President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection. Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to take on Trump, and encouraged his party to unite behind her.
She’s already broken barriers, and now Kamala Harris could become the first Black woman and the first person of South Asian descent to head a major party’s presidential ticket if Democrats nominate her after President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid.he was stepping away from the 2024 raceSome voters were surprised, others not so much following President Joe Biden’s announcement that he will no longer seek reelection. Many say their support waned following his debate performance.
“I sensed, in my interactions with him and in watching him, that he was being very contemplative, and so, I was not surprised,” the South Carolina Democrat told The Associated Press in an interview on Sunday night. Chase, 79, attended a New Hampshire Democratic Party fundraiser featuring California Gov. Gavin Newsom last Monday and came away dismayed at the crowd’s lack of enthusiasm.
A virtual roll call to confirm Biden as the party’s nominee had been planned for no earlier than Aug. 1. Earlier Sunday, DNC chairman Jaime Harrison said the party would have a “transparent and orderly process” to pick their nominee that will be “governed by established rules and procedures of the party.”North Carolina’s Democratic delegation has voted to support Harris at the party’s national convention, Anderson Clayton, the state party’s chair, posted on X.
Of Harris, behind whom he threw his backing earlier Sunday, Clyburn said: “I do think she’s the best candidate, the best-prepared candidate, at this particular juncture.” Asked about Black voters’ willingness to support a female candidate, the South Carolina Democrat said that “you will never know until you get into the contest.”
The statement listed Letitia James, New York; Kwame Raoul, Illinois; Anthony Brown, Maryland; Andrea Campbell, Massachusetts; Keith Ellison, Minnesota; and Aaron Ford, Nevada.Dozens of people are stopping in front of the White House as news of Biden’s departure from the campaign sets in, with chants of “Thank you, Joe” echoing among some of those gathered.
“It’s going to be important for us to show our strength and our unity, that we support not only President Biden’s decision … but we appreciate him endorsing the vice president,” said Steven L. Reed, mayor of Montgomery, Alabama, and the chair of the African American Mayors Association. “That takes a lot of drama out of it.”
The retiring Manchin, who repeatedly irked Democrats with his independent streak but was also a lynchpin on the Biden administration’s biggest legislative accomplishments, was the latest senator to call on Biden to drop his candidacy before the president made his announcement on Sunday.Rev. Jesse Jackson, the influential civil rights activist, former congressman and Democratic presidential candidate, has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president on Sunday.
“She’s his biggest believer, champion, and always on his side, in that trusted way only a spouse of almost 50 years can be.”The Tennessee Democratic Party posted on X that its delegation voted during a meeting Sunday to back Harris after Biden’s departure from the campaign.FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2021, file photo, Pennsylvania’s Democratic attorney general Josh Shapiro speaks to a crowd in Pittsburgh, during his campaign launch address for Pennsylvania governor.
Cher wrote on X that she was “tortured” because she doesn’t believe the Democrats could win without Biden. She said it was time to think “way outside the box” and proposed a split ticket. Frost, who is endorsing Harris, pointed to the vice president’s work on gun violence protection as an issue that could engage young voters and said she “will be able to win back a lot of the youth vote.”FILE - A person walks past the Fox News Headquarters in New York on April 12, 2023. Fox Corp. swung to a third quarter loss Tuesday, May 9, weighed down by Fox News’ nearly $800 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems.
“Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year,” Biden wrote. “Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump. And if you’re with us, donate to her campaign here.”As Vice President Harris looks to lock up the party’s nomination, she is hitting the phones and making her case to Democrats in Congress.
Democratic groups, including the Democratic National Committee, also filed paperwork changing the names of their joint fundraising committees to reflect Harris’ candidacy.A party’s presumptive presidential nominee has never stepped out of the race so close to the election. President Lyndon Johnson, besieged by the Vietnam War, announced in March 1968 that he would not seek another term after just a single state’s primary.
“We have to be making our decisions first and foremost about who can best represent us so we can defeat Trump,” Welch said.The Republican National Committee’s chairman Michael Whatley and co-chairman Lara Trump, issued a statement linking Vice President Harris with Biden’s policies on the border, economy and foreign affairs and accusing her of hiding the president’s “declining health.”
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