 We have tremendous admiration and deepest respect for who you are, what you stand for, and your phenomenal record of service to our country. The petition states, we will forever be grateful for your legacy and leadership. It is therefore with a heavy heart that we call on you to announce as soon as possible that you will not seek the Democratic nomination for the presidency. And the petition, the brainchild of Jamie Metzl, a staffer under Biden on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee more than two decades ago,