Democratic leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., made a frantic appeal in July for President Joe Biden to exit the presidential race, The New York Times reported Friday.

Schumer reportedly delivered his message to Biden at the president’s home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. When Schumer arrived, the president had been shouting in response to a Zoom call where several lawmakers also tried to warn Biden he might not succeed in the election, the publication wrote. The New York senator had reportedly long been concerned about Biden’s mental fitness as the then-81-year-old showed signs of aging.

“During their weekly conversations, the president often rambled, but he had always rambled,” the piece reads. “Once in a while, Mr. Biden would forget why he had called, but Mr. Schumer thought little of it.”

“So when Mr. Biden bombed during his June 27 debate with Mr. Trump, Mr. Schumer regarded it as something of a gift, a forcing mechanism to start an overdue discussion about the president’s political viability,” it added.

Schumer’s message reportedly hinged on the legacy of Biden’s 50-year career in politics. An election loss to then-Republican nominee Donald Trump, Schumer reportedly argued, would wipe away the lasting impression of the president’s work.

“If you run and you lose to Trump, and we lose the Senate, and we don’t get back the House, that 50 years of amazing, beautiful work goes out the window,” Schumer said. “But worse — you go down in American history as one of the darkest figures.

“If I were you, I wouldn’t run, and I’m urging you not to run.”

The conversation reportedly lasted 45 minutes, with Biden only interrupting twice to ask, “do you really think Kamala can win?” Schumer, after speaking to Biden, went back to his car where “he broke down into tears,” The New York Times reported.

The report came on the heels of a Wednesday interview with First Lady Jill Biden by The Washington Post, during which she reflected on her relationship with Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Pelosi also privately urged Biden to abandon his reelection bid, according to various reports.

“We were friends for 50 years,” the first lady said in reference to Pelosi.

She added the former House speaker’s noncommittal attitude toward Biden’s odds at running for reelection “was disappointing.”

That piece also referenced Jill Biden’s 2019 memoir, in which she described herself as the “holder of grudges” for the Biden family.

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