open image in gallery Former President Barack Obama urged Schuck Schumer to get Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 election following the diastrous debate with Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Schumer began having “frank conversations” with Obama and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries about replacing Biden on the ticket. “He told Mr. Schumer that he himself had a fragile relationship with his former vice president, who still carried a chip on his shoulder over Mr. Obama’s decision to support Hillary Clinton’s candidacy in 2016. Having urged him not to run back then, Mr. Obama told Mr. Schumer, he wasn’t sure if he was the best messenger to tell Mr. Biden to step aside now,” the Times noted. But worse — you go down in American history as one of the darkest figures,” Schumer told Biden on July 13.

Source: The Times January 18, 2025 17:43 UTC