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US President Biden is now not a candidate for the November presidential election. He simply introduced this in a transient on X. He expresses his help for Vice President Kamala Harris as the brand new presidential candidate for the Democrats.
Biden will stay president till the tip of his time period. “Whereas it was my intention to run for re-election, I consider it’s in the most effective curiosity of my social gathering and the nation for me to step down and focus solely on my obligations as president for the rest of my time period.” Biden says it has been “the best honor of my life to function your president.”
He says he’ll concern a extra detailed assertion about his choice later this week.
@potusBiden’s letter on X
For the reason that dramatic debate with Trump, stress has been mounting on Biden to withdraw as a presidential candidate. There have been doubts about his suitability resulting from his superior age and well being.
Biden himself stored repeating an increasing number of emphatically that he would stay a presidential candidate regardless of his superior age. However a number of members of Congress referred to as on him to cease, social gathering leaders expressed doubts and his supporters weren’t satisfied both.
Now Biden is heeding calls to withdraw:
How Biden’s withdrawal as a presidential candidate grew to become more and more inevitable
Donald Trump stated in a cellphone name with CNN responded on Biden dropping out because the Democratic presidential candidate. Trump referred to as him “by far the worst president within the historical past of our nation.” Though it isn’t but clear who the brand new Democratic presidential candidate can be, Trump stated he thinks Harris can be simpler to beat than Biden.
Watch a portrait of Vice President Kamala Harris right here:
That is Vice President Kamala Harris, the potential new Democratic candidate
Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, who has been talked about alongside Kamala Harris as a potential Democratic presidential candidate if Biden have been to throw within the towel, speaks at X expressed his appreciation for Biden, saying the president has made historical past and “achieved wonderful outcomes for all Individuals.”
It has by no means occurred earlier than {that a} presidential candidate has dropped out of the race so shortly earlier than the American elections. The closest factor involves that is the departure of President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968. At the moment, he dropped out as a candidate due to dangerous polls and the disaster surrounding the Vietnam Conflict.
