Watch Chuck Schumer's awkward response when asked outright if he pushed Biden to QUIT

President Joe Biden announced he was ending his reelection run a week aft gathering successful Delaware pinch Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

But nan New York Democrat won't opportunity if he privately urged nan president to measurement aside.

Reports emerged earlier this period that Schumer, 73, was joining nan lengthy database of Democrats pressuring Biden to driblet out, but he has not confirmed whether this is existent and kept up nan enactment during an question and reply connected Sunday.

CBS Face nan Nation big Robert Costa pressed nan legislator and said it was important to cognize for 'history's sake' whether he had specified talks pinch nan President.

'I'm not going to get into nan specifics,' Schumer changeable backmost erstwhile asked for a 2nd clip if he told Biden, 81, it was clip to measurement aside.

He went on: 'President Biden will locomotion distant from nan presidency pinch his caput held precocious because of each nan awesome things he's done, and because he put America first. He ever has.'

Around 40 Democratic lawmakers publically called for Biden to extremity moving for a 2nd word earlier he ended his bid past weekend. They joined strategists and different lawmakers who said it was clip to front retired aft his statement against Donald Trump successful June. 

This included apical state and Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.).  

Initially, Schumer dodged nan mobility connected if he was among those to property Biden retired and alternatively discussed nan President's three-and-a-half years successful office. 

'Senator, connected July 13th, you went to Delaware to meet pinch President Biden. It was a backstage discussion, and I cognize you for illustration to support your discussions pinch nan president private,' Costa said connected Sunday morning. 'But that, for history, was a very momentous gathering successful nan consciousness that you were nan Senate Democratic leader, nan mostly leader, gathering pinch nan president to talk nan statesmanlike race.'

'For history for nan record, did you successful immoderate measurement propose to nan president that he should time off nan statesmanlike title connected July 13th?' Costa questioned.

Schumer responded by evading nan question, saying: 'Well, first, let's look astatine President Biden's record. He's had 1 of nan astir astonishing presidencies we've had successful decades, passing truthful galore bully things.'

'The infrastructure bill, nan IRA bill, getting nan value of medicine narcotics down for nan first time, going against nan NRA successfully, helping our veterans pinch pain pits,' he listed. 'So he's had an amazingly successful grounds and he's ever done what's correct for America and I respect him.'

'I respect his patriotism. I respect nan astonishing things we worked together connected galore overmuch them,' Schumer concluded.