Vice-president Kamala Harris has promised to do everything in her power to defeat Donald Trump in November's election.
Long-time friend of Joe Biden, Bob Mulholland (00:00) and former Obama adviser Johanna Maska (02:24) join Nick Ferrari to give their reaction as the President flips the race on its head.
Joe Biden, 81, confirmed that he will no longer be seeking a second term on Sunday evening.
Moments after announcing he was stepping down from the White House race, he took to Twitter to endorse Harris.
Following the endorsement, Ms Harris said she was "honoured" to have his backing.
While Ms Harris has the backing of the current president, it is unclear at the moment if she will be selected unopposed as the new candidate.
The focus will now be on the Democratic National Convention which takes place next month in Chicago, where the party will pick its candidate to face-off against Republican nominee Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance.
The President had faced growing pressure from his own party to step aside after a disastrous debate performance against Trump last month.
Speculation around his health reached fever pitch during the Nato summit where he mistakenly called Ukraine's President Zelenskyy, President Putin.
Trump's immediate response to Biden's decision was to describe him as "the worst president in the history of our country."
He added that he thinks Harris will be even easier to defeat than Biden.
However, fighting back, Harris said: “I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic Party - and unite our nation - to defeat Donald Trump and his extreme Project 2025 agenda."
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5 сен 2024
