DURBIN DROPS BOB BOMB: No. 2 Dem Says Menendez 'Can No Longer Serve,' 'Step Down'

Number two ranking Democrat Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) is joining the growing chorus of lawmakers asking for Senator Bob Menendez’s resignation; “Menendez can no longer serve,” Durbin says.

“Leaders in New Jersey, including the Governor and my Senate colleague Cory Booker, have made it clear that Sen. Menendez can no longer serve. He should step down,” Durbin said on X.

Leaders in New Jersey, including the Governor and my Senate colleague Cory Booker, have made it clear that Sen. Menendez can no longer serve. He should step down.

— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) September 27, 2023

Fellow New Jersey Senator Cory Booker also wants Menendez to step down.

“The details of the allegations against Senator Menendez are of such a nature that the faith and trust of New Jerseyans as well as those he must work with in order to be effective have been shaken to the core,” Booker said, adding: “I believe stepping down is best for those Senator Menendez has spent his life serving.”

Over in the House, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi also agreed that Menendez can no longer serve as Senator.

“It’d probably be a good idea if he did resign,” Pelosi, the former House speaker, said on MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki,” calling the charges “formidable.”

Menendez pleaded ‘Not Guilty’ to corruption charges on Wednesday. He previously asked that his fellow lawmakers wait for the evidence to come out.

“I recognize this will be the biggest fight yet, but as I have stated throughout this whole process, I firmly believe that when all the facts are presented, not only will I be exonerated, but I still will be New Jersey’s senior senator,” Menendez said at Hudson County Community College’s campus in Union City, where he grew up.