Biden Exits The Race, Kamala Harris Races To Replace Him
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🗓️ 22 July 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
President Joe Biden announced Sunday he is ending his re-election bid and is throwing his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic Party’s nominee in November. It’s the latest bombshell shakeup to this year’s presidential race. Biden said in a statement, “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.” In her own statement, Harris said she intends to “earn and win the nomination.” Within hours, a number of big-name Democrats endorsed Harris, though party leadership remained notably quiet on her candidacy as of late Sunday. California Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee talks about why she thinks it’s time for the party to unite around Harris, while Axios National Political Correspondent Alex Thompson explains what’s next for Harris to successfully campaign.
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| 0:00.0 | It is what a day. |
| 0:06.0 | It is Monday July 22nd. I'm Josie Duffy Rice. |
| 0:10.0 | And I'm Travel Anderson and this is what a day. |
| 0:13.8 | Y'all, the unprecedented times keep unprecedented |
| 0:17.4 | so there can only be one headline today |
| 0:19.9 | because on Sunday President Joe Biden ended his 2024 presidential campaign. |
| 0:25.3 | Joe Biden, the 46 President of the United States, announcing this afternoon that he will no |
| 0:30.4 | longer be the Democratic presidential nominee for this election. |
| 0:34.2 | The president announced the news in a statement writing, quote, |
| 0:37.8 | I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on |
| 0:44.6 | fulfilling my duties as president for the remainder of my term. He also |
| 0:48.8 | released a separate statement endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic Party's new nominee for president. |
| 0:55.5 | Harris released her own statement writing quote I am honored to have the president's |
| 1:00.6 | endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this |
| 1:04.1 | nomination. It has truly been a big day. We are recording this at 9 p.m. |
| 1:09.8 | eastern on Sunday night and things have been moving very, very fast since the news broke on |
| 1:15.2 | Sunday afternoon. Democrats were pretty united in expressing their support |
| 1:19.6 | for the president's decision to drop out. So tell us about their reaction to the news yesterday. |
| 1:24.8 | Yeah, there was a major focus on Biden's legacy and everything his |
| 1:29.8 | administration has accomplished and many high high profile Democrats on the hill |
| 1:34.5 | were quick to get behind Harris. |
| 1:36.9 | Representatives Alexandria Acazio Cortez, |
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