Fresh on the heels of the story regarding Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) recent visit to Delaware to confab with President Joe Biden (presumably to encourage him to bow out of the 2024 presidential race) comes news of the most prominent Democrat to formally call for Biden to exit stage left: Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) has now formally called for Biden to drop out of the race.
This follows Schiff’s prediction that the Democrats would lose if Biden remained atop the ticket, and possibly lose the House and Senate as well.
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BREAKING: Schiff calls on Biden to drop out, citing ‘serious concerns’ that he can winhttps://t.co/n1VcTlimNU
— Kevin Rector (@kevrector) July 17, 2024
Per the LA Times:
Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank), who is running for U.S. Senate in California, is calling for President Biden to drop out of the presidential race, he said in an exclusive statement Wednesday to The Times.
Schiff, who is heavily favored to win his Senate race, cited “serious concerns” that Biden can beat former President Trump in November.
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In his statement, Schiff said Biden “has been one of the most consequential presidents in our nation’s history, and his lifetime of service as a Senator, a Vice President, and now as President has made our country better.”
“But our nation is at a crossroads,” he said. “A second Trump presidency will undermine the very foundation of our democracy, and I have serious concerns about whether the President can defeat Donald Trump in November.”
Schiff did, however, hedge his statement, noting the “choice to withdraw from the campaign is President Biden’s alone,” but encouraging Biden to “pass the torch.”
While some felt that Saturday’s horrific assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump may have obviated the Democrats’ inclination to push Biden out the door, it seems it may have only forestalled it by a few days. With the dominoes continuing to fall, the question appears to be a matter now of “when” not “if” Biden will heed the call.
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