SAN ANTONIO – Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States, has ended his 2024 bid for reelection to the White House.
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Biden made the announcement on his Twitter account Sunday afternoon.
“It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President,” Biden’s statement read, in part. “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 stand down and focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term.”
In a second Sunday afternoon tweet, Biden announced his endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris as the new Democratic nominee for President of the United States.
My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best… pic.twitter.com/x8DnvuImJV
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 21, 2024
“My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best decision I’ve made,” Biden’s second tweet read, in part. “Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year.”
Former San Antonio mayor Julián Castro quote-tweeted Biden’s first announcement. In it, Castro called Biden an “excellent president” and a “true statesman.”
“President Biden deserves enormous credit for bringing the nation back from COVID, reinvigorating our economy, moving us forward to address climate change, among many other accomplishments,” Castro said in the tweet.
President Biden deserves enormous credit for bringing the nation back from Covid, reinvigorating our economy, moving us forward to address climate change, among many other accomplishments.
He’s been an excellent president. And today, he’s shown that’s he’s a true statesman. https://t.co/SLWgz86N1k
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) July 21, 2024
After Biden made his endorsement official, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said he would consider tripling “the border wall, razor wire barriers and National Guard on the border” in a tweet.
Joe Biden has now endorsed and fully supports his “Borders Czar” Kamala Harris to be the Democrat candidate for president.
I think I will need to triple the border wall, razor wire barriers and National Guard on the border. https://t.co/1FYhuOP3vX
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) July 21, 2024
Former President and current Republican nominee Donald Trump reacted to Biden’s end of his reelection bid just before 1:30 p.m. central time on Truth Social, his social media platform.
“We will suffer greatly because of his presidency, but we will remedy the damage he has done very quickly,” Trump’s post read, in part.
Check back for more updates as this story develops.
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