Connecticut Democratic governor calls on Biden to withdraw from 2024 presidential contest

CT Governor Ned Lamont (D-CT) speaks at a Covid-19 community vaccination clinic on March 14, 2021 in Stamford, Connecticut. (John Moore/Getty Images)

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Friday joined the roughly 20 Democratic federal lawmakers who have called on President Biden to step aside from the 2024 presidential election.

Lamont told reporters in New Haven that he is "simpatico" with Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., who earlier had called on Biden to drop out of the election. 

“I think we’ve come to the same conclusion,” Lamont said, according to Politico.

He did not explain his reasoning but did say the president "did us proud" at a news conference Thursday closing the NATO Summit.

“Governor Lamont has been clear that it’s the President’s decision to make, and his comments today reflect that,” Lamont spokesperson Julia Bergman told Politico in a statement. 

Lamont appears to be the first Democratic governor to publicly call on Biden to step aside from the party's presidential nomination. He was one of the first Democratic governors to endorse Biden in 2020.