The president has given in to pressure to abdicate his candidacy
US President Joe Biden announced on Sunday (21) that he was withdrawing from his re-election bid, after three weeks of pressure following his frustrating performance in the debate against Donald Trump on June 27.
“Serving as president is the greatest honor of my life. And while it was my intention to seek re-election, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country that I step down and focus solely on fulfilling my duties as president for the remainder of my term,” Biden wrote in a letter published in X.
Also amid Covid-19, the president had resisted pressure from members of the Democratic Party to abandon his reelection bid in favor of a more competitive bid, a move that gained traction amid the president’s repeated gaffes, which have come to confuse the presidents of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, and Russia, Vladimir Putin.
This was also helped by the recent attack against Trump, which strengthened the Republican in the polls, especially in key election states such as Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
“I will address the nation later this week to provide more details on my decision. For now, I want to express my deep gratitude to everyone who worked so hard to re-elect me. I would also like to thank Vice President Kamala Harris for being an extraordinary partner in this work,” he added.
In another X post, Biden declared his “full” support for Harris to replace him. “My first decision as the party’s 2020 nominee was to choose Kamala Harris for vice president, and it was the best decision I ever made. Democrats, it’s time for us to unite to defeat Trump,” he said.
Other candidates at the top of the list are the governors of California, Gavin Newsom, and Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer. The fact is that the party will have little time to decide on a candidate, given that its national convention will take place in a month, from August 19 to 22, in Chicago.
81 years old, Biden was a senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009, Barack Obama’s vice president from 2009 to 2017 and has been president of the United States since January 20, 2021.
In his letter resigning from his candidacy, the president praised the country as “the strongest economy in the world” and cited “historic investments” and the passage of “the most significant climate legislation in global history.” “We protect and preserve our democracy and revitalize and strengthen our alliances around the world,” he stressed.
In a brief phone call to CNN, Trump mocked Biden’s withdrawal, calling him “by far the worst president in the history of our country,” and also said Harris would be “even easier to defeat.”
Source: Terra
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