Democrats call for Biden to step aside as nominee after debate disaster, COVID diagnosis

President Biden’s allies reportedly retaliated against Rep. Hillary Scholten, a first term Democrat from Michigan, after she called for him to step away from his re-election bid.

Scholten, who flipped a traditionally red seat in 2022, was removed from a coordinated effort between the Biden campaign and the state Democratic party to elect candidates up and down the ticket last week, Politico reported, citing four people with knowledge of the situation.

The congresswoman was kicked out shortly after she called for Biden to drop out. The decision to exclude Scholten came from the state Democratic party, two sources told Politico.

Politico reached out to the Biden campaign on Wednesday for comment.

Scholten was reportedly welcomed back to the combined field effort involves the presidential, Senate and House races on Thursday morning.

If she was kept off, Democratic organizers campaigning in her district would have mentioned Biden and the party’s Senate nominee, but not Scholten, Politico reported.

“Rep. Scholten is welcome at the coordinated campaign and we look forward to campaigning with her this fall,” Mia Ehrenberg, a spokesperson for the Biden campaign, told Politico.