Rep.
Adam Schiff (D-CA) became the latest Democrat to call for President
Joe Biden to drop out of the
presidential race on Wednesday.
“[Biden] has been one of the most consequential presidents in our nation’s history, and his lifetime of service as a Senator, a Vice President, and now as President has made our country better,” Schiff, a close ally of former House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi, said in a statement to the
Los Angeles Times.
“But our nation is at a crossroads. A second Trump presidency will undermine the very foundation of our democracy, and I have serious concerns about whether the President can defeat
Donald Trump in November,” he added.
Schiff, who is running for U.S. Senate in California, said the “choice to withdraw from the campaign is President Biden’s alone,” adding that Biden should “pass the torch.”
“That’s Nancy using her drone, it’s the SAME as Obama using Clooney,” a Hill aide told
Puck, referring the George Clooney’s
New York Times op-ed calling on Biden to drop out.