Biden drops out of 2024 presidential election, endorses Kamala Harris as Democratic nominee [View all]
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Published Sun, Jul 21 2024 1:53 PM EDT Updated 1 Min Ago
President Joe Biden on Sunday dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party’s nominee, bowing to weeks of growing pressure by his own party members to quit his re-election bid against former President Donald Trump.
“It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President,” Biden wrote in a post on the social media site X.
“And while it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term,” Biden wrote.
“I will speak to the Nation later this week in more detail about my decision,” wrote Biden, whose bombshell decision came after a sharp spike in recent days in the number of congressional Democrats publicly calling for him to step aside for another nominee.
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President Joe Biden on Sunday dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's nominee, after weeks of pressure on the 81-year-old incumbent to quit the contest against former President Donald Trump.
"It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President," Biden wrote in a post on the social media site X.
"And while it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term," Biden wrote.
"I will speak to the Nation later this week in more detail about my decision," wrote Biden, whose bombshell decision came after a growing number of Democrats said they wanted another candidate to face Trump.
President Joe Biden on Sunday dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's nominee, a stunning decision that came after weeks of pressure for the 81-year-old to quit the contest against former President Donald Trump.
"It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President," Biden wrote in a post on the social media site X.
"And while it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term," Biden wrote.
"I will speak to the Nation later this week in more detail about my decision."
Published Sun, Jul 21 2024 1:53 PM EDT Updated 2 Min Ago
President Joe Biden said Sunday that he will drop out of the 2024 presidential race, a stunning decision that came after weeks of pressure for the 81-year-old Democrat to quit the contest against former President Donald Trump.
"It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President," Biden wrote in a post on the social media site X.
"And while it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term," Biden wrote.
"I will speak to the Nation later this week in more detail about my decision."
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President Joe Biden will drop out of the 2024 presidential race, a stunning maneuver which is unprecedented in modern American politics.
The president's decision blows open the presidential race less than four months before Election Day. It also poses extraordinary questions and challenges for the Democratic party, which now must scramble to assemble a new presidential ticket.
The next candidate will need to compete against Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance, win over donors, delegates and other allies who were loyal to the incumbent -- all while convincing voters of their own worthiness for the nation's highest office.
But a growing number of top Democrats have made clear in recent weeks that they prefer that daunting task to keeping Biden as their nominee.
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