKnause]

18. Your are most welcome.

Have a great weekend.

[DeterDeter]

19. If they are using

"pass the torch" in their statement, they immediately get a side-eye from me and I'm going to assume that they're getting money. It all seems coordinated to trickle out in a way that will overshadow any news that will be beneficial to Democrats (Donnie's deranged speech last night, any interview that Biden does) and I'm really beginning to think that the people behind this were waiting for any excuse to push an effort to oust Biden, and perhaps Harris, and that the debate just happened to be the thing that they could use to light the match. Others (the pod bros) may have different intentions but I listened to those guys for years, and while I think that their heart is in the right place and they have made substantial efforts to GOTV and raise money for Democrats, their political instincts were often proved wrong. This has now culminated in such a way that I really will put some blame on all of these people if we lose in November.