How Biden's Senate Allies Helped Push Him From the RaceThe president's allies in the chamber he so revered feared he would drag them down and spoil his own legacy, and played a more assertive role than was previously known in his stepping aside.
Source: How Biden's Senate Allies Helped Push Him From the Race (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/29/us/politics/senate-democrats-biden-drop-out.html)