President Biden Ends His Reelection Campaign. Now What?
The NPR Politics Podcast
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🗓️ 21 July 2024
⏱️ 13 minutes
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| 0:30.0 | I'm Sarah McCammon, I cover the presidential campaign. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm Tamar Keith, I cover the White House. And I'm Sarah McCammon I cover the presidential campaign I'm Tamar Keith I cover the White House and I'm |
| 0:34.8 | Domenica our senior political editor and correspondent and it is 3.39 p.m. Eastern time on |
| 0:40.8 | Sunday July 21st and we're in your feed with breaking news. |
| 0:45.0 | Today on the show President Biden is out of the presidential race. |
| 0:49.3 | He announced the decision in a letter earlier this afternoon posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. |
| 0:55.3 | Let's start there, Dominico Tam, what did the President say about his decision? |
| 0:59.9 | He addressed this letter to the American people, and he said that it has been the |
| 1:03.8 | greatest honor of his life to serve as their president. He went through a series of |
| 1:08.5 | accomplishments and then he said quote and while it has been my intention to seek re-election, I believe it is in the best interest |
| 1:16.2 | of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus on fulfilling his duties as |
| 1:21.6 | President of the United States. |
| 1:23.0 | Later in another social media post, |
| 1:25.0 | he threw his full endorsement behind Vice President Harris. |
| 1:29.0 | He's been under just immense pressure |
| 1:31.0 | to make this statement, to take this step. |
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