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US presidential election: Joe Biden announces withdrawal of candidacy
US presidential election: Joe Biden announces withdrawal of candidacy
(France 2)
US President Joe Biden announced on Sunday, July 21, that he is withdrawing his candidacy for the presidential election. The Democrat has given his support to his vice-president, Kamala Harris.
The announcement came as a bolt from the blue. On Sunday, July 21, in a letter to the nation, Joe Biden announced to the American people that he would not run for president in November.It is the greatest honor of my life to have served as president. But in the interest of my party and my country, I must step down“, he wrote. For several weeks, his health had been at the heart of all concerns. Doubts exacerbated after his calamitous performance during the first debate against Donald Trump, where he could not even finish his sentences.
One after another, Democratic lawmakers urged him to drop out of the race for the White House. Who could run in his place? Vice President Kamala Harris seems to be the natural candidate to succeed him. But the Democratic Party could also choose a new candidate next August, at the party convention.
