California Congressmember Adam Schiff warned donors that Democrats would lose the presidency, control of the Senate and miss out on the chance to reclaim the House unless President Biden steps aside. Adam Schiff, who is running for California’s U.S. Senate seat in November, made the comments during a private fundraising dinner in New York, according to new reports. Despite mounting fears over Biden’s ability to beat Trump, Democrats appear to be moving ahead with plans to hold a virtual vote confirming Biden as their nominee weeks before the DNC.
  • very_well_lost@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Sounds to me like Schiff himself is testing the waters as that alternate candidate. Which, frankly, wouldn’t be a bad choice. I can think of few other Democrats as uniquely qualified to run on the “Trump is an existential threat to our democracy” platform that the DNC seems content to put all it’s chips on.

    • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      I can think of few other Democrats as uniquely qualified to run on the “Trump is an existential threat to our democracy” platform that the DNC seems content to put all it’s chips on.

      The problem is that Schiff has the personality of a block of wood. Even in pre-Trump times you needed something resembling a personality on the national stage.