President Biden publicly addressed the nation on Wednesday for the first time after announcing Sunday that he’d withdrawn from the 2024 campaign for a pending re-election.
He cited things he’s done since being inaugurated, but he also said the election is up to the ‘American people,’ just a moment after he gave his endorsement to Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor.
“In just a few months, the American people will choose the course of America’s future. I made my choice. I’ve made my views known,” Biden said from the White House. “I would like to thank our great vice president, Kamala Harris. She is experienced, she is tough, she is capable. She’s been an incredible partner to me and a leader for our country.
“Now the choice is up to you, the American people. When you make that choice, remember the words of Benjamin Franklin hanging on my wall here in the Oval Office, alongside the busts of Dr. King and Rosa Parks and Cesar Chavez.”
Biden won the needed votes to clinch delegates for re-election. Now, it seems like Harris will be the presumed Democratic candidate to run against former President Donald Trump in the general election this fall.
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