Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) appears on “Meet the Press” on Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Washington, DC.
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california democracy Rep. Adam Schiff on Wednesday urged the president Joe Biden Exit 2024 President election Contest.
Schiff said in a statement that he had “serious concerns about the president’s ability to defeat Donald Trump November.
“While the choice to withdraw from the race is President Biden’s alone, I believe it is his time to pass the torch,” Democratic candidate Schiff said. United States Senate The seat from California is the favorite to win in November.
“Doing so will allow us to defeat Donald Trump in the upcoming election and thereby secure his leadership,” Schiff said.
NBC reported that Schiff notified Biden’s campaign of the statement before releasing it to the media.
The lawmakers’ public statement came a day later. New York Times According to reports, he warned Democratic donors in Long Island, New York, on Saturday that if Biden becomes the presidential candidate, the party may lose its existing majority in the Senate and fail to gain control of the House of Representatives.
“I think if he was our nominee, I think we would fail,” Schiff reportedly told donors.
Schiff is one of the most outstanding Democratic Party Public calls for Biden to drop out of the race came after the president performed poorly in a debate with Republican nominee Trump in late June.
Since that debate, Biden has been adamant that he will not withdraw, despite concerns that his mental acuity has deteriorated during his three years in the White House. The president said last week he would not give up the campaign unless polls showed “you can’t win,” adding, “There are no polls showing that.”
Schiff said in a statement that Biden “is one of the most important presidents in our country’s history” and that the president “has changed our country for the better during his lifetime as a senator, vice president and now president.”
“But our country is at a crossroads,” Schiff said. “A second term as President Trump will undermine the foundation of our democracy, and I am deeply concerned about the President’s ability to defeat Donald Trump in November.”
The congressman added, “But make no mistake, whoever our party ultimately nominates, or if the nomination remains with the president, I will do everything in my power to help them succeed.”
“There is only one goal: defeat Donald Trump,” he said. “The stakes are too high.”
In response to CNBC’s request for comment on Schiff’s statement, the Biden campaign noted that the president had recently made statements in response to similar calls for him to withdraw from the race.
Biden said in one of the statements. “I would not run again if I didn’t absolutely believe that I am the best candidate to defeat Donald Trump in 2024.”
In a separate statement, the president said, “Any weakening of resolve or lack of clarity on the mission ahead will only help Trump and hurt us. Now is the time to come together, move forward as a unified party and defeat Donald Trump.” .
