The US president has stepped aside in the election race against Republican Donald Trump.
Joe Biden will decline his candidacy but will continue his mandate.
He President of the United States, Joe Bidenannounced on Sunday that he will withdraw his candidacy for reelection in the 2024 elections, amid continued pressure from the Democratic Party for his questionable performance in the presidential debate, in addition to other questions related to his health. Despite his electoral decline, Biden will complete his term as president.
Through his X account (formerly Twitter), the president wrote on Sunday: “Although my intention has been to seek reelection, I believe that the best thing for my party and for the country is that I retire and focus solely on fulfilling my obligations as president for the remainder of my term.”
Biden said in the letter that serving as president is “the greatest honor of his life,” but that he will give more details about his withdrawal later in the week. From the ranks of the Democratic Party They now seem to point to the fact that Vice President Kamala Harris replace Biden in the electoral contest against the former Republican president Donald Trumpalready has the support of the president for this.
In another message on the social network, Biden stressed that his first decision as a candidate in 2020 was to choose Kamala Harris as vice president and that it was “the best decision” he has made. “Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be our party’s nominee this year. Democrats: it’s time to unite and defeat Trump. Let’s do it,” he said.
Joe Biden calls Kamala Harris “an extraordinary colleague”
In his letter, Biden called Kamala Harris “an extraordinary partner” during the current term and expressed his deepest gratitude to all those who worked hard during the campaign to see him re-elected as president.
“There is nothing America can’t do when we do it together,” Biden said at the end of the letter, adding: “We just have to remember that we are the United States of America.”
Source: Ambito
