President Biden addressed the nation Wednesday evening for the first time since bowing out of the 2024 presidential race, saying it's time to pass the torch to a 'new generation.'
President Biden addressed the nation for the first time on Wednesday since bowing out of the 2024 election, saying he is passing the torch to 'a new generation' while again throwing his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris in her campaign to secure the Democratic Party's nomination. 'I decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. It's the best way to unite our nation.
Biden announced his exit from the presidential race on Sunday evening in an X post while self-isolating in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, following a COVID-19 diagnosis last Wednesday. After suffering 'mild symptoms' and 'general malaise' after his diagnosis, he received a negative diagnosis on Tuesday of this week and returned to the White House.
Dozens of members of Congress began publicly thanking Biden for his work in the White House and decades in public office while calling on him to pass the torch to another candidate. Shortly after his announcement on Sunday afternoon, Biden endorsed Vice President Harris to pick up the mantle and make a run for the party's nomination. As of Tuesday, Harris had enough delegates to lock up the nomination, which will be certified by the DNC next month.
Biden's announcement on dropping out was made just more than a week after an assassination attempt on Trump's life during a rally in Pennsylvania and just days after the Republican National Convention wrapped up in Milwaukee, where Trump was officially declared to be the Republican Party's nominee.
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