In 2020 Joe Biden committed to being a “transition” president. It is time for him to make good on that commitment and put his country first.

Donald Trump and Project 2025 are an existential threat to democracy.  Democrats need the strongest possible ticket to maximize our chances of winning in November. It has become very clear, based on both long term polling and the recent debate, that Democrats’ current ticket is not the strongest one we can put forward.

This is the moment to choose a different path!

We are calling on our representatives to publicly ask Joe to step aside and also to ask the Democratic Party in our state to not move forward with the rushed nomination vote. We should not be rushing a process that is already in question, and should instead have the nomination vote take place at the Chicago convention. Rushing the vote will not unite Democrats, it will make them even more skeptical. The current plan for a virtual roll call at the end of July is an affront to the party.

We don’t need to resign ourselves to the absolute catastrophe of a second Trump term – and more and more respected Democratic leaders and institutions are joining this call. Biden must pass the torch to a new generation of leaders.