Sen. Chuck Schumer urged Joe Biden during a private meeting on a lakeside porch in mid-July to drop out of the 2024 race, telling the President that as few as five Democratic senators privately supported his re-election campaign and that a loss to Donald Trump could make him "one of the darkest figures" in American political history.

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

Explore the dramatic behind-the-scenes meetings that led to Joe Biden's decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race, as Chuck Schumer delivers a stark message about his chances against Trump.

Schumer was confronted Sunday on MSNBC with footage in which he decried the idea of President Biden's cognitive decline as "right-wing propaganda."

Chuck Schumer denied on Sunday that his party misled the public about the extent of Joe Biden ’s decline as presidential insiders tell news publications that the lame-duck president still believes he could have won the 2024 election.

Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Sunday that they didn ... and these people that have known Joe Biden for their entire lives and I know President Biden, and it's like, can you all defend me a little ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer claimed that President Biden’s “mental acuity is ... when months earlier he was part of the chorus insisting Joe was “sharp,” “detail-oriented ...

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President Biden’s single term in office will be marked by several moments that saw the White House take the spotlight. It began with the pandemic and a raucous State of the Union. Then there was

Sen. Chuck Schumer told the president he would "go down in American history as one of the darkest figures" if he continued his campaign

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.