Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) became the first Democrat in the U.S. Senate to call on President Joe Biden to end his re-election campaign following his disastrous debate performance against former President Donald Trump. In an op-ed published by The Washington Post, Welch acknowledged that like millions of Democrats around the country, he is “worried about November’s election.” “We cannot unsee President Biden’s disastrous debate performance. We cannot ignore or dismiss the valid questions raised since that night,” he wrote, later adding that Biden needed to “reassess whether he is the best candidate to” take on Trump in the election. “In my view, he is not,” Welch said. “For the good of the country, I’m calling on President Biden to withdraw from the race.” He said that the national conversation is solely focused on Biden’s “age and capacity” following the debate. Following the debate, polls have shown Trump’s lead over Biden become even more dominate as the president falls behind across the country, especially in swing states. The Wall Street Journal found that 80% of voters now believe that Biden is “too old” to be president. He falsely claimed that states like Arizona and Georgia are “strongholds” for Democrats as he noted that numerous states that went for Biden in 2020 are now turning Republican. “Vice President Harris is a capable, proven leader, and we have other electable, young, energizing Democratic governors and senators in swing states,” he wrote. “Not only do these leaders have experience running and winning in tough political environments, they also have fundraising networks, media experience, charisma, and the ability to inspire voters across generations and across our big tent.” “We have asked President Biden to do so much for so many for so long,” he concluded. “It has required unmatched selflessness and courage. We need him to put us first, as he has done before. I urge him to do it now.”

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The Republican National Committee’s 2024 stance on abortion is the worst platform plank he’s ever seen, pro-life advocate Tom McClusky said Wednesday at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington. McClusky, principal at public affairs firm Greenlight Strategies LLC, said that this week was a dark one for the pro-life movement in a panel discussion, “Beyond Dobbs.” That’s a reference to Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the June 2022 Supreme Court abortion decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. The RNC’s 2024 platform betrays the pro-life founders of the Republican Party, he said. “If the Republican Party weakens, I’m standing on the shoulders of people who fought for decades to make the Republican Party pro-life,” McClusky said. The RNC’s Platform Committee adopted former President Donald Trump’s GOP platform, the Trump campaign announced on Monday, including new language on abortion and on protection of the unborn. That new platform’s abortion language is a significant departure from the party’s life messaging in 2016, which was largely replicated in 2020, since it no longer calls for federal protections for unborn babies and instead suggests that the issue is up to the states. The 2016 platform included the word “abortion” 35 times, while the 2024 platform merely includes abortion once. Republican Sens. J.D. Vance of Ohio and Marco Rubio of Florida recently said they support the abortion drug mifepristone remaining accessible. The pill is responsible for 63% of abortions. “It appears that there is little courage or appetite among our national leaders to try to protect unborn Americans with new federal laws,” said Katy Talento, a former policy adviser for President Donald Trump and CEO at AllBetter Health, a firm that helps employers navigate health plan benefits. Abortion is not just a state issue, as the RNC platform suggests, McClusky said, because the federal government is not neutral on it. More than $1 billion a year goes to the abortion industry nationally and internationally to help promote, subsidize, and perform abortions, he said. The Biden administration “is not just pro-abortion,” McClusky said. “It lives and breathes abortion. It is their religion. They want to take out us. They want to take out our children. So, there is a federal role right there.” “States can fight against the abortion drug, but the abortion drug is promoted by the United States Postal Service—that is under federal jurisdiction,” he added. “That is why the federal government needs to get involved.” Politicians should read the Food and Drug Administration label on the abortion pill before advocating for it being available on demand, Talento said. “The next woman bleeding out in a fetal position could be their daughter or granddaughter,” she said. “It’s time to take seriously the dangerous risks of this powerful, toxic chemical,” Talento added, asserting that 1 in 20 women end up in a hospital emergency room after taking the abortion pill. The Biden administration has transformed “every agency into Planned Parenthood,” she said, adding that a second Trump administration could reverse President Joe Biden’s radically pro-abortion agency guidelines, she said. “Those will all have to be reversed,” Talento said, “and there’s simply no avoiding it.” The post RNC’s New Abortion Stance Betrays GOP’s Founding, Pro-Life Activist Says appeared first on The Daily Signal.