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Joe Biden Withdraws From US Presidential Race: US President Joe Biden announced on Sunday (July 21) that he will not contest the upcoming presidential election. In this way, the ongoing discussions about his becoming president again came to an end. This announcement was made by Biden at a time when he could not do very well during the debate with Republican Party candidate Donald Trump.
Joe Biden has endorsed the name of Vice President Kamala Harris for the presidential candidacy. 81-year-old Biden said that this decision has been taken in the best interest of the party. Biden said that he will remain in his role as President and Commander-in-Chief until his term ends in January 2025 and will address the nation this week. It is believed that he will officially put Kamala Harris’s name in front of the country.
Biden said in a post on ‘X’, “Today I want to give my full support and cooperation to make Kamala Harris our party’s candidate this year. It is time for the Democratic Party to unite and defeat Trump.” Announcing his withdrawal from the presidential candidacy race, the US President said that it is in the best interest of my party and the country. His decision has come four months before the voting in the US on November 5.
Democratic Party candidate Kamala Harris is going to face Republican Party candidate Donald Trump. Trump has been President from 2016 to 2020. The Republican Party’s vice-presidential candidate is JD Vance. The name of the Democrats’ vice-presidential candidate has not been announced yet. All the updates regarding what is happening in America after Joe Biden’s exit from the race can be read in the card given below.
Why did Biden drop out of the election race?
News agency Reuters quoted sources as saying that Joe Biden was in the mood to contest the election till Saturday, but on Sunday (July 21) he changed his mind. Sources said, “In the afternoon he told his team that he had changed his mind.” Election data showed that Kamala Harris was performing better than Biden against Trump. In a hypothetical head-to-head battle, both Harris and Trump were getting 44% support in a July 15-16 Reuters/Ipsos survey conducted shortly after the assassination attempt on Trump on July 13. Biden was getting 41% support. It is believed that Biden changed his mind only after seeing the election data.
It is an honor to work with Biden – Antony Blinken
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Joe Biden’s exit from the presidential election race that he achieved historic achievements as president. Blinken said, “Working for POTUS (Joe Biden) for the last 22 years has been and will continue to be the honor of my life. He has restored American leadership around the world and achieved historic accomplishments as president. I look forward to building on that record with him over the next six months.”
Biden is the worst president in American history – Donald Trump
Speaking to CNN minutes after announcing his exit from the presidential election race, Donald Trump attacked Joe Biden. He said he is known as the worst president in American history. Trump said he thinks Vice President Kamala Harris will be easier to defeat than Biden. Not contesting the election is in the interest of the party – Joe Biden
Joe Biden, while giving a message to the Americans in a post on social media, said, “Serving as your President has been the greatest honor of my life. I have always intended to contest again, but I believe it is in the best interest of my party and country that I withdraw from this race and focus on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term.”
The time has come to defeat Trump – Joe Biden
US President Biden said in a post on X, “Today I want to give my full support and cooperation to make Kamala Harris our party’s candidate this year. The time has come for the Democratic Party to unite and defeat Trump.” With this, he also announced not to contest the presidential election.
I will do everything to defeat Trump – Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris said she is honored to receive Joe Biden’s support as the Democratic candidate for the presidential race and asserted, “I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic Party and our country to defeat Donald Trump.” She said she intends to earn and win the nomination.
