US Vice President Kamala Harris said on Thursday that Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the 2024 election race this summer was one of the “boldest” decisions any president has made.
“I think history will show that President Biden made a decision that is probably one of the boldest decisions a president has made, that he put the country ahead of his personal interest,” Harris said during a Las Vegas event sponsored by Univision. It has been decided to keep it up.” Spanish-language television network, according to press pool reporters. His comments were broadcast on television, dubbed into Spanish.
“I believe the stakes right now are exceptionally high, and potentially, some might say, historians have said unprecedented.”
The Democratic presidential nominee made the comments after a pollster pressed him on whether he was leaning toward Trump and expressed concern over how Biden dropped out of the race. The voter said he wanted clarity on why Harris became the nominee without going through a competitive primary process.
Biden ended his re-election bid on July 21, after facing weeks of pressure from prominent Democratic elected officials and donors concerned about his age and fitness. Biden immediately endorsed Harris, who locked up the endorsements of enough Democratic delegates to secure the party’s nomination.
Harris said in an interview Tuesday on ABC News’ “The View” that there was “nothing” she would have done differently from Biden as president. The remarks were seized upon by Donald Trump’s campaign, which wants voters to see the Republican former president as a replacement candidate in 2024.
Harris said Biden, who is not making regular campaign appearances on her behalf, has been a key participant and supporter and that her decision to leave the race is a sharp contrast with Trump, who never accepted his defeat in the 2020 election. Didn’t do it.
According to pool reporters, he said, “As the American people we really have a choice to choose a path that is either about the rule of law, democracy or praising dictators.”
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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