US President Joe Biden, who dropped out of the 2024 White Home race, endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris because the presidential nominee for the Democratic occasion.
“My fellow Democrats, I’ve determined to not settle for the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the rest of my time period. My very first determination because the occasion nominee in 2020 was to choose Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been one of the best determination I’ve made. At present I need to provide my full assist and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our occasion this 12 months,” Biden wrote in a put up on X.
He additional urged the Democrats to return collectively and beat Donald Trump within the Presidential race.
In the meantime, Harris stated that she is “honoured” to have Biden’s endorsement, including that her intention is to “earn and win” the nomination.
“I’ll do all the things in my energy to unite the Democratic Celebration—and unite our nation—to defeat Donald Trump and his excessive Mission 2025 agenda,” she wrote on X.
She additionally thanked Biden for his “extraordinary management” as President of the USA and for his “many years of service to the nation”.
Notably, Harris, the primary black Indian-origin lady, who’s serving because the US Vice President, joined the Biden ticket after a rocky and abbreviated run of her personal for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. If she is made the Democratic presidential nominee and goes on to win the polls, Harris will develop into the primary lady, second black particular person to be President of America.
Biden introduced his determination to drop out of the Presidential race on Sunday amid the escalating strain from Democratic allies pushing him to step down after his poor efficiency through the debate with Donald Trump.
Based on Biden, this determination is within the “greatest curiosity” of the nation and his occasion.
“It has been the best honor of my life to function your President. And whereas it has been my intention to hunt reelection, I imagine it’s in one of the best curiosity of my occasion and the nation for me to face down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the rest of my time period,” he wrote in a letter posted on X.
The 81-year-old President additionally expressed his gratitude in direction of individuals and thanked his Vice President, Kamala Harris, for being an “extraordinary associate” in all of the work throughout his tenure.
“…And let me categorical my heartfelt appreciation to the American individuals for the religion and belief you’ve gotten positioned in me. I imagine right this moment what I all the time have: that there’s nothing America cannot do – once we do it collectively. We simply have to recollect we’re the USA of America,” he added.
