Former US President Barack Obama praised Joe Biden for deciding to drop out of the 2024 presidential race, stating that Biden “has been one in all America’s most consequential presidents … he’s s a patriot of the best order”.
Obama, nevertheless, didn’t clarify whether or not he would second Biden’s endorsement of Kamal Harris because the Democratic nominee
The previous president acknowledged that Joe has “by no means backed down from a struggle” and the choice to again down would have been powerful for him.
“For him to have a look at the political panorama and determine that he ought to move the torch to a brand new nominee is unquestionably one of many hardest in his life. However I do know he wouldn’t make this resolution except he believed it was proper for America. It’s a testomony to Joe Biden’s love of nation — and a historic instance of a real public servant as soon as once more placing the pursuits of the American folks forward of his personal that future generations of leaders will do properly to comply with,” mentioned Obama.
“We will likely be navigating uncharted waters within the days forward. However I’ve extraordinary confidence that the leaders of our occasion will be capable of create a course of from which an impressive nominee emerges,” he mentioned, including: “I imagine that Joe Biden’s imaginative and prescient of a beneficiant, affluent, and united America that gives alternative for everybody will likely be on full show on the Democratic Conference in August. And I anticipate that each single one in all us are ready to hold that message of hope and progress ahead into November and past.”
Obama, nevertheless, didn’t clarify whether or not he would second Biden’s endorsement of Kamal Harris because the Democratic nominee
The previous president acknowledged that Joe has “by no means backed down from a struggle” and the choice to again down would have been powerful for him.
“For him to have a look at the political panorama and determine that he ought to move the torch to a brand new nominee is unquestionably one of many hardest in his life. However I do know he wouldn’t make this resolution except he believed it was proper for America. It’s a testomony to Joe Biden’s love of nation — and a historic instance of a real public servant as soon as once more placing the pursuits of the American folks forward of his personal that future generations of leaders will do properly to comply with,” mentioned Obama.
“We will likely be navigating uncharted waters within the days forward. However I’ve extraordinary confidence that the leaders of our occasion will be capable of create a course of from which an impressive nominee emerges,” he mentioned, including: “I imagine that Joe Biden’s imaginative and prescient of a beneficiant, affluent, and united America that gives alternative for everybody will likely be on full show on the Democratic Conference in August. And I anticipate that each single one in all us are ready to hold that message of hope and progress ahead into November and past.”
