President Biden Withdraws from Presidential Race, Endorses Kamala Harris

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🗓️ 22 July 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In a historic move on Sunday, President Joe Biden withdrew from the presidential race. In a tweet, he offered his “full support and endorsement” to Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor. We’ll spend both hours of Forum talking with KQED’s politics team and checking in with others about what’s next for the democratic party and the presidential race. Guests: Rusty Hicks, chairman, California Democratic Party Eleni Kounalakis, lieutenant governor for the state of California Jared Huffman, U.S. Representative for California's 2nd congressional district John Garamendi, U.S. Representative for California's 8th congressional district; former California Lt Governor Marisa Lagos, politics correspondent, KQED; co-host of KQED's Political Breakdown Guy Marzorati, correspondent, KQED's California Politics and Government Desk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.3	You sold my guitar?
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0:45.9	From KQBD in San Francisco, this is Forum. I'm Mina Kim. Many of California's top Democrats and donors are throwing their support behind fellow
1:11.3	Californian Kamala Harris after Joe Biden announced his exit from the presidential race and
1:16.2	quickly endorsed his vice president. Here's Long Beach Congressman Robert Garcia.
1:19.8	I think what's going to be really clear in this moment is she'll have a real decisive path
1:25.5	to take on Donald Trump by prosecuting the case against him every single day.
1:31.1	The dramatic move late in the presidential election has thrown the Democratic Party into new territory.
1:36.8	We talk with state and congressional leaders and party chairs about how they're navigating the shift
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