As President Joe Biden faces continued calls for him to step out of the 2024 presidential race, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) met with the president on Thursday to talk to him about the party’s conversations about its “path forward.”
Jeffries revealed that he met with Biden in a letter written to a colleague on Friday, CNN’s Chief Congressional Correspondent Manu Raju reported. Biden’s meeting with Jeffries was held in the middle of an unusually packed evening schedule for the president as he also spoke at a NATO summit and answered questions from the media in what was deemed a “big boy” press conference by White House staffers.
“Over the past several days, House Democrats have engaged in a thoughtful and extensive discussion about the future of our country, during a time when freedom, democracy and the economic well-being of everyday Americans are on the…