President Biden has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, caving to pressure from Democrats who agitated for him to step aside after a debate performance that left the political world in shock.
Biden announced his decision in a social media post Sunday afternoon.
The debate set off weeks of calamity around Biden’s campaign with Democratic lawmakers, donors, high-profile political analysts and celebrities abandoning any chance he had of winning in November against former President Trump.
It culminated this week in reports of senior Democratic leaders in Congress urging Biden to step aside. Matters were not helped when Biden tested positive for COVID-19, which forced him to go into isolation.
Biden had secured enough delegates during this year’s primary season to formally accept the Democratic nomination at the party’s convention, which was slated to begin Aug. 19 in Chicago.
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