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,

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

“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. “But worse — you go down in American history as one of the darkest figures.”

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.

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.”

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,