Democrat fundraises off concerns Biden is unfit for second term

At least one Democrat has begun to fundraise off of concerns over President Joe Biden’s age and ability to complete a second term.

A congressional Democrat put out an email asking for financial support on Friday, admitting to his backers in California that “we obviously all know what’s happening at the top of the ticket with Biden,” and it being even more reason to support Democrats in down-ticket races.

“I’m feeling really concerned about the upcoming election. We obviously all know what’s happening at the top of the ticket with Biden, and that has me worried about what it means for toss-up races like ours,” Rep. Josh Harder (D-CA) wrote in the email, first obtained by Axios. “We can’t afford to lose Democratic districts like mine, especially because the House will be the only check left on a potential President Trump. Can you chip in to help us keeping fighting? The polls show we’re only down 1 point. Josh”

Just a day earlier, Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) used the same strategy to appeal to Pennsylvania Democrats in a defense of the 81-year-old former senator.

Fetterman’s campaign sent supporters a text message on Thursday that highlighted a New York Times opinion piece that had called for Biden to step down as the presumptive Democratic nominee.

In the text, Fetterman vowed, “I’ll never stop fighting against ^^^ this garbage.”

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But many other Democrats have publicly called for Biden to drop out, including most recently Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA), Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), Rep. Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Rep. Ed Case (D-HI), Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL), Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI), Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT), Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Rep. Pat Ryan (D-OR), and dozens more.

Biden gave lengthy, detailed answers to reporters questions at the NATO Summit in Washington this week, but did mix up Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s name with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as well as referring to former President Donald Trump as his “Vice President Trump.”