Biden drops out of 2024 race after weeks of pressure, endorses Harris
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The 81-year-old president said he's bowing out after remaining defiant for weeks in the face of calls to withdraw from the 2024 race.

The 81-year-old president said he’s bowing out after remaining defiant for weeks in the face of calls to withdraw from the 2024 race.

    • Optional@lemmy.world
      103·
      2 years ago

      Biden was shaky at best. I doubt there was a real chance he would have survived four more years of the most stressful job in the world (for an honest person, trump of course doesn’t work like that).

      I think he did the right thing, and his administration was very successful and more progressive than I think most of us expected. I’d vote for him again, but I don’t think it was best for everyone.

            • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
              7·
              2 years ago

              Biden was far better of a President than I thought he’d be. But the way our dumb media works, and the way our elections are done, there is almost no way he was going to win after that debate performance. Then pile on the performances after that.

              Trump and lie, lie, lie and openly state he’s going to be a dictator out for personal vendettas and the “liberal media” is going to maybe mention that, then move on to talking about how frail and senile Biden is. Even if he’s only lost a bit of his edge.

              Let’s have a primary of sorts, and pick the candidate that can most likely WIN.

                • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
                  3·
                  2 years ago

                  I really don’t see how this has any real negative effect. A large portion of voters would vote for my dog over Trump, and every one of those voters will happily switch over to Harris. And now we have a sharper more energetic candidate to win over the rest. And everyone always says a month = 10 years in politics, so 4 months should be plenty of time.

        • ABCDE@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 years ago

          I can’t comment on him enduring four more years of leading the natio

          That is exactly what this is about, not that he hasn’t done the job until now.