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Biden ends re-election bid, upending White House race

July 22, 2024
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Hopewell Chin’ono comments on Joe Biden’s well-being

US President Joe Biden has ended his re-election campaign and endorsed Vice-President Kamala Harris to succeed him as the Democratic candidate, in an extraordinary decision that upends an already dramatic race for the White House.
Mr Biden, 81, said in a Sunday written statement that it was the “greatest honour” to serve but his withdrawal was “in the best interest of my party and the country”.

The announcement caps a tumultuous period in US politics, which began with his sometimes incoherent debate performance against Donald Trump on 27 June. Mr Biden says he will remain president until January.

Ms Harris, 59, said that she was “honoured” to be endorsed, adding she would “earn and win this nomination” and unite the country against Trump.

“We have 107 days until election day,” she said. “Together, we will fight. And together, we will win.”
While Ms Harris has been picking up endorsments from many big figures in the party, she is yet to be officially nominated, and that may not happen until the Democratic National Convention in August.

A resurgent Trump meanwhile has pulled ahead in polling and was confirmed as Republican nominee at the party’s convention in Milwaukee this week, five days after surviving an assassination attempt.

In the wake of Mr Biden’s decision, he declared the president “was not fit to run… and is certainly not fit to serve”. Other senior Republicans joined him in their criticism, and called on Mr Biden to leave the White House immediately, not just the Democratic candidacy.

Potential Harris rivals fall in line
Sources told the BBC that even senior White House staff and campaign officials were told of Mr Biden’s decision only moments before the statement was released on Sunday afternoon, although the president had spoken to Ms Harris and a handful of others beforehand.

Dozens of senior Democrats and grandees including former president Barack Obama, Senate leader Chuck Schumer and former House speaker Nancy Pelosi immediately praised the decision and lauded Mr Biden’s accomplishments in office.
Former president Bill Clinton and 2016 Democratic candidate for president Hillary Clinton said they backed Kamala Harris as the party’s candidate for November’s vote, saying they would “fight with everything we’ve got to elect her”.
While Mr Obama stated that he had “extraordinary confidence” that an “outstanding nominee emerges”, he did not explicitly back Ms Harris or any other candidate.

Ms Pelosi has not commented.
Peter Welch, the first Democratic senator to call on Biden to drop his re-election run, called for an “open process” to nominate Harris.

But there are already signs that many in the party will unify behind her, including from high-profile politicians who had been touted as potential rivals for the nomination in the event Mr Biden stepped aside.

California Governor Gavin Newsom, who is believed to have presidential ambitions, praised Mr Biden as “selfless” and said he backed the “fearless” and “tenacious” Ms Harris to face Trump.

Josh Shapiro, the Pennsylvania governor, said he would do “everything I can to help elect Kamala Harris as the 47th President of the United States”.

Pete Buttigieg, the current transport secretary and a former presidential contender, said Mr Biden was “one of the most consequential presidents in American history”, adding he would do “all that I can to help elect Kamala Harris the next President.”

Gretchen Whitmer, the governor of Michigan, stated that her job “will remain the same… doing everything I can to elect Democrats and stop Donald Trump.”
The Democratic National Committee meanwhile filed to amend the names of its fundraising committees to the Harris Victory Fund and Harris Action Fund.

Two major Democratic donors – LinkedIn co-funder Reid Hoffman and investor Alexander Soros – publicly endorsed Harris.
And within an hour of Mr Biden’s announcement, the pro-Trump super-PAC campaign fund Make America Great Again posted an advert attacking Mr Harris, claiming “she covered up Joe’s obvious mental decline”.

Trump added: “Whoever the Left puts up now will just be more of the same.”

Bbc

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