Adam Schiff Pushes Biden To Drop Out Of Presidential Race

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) called for President Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race on Wednesday where he expressed “serious concerns” about Biden’s ability to beat former President Donald Trump.

Schiff’s statement comes as dozens of Democrats have called on Biden to end his campaign following his disastrous debate against Trump late last month that spurred weeks of highly negative news coverage for the party.

“President Biden has been one of the most consequential presidents in our nation’s history, and his lifetime of service as a Senator, a Vice President, and now as President has made our country better,” Schiff told The Los Angeles Times. “But our nation is at a crossroads. A second Trump presidency will undermine the very foundation of our democracy, and I have serious concerns about whether the President can defeat Donald Trump in November.”

He acknowledged that while Biden was the one who had to make the decision, it was time for him “to pass the torch” and “secure his legacy of leadership” by allowing another Democrat the opportunity to beat Trump.

“I will do everything I can to help them succeed,” Schiff said. “There is only one singular goal: defeating Donald Trump. The stakes are just too high.”

Biden had trailed Trump for months in polling prior to the debate and that gap widened slightly after his performance.

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Dr. Tom Pitts, a Democrat who is a quadruple board-certified neurologist based in New York City, told NBC News last week that Biden has Parkinson’s and degeneration of the brain.

Pitts said that he sees patients like Biden up to 20 times a day at his practice and that the president’s stuttering problem has nothing to do with his cognitive issues.

“You notice when he turns it’s kind of end-block turning; it’s not a quick turn,” Pitts continued. “That’s one of the hallmarks of Parkinson’s; it’s rigidity and bradykinesia, slow movement, and he has that hallmark, especially with the low voice they said was a cold; hypophonia, small monotone voice like this over time is a hallmark of Parkinsonism. I could have diagnosed him from across the mall.”

“Shuffling gait, we call that ‘little steps,'” he noted. “Loss of arm swing from the rigidity; when we walk we have a nice cadence, he doesn’t really swing his arms, and end-block turning, meaning he kind of pivots around his foot. If you said, ‘Hey, President Biden,’ he wouldn’t go like this,” he said, swiftly turning to look behind him.