Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who publicly proclaimed after President Biden’s disastrous debate, “I’m with Joe,” has now revealed to The New York Times that he pointedly urged Biden to drop out of the race during a private meeting July 13. “If you run and you lose to Trump, and we lose the Senate,…

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Democratic senator confirms Schumer privately urged Biden not to run for reelection

‘You may be a better one,’ the former president told the Democratic Senate leader while urging him to speak to Biden about dropping out.

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Obama pushed Chuck Schumer to convince Biden to drop out

Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, the top Democrat on the Finance Committee, confirmed on Friday that then-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer privately urged President Joe Biden to abandon his 2024 campaign in July, shortly after his disastrous CNN debate performance.

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By Liz Brown-Kaiser and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, the top Democrat on the Finance Committee, confirmed on Friday that then-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer privately urged President Joe Biden to abandon his 2024 campaign in July, shortly after his disastrous CNN debate performance. “First of all, Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden have a long relationship. Chuck was a credible and persuasive connection because they go ba…

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Schumer urged Biden not to run

New York Times: “If there were a secret ballot among Democratic senators, Mr. Schumer would tell the president, no more than five would say he should continue running. Mr. Biden’s own pollsters assessed that he had about a 5 percent chance of prevailing against Donald Trump, Mr. Schumer would tell him — information that was apparently news to the president. And if the president refused to step aside, the senator would argue, the consequences for…

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How Schumer Pushed Biden to Drop Out

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., urged President Joe Biden not to run for reelection shortly after Biden's poor performance in a debate against President-elect Donald Trump in June, The New York Times reported.

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NOW It Can Be Told! NY Times Reports What Chuck Schumer Knew About Biden and Was Fine With UNTIL...

New York Times Senator Chuck Schumer of New York sat in the foyer of President Biden’s Rehoboth Beach house, tired and tense. He had not slept the night before, and on the four-hour drive from Brooklyn to Delaware, he had rehearsed out loud what he...

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‘I’m Urging You Not to Run’: How Schumer Pushed Biden to Drop Out

A blistering new report is claiming that Sen.Chuck Schumer was literally crying after some political posturing. But it wasn’t some Republican foe that triggered Schumer. It was actually outgoing President […] The post Crucial Meeting with Biden Caused Chuck Schumer to Break Down in Tears: Report appeared first on The Western Journal.

Democratic senator confirms Schumer privately urged Biden not to run for reelection

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