
(TotalConservative.com) – President Joe Biden announced that he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race, a decision not surprising to most Americans despite Biden’s adamant statements that he would remain in the contest even after a disastrous first debate performance against former President Donald Trump.
On Sunday, July 21, Biden and his campaign shared a letter from the president in which he officially bowed out of the race and said he would instead focus on finishing his first term while passing the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris. The letter said that while it was his “intention to seek reelection,” he believed standing down was in “the best interest” of his party and the country. Biden said he would instead “focus slowly on fulfilling” his presidential duties for the remainder of his term.
Ever since his debate with Trump on June 27, calls for Biden to withdraw from the race and even to step down from office entirely increased rapidly amid growing concerns about his mental acuity and physical endurance.
Despite those calls and concerns, Biden maintained that he would stay in the race. Then, on July 17, he said that the only thing that would make him withdraw is if a doctor advised him to. The next day, it was announced Biden received a positive COVID test, he canceled a speaking event in Nevada and then flew back to Delaware.
After missing in action for days, Biden’s official social media pages shared a letter from the president announcing his withdrawal from the race. In a subsequent post, he endorsed Harris, who delivered her first remarks on Monday, July 22, and already captured most of the Democratic delegates.
Rumors began to circulate that Biden was either in hospice care or maybe even dead as Americans were puzzled by how the withdrawal was handled so informally. He dispelled those rumors after boarding Air Force One in Delaware to head back to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to address the nation on Wednesday, July 24.
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