Close Pelosi ally, former Intel chair Schiff calls on Biden to drop reelection bid

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is calling connected President Joe Biden to “pass nan torch” and measurement speech from nan 2024 statesmanlike race.

Schiff, who is expected to go California’s adjacent senator, is simply a erstwhile House Intelligence Committee chair. He is besides a adjacent state of erstwhile Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has been privately fielding caucus concerns astir Biden.

“While nan prime to retreat from nan run is President Biden’s alone, I judge it is clip for him to walk nan torch,” Schiff said successful a statement, first reported by nan Los Angeles Times.