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Breaking News:President Biden announced he would be ending his campaign for a second term after almost a month of pressure from congressional Democrats.
“It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your president,” Mr. Biden said in a letter posted on social media. “And while it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as president for the remainder of my term.”
Biden’s age has been a central concern to his campaign against former President Donald Trump, and his debate performance on June 27 only exacerbated doubts about his ability to beat Trump and carry out out a second term.
In less than a month, Biden went from confidently committing to seeing his campaign through to Election Day to announcing his decision to step aside and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris instead. Here are the events that led up to Biden’s historic move.
Biden and Trump debate for the first time since 2020. The 81-year-old president seeks to use the forum to demonstrate to his supporters and naysayers alike that he was equipped to win again in November and serve a second term.
Instead, the 90-minute debate resulted in Democratic Party panic over Biden’s ability to defeat Trump in the upcoming election.