Biden, I Resigned to Defend Democracy

(ANSA) – WASHINGTON, JULY 25 – “I imagine my file as president, my management on the planet, my imaginative and prescient for America’s future all deserved a second time period. However nothing can stand in the best way of saving our democracy, and that features private ambition. The very best resolution is to move the torch to a brand new technology. That is one of the best ways to unite our nation and our occasion”: in a solemn, historic 15-minute tackle to the nation, Joe Biden defined the rationale for his withdrawal from the electoral race, which got here after rising stress in his occasion following the debacle within the televised debate with Donald Trump. “Defending democracy is extra vital than any title,” he insisted. He then admitted that “the time has come for brand spanking new voices, sure, youthful ones.” Like that of his vp Kamala Harris, whom he renewed his endorsement: “she is skilled, robust and succesful.” “Over the subsequent six months,” he continued, “I’ll give attention to my job as president. Meaning I’ll proceed to cut back prices for hard-working households and develop our economic system. I’ll proceed to defend our private freedoms and our civil rights, from the appropriate to vote to the appropriate to decide on.” And he’ll proceed to work “for peace in Gaza” and “to keep up help for Ukraine.” (ANSA).