Biden announces that he will run again in the 2024 presidential election

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The President of the United States, Joe Biden, announced this Tuesday that he will run for re-election in 2024. “When I ran for president four years ago, I said that we are in a battle for the soul of America. And we still are”said the president in a video titled “Freedom” in which he confirmed that he will run for president again.

Biden chose this Tuesday, April 25, to officially announce his intentions because today marks four years since he launched the campaign that brought him to the White House after defeating then-President Donald Trump (2017-2020) in the elections 2020. So. , Biden also announced his campaign with a video in which he promises to unite a deeply divided society. and save the “soul” of the nation, after four years of Trump in the White House.

This time his message was of a similar tone, but with an emphasis on importance “get the job done” started during his first term together with vice president Kamala Harris, who will also be his vice president in 2024. In addition, the Democrat warned about “MAGA extremists” – in reference to the slogan of the Trump campaign, “Let’s make America great again » (Make America great again) -, a term he usually uses for Republican lawmakers most closely aligned with the controversial conservative former president.

“They’re going to take away those fundamental freedoms, cutting the Social Security you’ve paid for your whole life while cutting taxes for the rich. Dictating the medical decisions women can make, banning books and telling people who they can love“, Biden stated in his message.

The president, who at 80 is the oldest president in United States history, has said for months that he intends to run again. Actually, Biden announced yesterday that he will officially announce his candidacy “very soon” and he repeated that he had already made a decision on the 2024 elections, so all that remained was for him to formally announce it.

During a visit to Ireland on April 14, Biden also said the announcement would come “relatively quickly.” And, a few days earlier, on April 10, Biden took aim at an NBC reporter who was planning to run for office but wasn’t yet ready to officially announce it.

Biden vs. Trump?

In 2024, Biden could fight with former US President Donald Trump (2017-2021), whom he already defeated in 2020. Trump has announced his intention to run for the Republican nomination in the primary election process of that party. despite the fact that he has been embroiled in several judicial problems and has already been formally charged in a criminal case in New York.

In addition to Trump, there are five other candidates on the Republican side: former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, former governor of Arkansas Asa Hutchinson, conservative radio host Larry Elder and businessman Perry Johnson.

Other conservative politicians have also indicated an interest in running, such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis., or former vice president with Trump, Mike Pence, although no one has taken that step at this point. On the Democratic side, Biden seems to have a clear field, since the party’s big figures have ruled out the candidacy and he only has competition from fringe figures.

Specifically, only two people have said they intend to run for the Democratic nomination: environmental lawyer and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy, nephew of President John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) and self-help author Marianne Williamson.

The Democratic National Committee fully supports Biden and has already said it has no plans to host a primary debate. In fact, the Democratic National Committee changed the primary calendar according to the president’s wishesfavoring South Carolina, where Biden re-emerged in 2020, after resounding defeats in Iowa and New Hampshire, traditionally first-ballot states.

Biden tried unsuccessfully to win the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988 and 2008. That year, Democratic candidate and later president Barack Obama (2008-2017) chose Biden as vice president. and both won the 2008 and 2012 elections.