Second Democratic Congress member declares no confidence in Bidens 2024 candidacy, says Trump is going to win

Maine Rep.Jared Golden on Tuesday became the second member of Congress to declare he had no confidence in his party’s frontrunner, President Biden, revealing that it “has been clear to me for months … Donald Trump is going to win.Golden in an op-ed for the Bangor Daily News demurred about whether Biden, 81, should step aside and allow another Democratic presidential candidate to emerge, dismissing it as “post-debate hand-wringing.”“There are winners and losers in every election,” he went on.

“Democrats’ post-debate hand-wringing is based on the idea that a Trump victory is not just a political loss, but a unique threat to our democracy.”“I reject the premise,” Golden said in a shot across the bow to the president’s 2024 re-election campaign.“Unlike Biden and many others, I refuse to participate in a campaign to scare voters with the idea that Trump will end our democratic system.”The co-chair of the moderate House Blue Dog Coalition also rejected any “pearl-clutching” from Democrats over the Jan.

6, 2021, Capitol riot.“This election is about the economy, not democracy,” Golden insisted.“And when it comes to our economy, our Congress matters far more than who occupies the White House.”...