US Presidential Election: US President Joe Biden made a big announcement on Sunday that he is withdrawing his name from the US presidential election in 2024. With this, he also made it clear that he is no longer a contender in the US presidential elections. After Biden, Kamala Harris will now be the next contender. Biden’s decision has come at a time when his fellow Democrats were constantly pressuring him and saying that he was proving to be a weak candidate against Donald Trump.
Announcing his withdrawal from the presidential elections, Biden said that it was a great privilege for him to serve as the President of America. Along with this, he said that if it comes to contesting elections once again, then keeping in mind the interests of the party and the country, he is taking the decision of not standing in the elections for the post of President.
US President Joe Biden drops out from the Presidential race for re-election. pic.twitter.com/A4YOEG6xh3
— ANI (@ANI) July 21, 2024
Biden said that he will inform the country about his decision in detail in the coming days. Joe Biden himself tweeted about his decision. He said in this tweet, ‘My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and now I will use all my strength to fulfill my duties as President during the rest of my term.’
My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best… pic.twitter.com/x8DnvuImJV
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 21, 2024
Kamala Harris will be the next contender!
Biden further said that after becoming a presidential candidate in the 2020 elections, his first decision was to choose Kamala Harris as the Vice President. He called this decision the best decision. Along with this, Biden further said, ‘Today I want to give my full support to make Kamala Harris the candidate from the party this year.’ Biden made it clear here that now Kamala Harris will be the presidential candidate from the Democrats.
The time has come to defeat Trump- Biden
Here Biden also targeted Donald Trump. Attacking the Republican presidential candidate Trump, he said, Come on Democrats, now is the time to unite and defeat Trump.
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