107 Days Until Election Day
President Joe Biden has just announced he will not seek a second term. In a stunning move for voters and a wish granted for high level Democrats in Congress, Donors from both parties and Donald Trump,Biden now steps down after 3 and a half years of rebuilding the country.
The stunning move upends what has been a long general election rematch between Biden and Trump, both of whom handily won their party’s primaries, with less than four months until the November contest.
Publicly, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said they supported Biden during the party’s turmoil. Privately, they were said to have been sympathetic to the view held by a growing number of congressional Democrats that Biden was on a path to lose to Trump.
Schumer went to Delaware to speak to Biden, and made the case that it would be best if Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl reported.
As the Vice President, Kamala Harris is the assumed nominee for the party. President Biden is quoted as choosing her because of her qualifications to serve as President and will endorse her for the role.
Updates coming as the story develops.
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