Politico reports:

The influential youth green group Sunrise Movement is calling on President Joe Biden to drop his reelection bid to “protect” his climate legacy.

Sunrise’s Executive Director Aru Shiney-Ajay on Friday cited low enthusiasm for Biden among young people, which she said in a statement has continued to drop since his disastrous debate performance last month, and urged the president to “pass the torch to a new nominee.”

“Another Trump presidency would cause catastrophic and irreversible damage to our climate,” she said. “After speaking with young people around the country over the last few weeks, I’m concerned that Joe Biden isn’t positioned to mobilize young people and win in November.”

Other major climate groups have stood by Biden so far, although Climate Defiance has called on the president to drop out.

Sunrise had previously withheld its endorsement of Biden’s reelection and did not formally endorse him in 2020 after favoring more progressive candidates in the Democratic primary.

But the group said it contacted 3.5 million young voters to turn out against Donald Trump in 2020, as it often campaigns in races where it doesn’t endorse any candidate. [Continue reading…]