Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) is attempting to assemble a group of Democratic senators to go to the White House on Monday and ask that Joe Biden exit the presidential race, according to two people with direct knowledge of the effort.
Warner is telling Democratic senators that Biden can no longer remain in the election in the wake of his faltering debate performance, according to the people familiar with private conversations who spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak freely.
As the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, the Virginia Democrat is viewed as a serious voice at this point privately advocating for the president to step aside. He represents a state that Democrats must win in November to maintain their hold on the White House.There’s a growing consensus among Senate Democrats that the situation with Biden at the top of the ticket is untenable and senators are trying to figure out the best way to relay that message to an insulated president.
Senate Majority Leader Schumer has told senators to try to wait to make any moves until there is more polling data about Biden and Democrats’ standing, according to two people familiar with the conversations. Polling data is unlikely to be reliable until later this month because of the July Fourth holiday and the bump Republicans are expected to receive from their national convention, some Democrats have argued.
If Warner’s group were to materialize, it would be a major shift in how Democrats are approaching whether Biden can stay in the contest against Donald Trump.
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