 But it did not. Doggett says in a statement that President Biden saved the democracy by defeating former President Trump in 2020. He says Biden must not deliver the country to Trump in 2024. Doggett notes that under very different circumstances, Lyndon Johnson, who used to represent his Texas district, made the painful decision in 1968 to withdraw. I shall not seek and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.