Rep. Adam Schiff calls on President Joe Biden to drop out of race

Rep. Adam Schiff is calling connected President Joe Biden to driblet retired of the contention and "pass the torch."

"While the prime to retreat from the run is President Biden's alone, I judge it is clip for him to walk the torch. And successful doing so, unafraid his bequest of enactment by allowing america to decision Donald Trump successful the upcoming election," Schiff said Wednesday successful a connection released by his office.

Schiff is moving for California Senate, and helium led the archetypal impeachment enquiry into President Donald Trump.

"Joe Biden has been 1 of the astir consequential presidents successful our nation's history, and his beingness of work arsenic a Senator, a Vice President, and present arsenic President has made our state better," his connection read.

"But our federation is astatine a crossroads. A 2nd Trump presidency volition undermine the precise instauration of our democracy, and I person superior concerns astir whether the President tin decision Donald Trump successful November," helium continued, past calling connected the president to "pass the torch."

"But marque nary mistake, whoever our enactment ends up nominating, oregon if the information remains with the president, I volition bash everything I tin to assistance them succeed. There is lone 1 singular goal: defeating Donald Trump. The stakes are conscionable excessively high," helium added.

The Los Angeles Times archetypal reported the news.

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