2024-07-23 02:42:09
“Look, I don’t think of myself as anything but a bridge,” 2020. Mr. Biden stated at an election campaign event in March.
“I have a whole generation of leaders behind me. They are the future of this country,” noted Mr. Biden, who later defeated Mr. Trump, but the Republican did not accept his defeat.
It was seen as his primary mission to oust Trump from the White House and make a graceful exit after one term.
Mr. Biden, now 81, will indeed be a one-term president, but he will have become one under tumultuous conditions: long-standing concerns about his age and cognitive abilities have dogged him when he decided to seek a second term.
Bowing to intense and mounting pressure, Mr. Biden announced on Sunday that he was abandoning his ambitions to challenge Mr. Trump again in November. Polls showed that most people in his own Democratic Party felt he was too old to lead the country for another term.
Resistance to withdrawal
There is a tendency for presidential parties to suffer losses in midterm congressional elections, but for Mr. Biden and his Democrats in 2022 did surprisingly well. Fears that the Democrats would lose many seats did not come true.
This is partly due to American anger over the Supreme Court’s decision to end 50 years of federal abortion rights. The court has three new conservative justices appointed by Trump.
Buoyed by his strong showing, Mr. Biden announced a few months later that he would still seek a second term.
“When I ran for president four years ago, I said we were fighting for the soul of America. The fight is still going on,” 2023. Mr. Biden claimed in April.
“The question is whether we will have more or less freedom in the coming years. More or less rights,” announcing his candidacy in 2024. Mr. Biden said in the election.
Mr. Biden and his party had no serious challengers in the Democratic primary, but some within the party grumbled that Mr. Biden was too old to seek a second term.
“No, I spoke very clearly. I would like to see a generational change,” said Democratic Senator from Ohio Tim Ryan.
Polls have shown for some time that many people see Mr. Biden’s age as an issue. June 27 became the beginning of the end. A debate with D. Trump was held in Atlanta. 50 million people watched the president’s lackluster performance on TV screens – he struggled to finish his sentences and sometimes slurred his speech.
Immediately after, calls for Mr. Biden to withdraw poured in, and they began to sound louder and louder. There have also been warnings that Mr. Biden may not defeat Mr. Trump and destroy his own legacy if he insists on running and loses, taking the Democratic Party down with him.
Mr. Biden assured until the end that he would participate in the elections. On Friday, he insisted he would return to the campaign trail next week. But on Sunday, he shared a politically earthshaking message on X. Mr. Biden said that the withdrawal is in the interests of the country and his party.
2024-07-23 02:42:09