Biden's out. Here's what's next.
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🗓️ 21 July 2024
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The move comes after weeks of calls for Biden to step aside after concerns about his fitness for the job.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Senior White House Correspondent Tamara Keith and National Political Correspondent Mara Liasson about what this means for the Democratic Party in the months ahead to the election.
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| 0:00.0 | President Joe Biden has been on defense. |
| 0:03.0 | Look, I mean, if the Lord Almighty came out and said, |
| 0:06.5 | Joe, get out of the race, I can get out of the race. |
| 0:08.0 | The Lord Almighty's not coming down. |
| 0:09.5 | Is he going to stay in the race? |
| 0:11.5 | Is he going to drop out? |
| 0:13.4 | What's you going to do? |
| 0:15.3 | Well, here's my answer. |
| 0:16.4 | I am running and going to win again. |
| 0:20.0 | But after a disastrous debate performance in June, |
| 0:24.0 | pressure from his own party continued to mount |
| 0:26.6 | for him to step aside. |
| 0:28.3 | Well, that pressure reached a breaking point |
| 0:30.6 | and President Biden announced in a statement on Sunday that he will not seek |
| 0:35.0 | re-election. Consider this. President Biden made a historic decision to |
| 0:40.7 | endorse his Vice President Kamala Harris to take his spot at the top of the Democratic |
| 0:46.2 | ticket. Will the party and the voters get behind Harris? From NPR, I'm Mary Louise Kelly. |
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