Fox News: Chuck Schumer reveals private conversations with Biden urging president to end 2024 campaign

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Chuck Schumer reveals private conversations with Biden urging president to end 2024 campaign

Former Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., revealed his behind-the-scenes role in persuading President Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential campaign.......                    ...                        ...Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., a longtime You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login and former Senate majority leader, revealed his significant, behind-the-scenes role in persuading President Biden to drop out of the presidential race. ......"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," Schumer told Biden in a private conversation at the president's Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, house, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. "But worse — you go down in American history as one of the darkest figures."......"If I were you," Schumer told the president, "I wouldn't run, and I'm urging you not to run."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......After Biden's disastrous debate performance against President-elect Trump in late June, Democratic Party heavyweights like Schumer and others began to discuss a campaign future with Biden. Schumer spoke directly with donors, telling them to wait and see what Biden would do. ......But in private, Schumer was urging donors and allies to be quiet about their concern over Biden's age and ability to finish out the campaign, according to the Times......."Do not be public," Schumer said. "That will get his back up, and you've got to let the dust settle. But if you can, call whoever you know in the campaign. Call the White House."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., was also working to push Biden off the campaign in favor of another, younger candidate: Vice President You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. ......"We don't have data at this moment," Jeffries told allies in the final months of the campaign, the Times reported. "But the most powerful narrative in American politics is change. Vice President Harris would represent change."......Some of Biden's supporters continued to defend his ability to serve as president and as the candidate for the Democratic Party, including Steve Ricchetti, an adviser to the president. ......"We can get through it," Ricchetti said, according to the Times. "We think our allies on the Hill are wrong."......In the months after Biden announced he would be withdrawing from the presidential race, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and other You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login have revealed that advisers close to the president have long been concerned about Biden's health and energy. ......According to a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login from December: "[Biden] looks a little older and a little slower with each passing day. Aides say he remains plenty sharp in the Situation Room, calling world leaders to broker a cease-fire in Lebanon or deal with the chaos of Syria's rebellion. But it is hard to imagine that he seriously thought he could do the world's most stressful job for another four years."......Fox News' Lindsay Kornick contributed to this report....

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