President Joe Biden, who maintained for weeks that he would stay in the race, has announced he is dropping out after all.
On Truth Social, former President Donald Trump reacted, saying, “Crooked Joe Biden was not fit to run for President, and is certainly not fit to serve - And never was! He only attained the position of President by lies, Fake News, and not leaving his Basement. All those around him, including his Doctor and the Media, knew that he wasn’t capable of being President, and he wasn’t - And now, look what he’s done to our Country, with millions of people coming across our Border, totally unchecked and unvetted, many from prisons, mental institutions, and record numbers of terrorists. We will suffer greatly because of his presidency, but we will remedy the damage he has done very quickly. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Trump also posted that, “Crooked Joe Biden is the Worst President, by far, in the History of our Nation. He has done everything possible to destroy our Country, from our Southern Border, to Energy Dominance, National Security, International Standing, and so much more. He was annihilated in an Earth Shattering Debate, and now the Corrupt and Radical Democrats are throwing him overboard. He was not fit to serve from the very beginning, but the people around him lied to America about his Complete and Total Mental, Physical, and Cognitive Demise. Whoever the Left puts up now will just be more of the same.”
Biden made his announcement after no less than three dozen Democrats in Congress called for the President to step aside.
Reports had said that former President Barack Obama had told people Biden’s path to beating Donald Trump had gotten more difficult. It has also been reported that Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer had turned on Biden as well.
The President’s first statement did not mention anything about endorsing Kama Harris, his Vice President, as the new Democrat nominee. A second statement has since been released, fully endorsing Harris.
”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 decision I’ve made. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this.”
Things started unraveling for the President in the aftermath of his debate with Donald Trump in Atlanta on June 27th. He never recovered from that performance, and had lost the confidence, reportedly, of major Democrat donors.
Biden’s move also comes eight days after Trump approved an attempted assassination at a rally in Pennsylvania. Trump then selected Ohio Senator JD Vance as his running mate, and accepted the GOP nomination at the convention in Milwaukee.
Biden has been in Delaware for the last few days after being diagnosed with COVID in Nevada.
This is the first time an incumbent President has decided not to run for reelection since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968.