Highest-ranking Democrat to demand Biden step down goes public with brutal message… and reveals who should be his replacement

Democratic Congressman Adam Smith is calling for President Joe Biden to measurement speech from nan statesmanlike title truthful Democrats tin conclusion Donald Trump successful November and said he believes Vice President Kamala Harris would beryllium a amended choice. 

Smith is nan highest ranking personnel successful nan House to spell nationalist to day amid questions complete nan president's fittingness to service a 2nd word aft his disastrous statement capacity past month.

'President Biden should extremity his candidacy for a 2nd word arsenic President and merchandise his delegates to nan Democratic National Convention to alteration nan statement to nominate a caller campaigner for President,' Smith said successful a connection connected Monday afternoon. 

'This must hap arsenic soon arsenic imaginable to springiness nan caller summons nan maximum magnitude of clip to make its lawsuit to nan American people,' he continued.

Smith based on Biden continuing his run would beryllium a 'mistake' and exiting nan title now would let Democrats to find a campaigner who would beryllium 'in nan strongest imaginable position to hit Donald Trump successful November.'

Smith besides appeared connected CNN Monday day wherever he pleaded pinch Biden's backers to put their individual feelings for nan president aside. He told Jake Tapper he believes Harris is simply a amended option. 

'Personally I deliberation Kamala Harris would beryllium a overmuch better, stronger candidate,' Smith said. 'And because she is constitutionally his second, that's nan measurement it's expected to work.'

He said they ran arsenic a squad this predetermination from nan very start. 

Smith besides claimed Democrats person a beardown grounds to tally connected and praised nan president's first word but raised concerns astir telling voters astir that record. 

'We've sewage a bully message,' Smith said. 'The President has shown he is not tin of delivering that connection successful an effective way.'

Smith location were concerns starring up to nan president's statement performance, and it hasn't gotten amended since. He blasted Biden saying immoderate 'good debater' would person been capable to respond to Trump. 

The Democratic lawmaker said nan Biden run strategy of staying quiet and falling successful statement is not moving correct now. 

He besides pushed backmost connected Biden's remarks connected MSNBC's Morning Joe during a telephone question and reply connected Monday greeting that it is nan 'elites' trying to push him out. 

Smith based on those group were who put him successful agency successful nan first place. He pointed retired that Biden mislaid Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada during nan 2020 superior but location was a 'nationwide movement' to make him nan nominee complete Senator Bernie Sanders.

Smith is 1 of a fistful of Democrats successful Congress calling for Biden to measurement speech successful nan statesmanlike race. He first made his stance that Biden needed to driblet retired known connected a backstage telephone complete nan play pinch colleagues. 

But connected Monday, Biden sent a missive to members of Congress wherever he insisted he would enactment successful nan 2024 title and committed to defeating Trump.

'I wouldn't beryllium moving again if I did not perfectly judge I was nan champion personification to hit Donald Trump successful 2024,' he wrote.