Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer visited President Joe Biden at his Rehoboth Beach home last weekend and urged him to drop his presidential bid, multiple sources now say.
The hosts of the Ruthless Podcast said during a taping at the Republican National Convention Tuesday that Schumer had been driven to Biden’s house in Delaware and told the president to bow out.
ABC News’ Jonathan Karl reported a similar story Wednesday night calling it ‘a blunt one-on-one conversation’ and said that the top Senate Democrat ‘forcefully made the case that it would be best if Biden bowed out of the race.’
But Schumer’s office continues to sow doubt that the conversation went down that way.
‘Unless ABC’s source is Senator Chuck Schumer or President Joe Biden the reporting is idle speculation. Leader Schumer conveyed the views of his caucus directly to President Biden on Saturday,’ a spokesperson told DailyMail.com Wednesday evening.
The Schumer reports come on the heels of Rep. Adam Schiff, who’s on track to win a U.S. Senate seat in November, urging the 81-year-old president to step aside.
Since Biden had his disastrous debate performance late last month, he’s dug his heels in and insisted on staying in the race.
On Wednesday amid a multi-day campaign trip to Las Vegas, Biden tested positive for COVID-19.