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Sen. Chuck Schumer Reveals His Role in Persuading President Biden to Drop Out of 2024 Presidential Race
Sen. Chuck Schumer, a longtime Democratic Party power player and former Senate Majority Leader, revealed his significant, behind-the-scenes role in persuading President Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race. In a private conversation with the president at his Rehobeth Beach house, Schumer told Biden, “If you run and you lose to Trump, and we lose the Senate, and we don’t get back the House, that 50 years of amazing, beautiful work goes out the window. But worse — you go down in American history as one of the darkest figures.”
Schumer also urged Biden to drop out, saying, “If I were you, I wouldn’t run, and I’m urging you not to run.” Schumer’s words came after Biden’s disastrous debate performance against President-elect Donald Trump in late June. Schumer and other Democratic power players began discussing a campaign future with Biden, but privately, Schumer was urging donors and allies to keep their concerns about Biden’s age and ability to finish the campaign private.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries was also working to push Biden off the campaign in favor of another, younger candidate: Vice President Kamala Harris. Jeffries told allies, “We don’t have data at this moment, but the most powerful narrative in American politics is change. Vice President Harris would represent change.”
Despite Schumer’s and other’s efforts, some of Biden’s supporters continued to defend his ability to serve as president and the candidate for the Democratic Party. President Biden eventually withdrew from the presidential race, making room for a yet-to-be-determined candidate to take over. In the months after Biden’s announcement, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and other media outlets have reported that advisers close to the president have long been concerned about his health and energy.