The current president of the United States, Joe Biden, announced this Sunday his withdrawal from the presidential race leading up to the elections on November 5; however, after stepping down from the candidacy, the president offered his support to his vice president, Kamala Harris.
"Democratic colleagues, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to concentrate all my energies on my duties as president for the remainder of my term," Biden said in a message posted on his personal account on the social network X.
"My first decision as the party's candidate in 2020 was to choose Kamala Harris as my vice president. And it has been the best decision I have made," the president stated to affirm the possible nomination of his current vice president, the first woman to hold that position in the country's history.
"Today I want to offer all my support and backing for Kamala to be our party's candidate this year. Democrats: it is time to unite and defeat Trump. Let's do it," concluded Biden.
The first African American (of Asian and Caribbean descent) to declare herself a senator for California since 2016 and former attorney general of that state, the most populous in the U.S., Harris was considered by political experts as the breath of fresh air that the Democratic candidacy needed in 2020, which brought in millions of votes, making Biden the most voted president in the country's history in that election.
In his message to the nation this Sunday, in which he withdrew from the Republican Party nomination for this year's elections, Biden mentioned that “it has been the greatest honor of my life to serve you as your president. 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 step back and focus solely on fulfilling my duties as president for the remainder of my term.”
He also announced that he will communicate with the nation this week to explain more details about his decision. President Biden is recovering from COVID-19, a disease he announced he had contracted a few days ago.
Concerns about Biden's candidacy have been growing among members of the Democratic Party, which will hold its National Convention from Monday, August 19 to Thursday, August 22.
Voices like that of former president Barack Obama, of whom Biden was vice president, urged the president to consider his candidacy for the upcoming elections as the path to a Democratic victory has greatly diminished.
Precisely, a poll by the CNN network indicated that Harris is capturing more attention from voters heading into the elections on November 5, which will decide who will govern the country from 2025 to 2029, competing against former president Donald Trump, who has already accepted the Republican Party's nomination.
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