Joe Biden will seek re-election in 2024

He The President of the United States, Joe Bidenannounced this Tuesday that he will run again in the 2024 elections.

“When I ran for president four years ago, I said we were 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) on elections in 2020.

Then Biden also announced his campaign with a video in which he promised 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 along similar lines, but emphasizing the importance of “finishing the job” started during his first term with Vice President Kamala Harris, who will be his VP in 2024.

In addition, the Democrat warned against “MAGA Extremists” – in reference to Trump’s campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again” (Let’s make America great again) – a term he usually uses to refer to Republican lawmakers most closely associated with the controversial conservative former president.

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

Namely, Biden announced yesterday that he would make his candidacy official “very soon” and repeated that he had already made a decision about 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?
Biden could fight in 2024 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 party’s primary elections despite the fact that he is involved in several legal 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 hinted that they are interested in running, such as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis or former vice president with Trump Mike Pence, although no one has yet decided to take that step.

On the democratic side, Biden It seems that he will have a clear field, because the bigwigs of the party have ruled out candidacy and only have marginal competition.

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

He Democratic National Committee he fully supports Biden and has already said he has no plans to host the primary debates.

Actually, Democratic National Committee He changed the primary calendar in line with the president’s wishes, favoring South Carolina, where Biden re-emerged in 2020, after heavy losses in Iowa and New Hampshire, traditionally early vote 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 his vice president, and both won the 2008 and 2012 elections.