Sen. Joe Manchin is latest member of Congress to call on President Biden to end reelection bid

Sen. Joe Manchin is nan latest to telephone for President Joe Biden, 81, to extremity his reelection bid. 

The erstwhile Democrat legislator from West Virginia – now an independent – joins 30 Democratic members of Congress who publically called connected Trump to measurement speech pursuing a disastrous statement capacity past period that started a bid of fumbles. 

'I came to nan determination pinch a dense bosom that I deliberation it's clip to walk nan torch to a caller generation,' Manchin told CNN's State of nan Union. 

In a abstracted question and reply connected ABC This Week connected Sunday morning, Manchin said he's concerned Biden can't 'finish this occupation that he started and decorativeness nan measurement he wanted to lead.' 

'I'm concerned astir nan president's wellness and well-being, I really am,' he added. 

The calls for Biden to extremity his bid only heightened aft he was diagnosed pinch COVID-19 past week and was pulled from nan run way during a plaything successful Nevada during nan Republican National Convention.  

The West Virginia senator, erstwhile floated arsenic a imaginable split-party summons for 2024, urged an 'open process' for replacing Biden and said he's 'partial to governors.'

Manchin's comments connected Sunday follows akin calls 2 of nan Senate's astir susceptible Democrats Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.)

Even immoderate apical Democrats successful Congress considered to beryllium Biden friends and defenders are fresh for him to driblet retired of nan 2024 race. 

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) publically soured connected Biden amid concerns complete his fittingness for office. 

'While nan prime to retreat from nan run is President Biden's alone, I judge it is clip for him to pass the torch,' nan congressman said successful a connection connected Wednesday. 

'And successful doing so, unafraid his bequest of activity by allowing america to conclusion Donald Trump successful nan upcoming election,' Schiff added.