Biden drops out LIVE: President refuses to endorse Kamala Harris

Former President Donald Trump tells CNN in a phone call minutes after Biden announced he is dropping out of the 2024 race and endorsing Kamala Harris.

He is the worst president in the history of our country. He goes down as the single worst president by far in the history of our country.

Trump went on to say he thinks Kamala will be easier to beat this November than Biden – or any other Democrat.

President Joe Biden has endorsed and given his full support to his Vice President to Kamala Harris after he dropped out of the presidential race.

In his letter announcing his historic move, he stopped short of saying he should be her replacement.

One of President Biden’s close supporters and a person whose name had been floated as a possible replacement California Governor Gavin Newsom reacted to the president’s bombshell announcement on X.

‘President Biden has been an extraordinary, history-making president — a leader who has fought hard for working people and delivered astonishing results for all Americans,’ Newsom wrote.

‘He will go down in history as one of the most impactful and selfless presidents. Thank you,@JoeBiden.’

He did not make any indication of what he believes needs to happen next.

President Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race on Sunday setting off an unprecedented chain of events that sets Democrats scrambling to to have a nominee for the top of the ticket in place with less than four months to go before Election Day.

The Democratic National Convention is set to kick off August 19 through 22 in Chicago where Biden had been set to formally accept the nomination having received 3,896 delegates during the primaries.

More than 4,600 delegates and thousand of other party officials will now head to the city without Biden as the presumptive nominee for the Democratic ticket.

The president made the announcement in a letter to his fellow Americans where he wrote it has been the greatest honor of his life to serve as president.

‘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 to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term,’ he wrote.

He did not make an endorsement of another Democrat, instead writing he would speak to the country later this week with more details about his decision.

President Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race on Sunday setting off an unprecedented chain of events that sets Democrats scrambling to to have a nominee for the top of the ticket in place with less than four months to go before Election Day.

The Democratic National Convention is set to kick off August 19 through 22 in Chicago where Biden had been set to formally accept the nomination having received 3,896 delegates during the primaries.

More than 4,600 delegates and thousand of other party officials will now head to the city without Biden as the presumptive nominee for the Democratic ticket.

Here’s what happens next:

President Joe Biden has dropped out of the 2024 race in a seismic decision sparked by a relentless campaign from Democrats demanding he drop out because of his cognitive decline and his dire chances against Donald Trump.

The 81-year-old stepped aside Sunday after facing weeks of questions over his fitness to serve following his disastrous presidential debate performance that sparked a series of fumbles he could not recover from.

His extraordinary move comes after a 50-year career in politics that culminated in the White House.

Biden announced his historic decision in a one-page letter where he committed to completing his term, but not fully endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the replacement.

Now Democrats must race to shore up their campaign behind a new nominee with less than four months until voting day.

‘It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President,’ Biden wrote in a letter posted to his X account on Sunday.

‘And while it has been my intention to seek reelection,’ he went on, ‘I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term.’

I’m nothing but proud today of my Pop, our President, Joe Biden, who has served our country with every bit of his soul and with unmatched distinction. Not only has he been—and will continue to be—the most effective president of our lifetime, but he has likely already cemented himself as the most effective and impactful public servant in our nation’s history.

He has been at the center of, and had a material impact on, literally every single major issue that our country and world has faced for 50 years. Our world is better today in so many ways thanks to him. To the Americans who have always had his back, keep the faith. He will always have ours.

Joe Biden has backed out of the presidential race.

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