Former President Barack Obama urged then-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to be the one to talk President Joe Biden into dropping out of the 2024 presidential race. After Biden’s disastrous debate performance on June 27,

After President Joe Biden's disappointing performance in the June 2024 debate against Donald Trump, former President Barack Obama urged Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to convince Biden to consider stepping down from the race.

Former Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer revealed his behind-the-scenes role in persuading President Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential campaign.

The New York senator, who swallowed concerns for months and then stalled for time on sharing them with President Biden, ultimately told him he risked going down as one of the “darkest figures.”

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,

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

When President Joe Biden bombed during his June 27 debate with Donald Trump, Sen. Chuck Schumer saw it as an opportunity to start an overdue discussion about the president’s political viability,