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Washington, July 17 (Reuters) – the leading democratic party members including the Democratic Leadership in the United States Senate Chuck Schumer and former House President Nancy Pelosi increased the pressure to force President Joe Biden to withdraw from his re -election campaign because he was worried that he could not beat the opponent of Republican Donald Trump, US media reported on the fourth day.
During the Saturday meeting, Schumer told Biden that it would be better for the country and the Democratic Party if he ended his re -election campaign, ABC News reported.
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The leader of the Democratic Party in the US House of Representatives Hakeem Jeffries expressed his similar view to Biden, ABC News reported, quoting a source close to the conversation.
CNN reported on Wednesday that Pelosi also told Biden that the polls showed that he could not beat Trump and that the president could destroy the chance to regain control of the Democratic Representative.
Pelosi talked to Biden on a recent phone call, CNN reported, quoted four sources reported on calls. There was no source that Pelosi told Biden that he should leave the race, CNN said.
According to a source of CNN, Biden responded by telling Pelosi that he saw the poll that he could win.
Pelosi spokesman told CNN that Pelosi has not talked to Biden since Friday.
Earlier on Wednesday, the American Democratic RepresentativeAdam Schiffhas become the 20th Democratic Party member in the National Assembly to publicly call Biden to withdraw from the race.
Schumer’s office responded to his report to the President with a statement called “Bounded speculation” and said Schumer “directly conveyed his group’s view to President Biden on Saturday”.
Jeffries’ office did not immediately ask for comments from Reuters.
Biden repeatedly denied the call from the Democratic Party to ask him to withdraw from the race after his weak performance in the debate last month with the Republican candidate Donald Trump.
“The President told both leaders he is the nominee of the party, he plans to win, and looks forward to working with both of them to pass his 100 days agenda to help working families,” White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said in a statement.
Reporting by Eric Beech and Jeff Mason in Washington, and Daniel Trotta in Carlsbad, California; Editing by Costas Pitas, Deepa Babington and Tom Hogue
