WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will handle the nation from the Oval Workplace on Wednesday night on his resolution to drop his 2024 Democratic reelection bid.
Biden posted on X that he would communicate “on what lies ahead” and the way he’ll “finish the job for the American people.” He’ll communicate at 8 p.m. ET.
He declined to preview his message after he returned to Washington, telling reporters to “watch and listen.”
“Why don’t you wait and hear what I say?” he mentioned.
The president departed Delaware shortly earlier than 2 p.m. on Tuesday, after almost every week of isolating at his Rehoboth Seashore house after his second bout with COVID-19. Biden is now testing detrimental for the virus and his signs have resolved, based on a letter from his physician, Kevin O’Connor, launched Tuesday.
Holding a blue paper masks, he instructed reporters that “I am feeling well” however didn’t reply different questions, similar to whether or not Vice President Kamala Harris can defeat Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
Biden has not been seen publicly since July 17, however he referred to as right into a marketing campaign assembly on Monday to handle employees and specific his assist for Harris’ bid to switch him a day after asserting he would depart the race.
The White Home, in the meantime, dismissed Republican requires Biden to step down from the presidency.
“I think that’s ridiculous. Seriously,” mentioned White Home press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on ABC’s “The View.” “The president decided to not run for reelection. That’s it. That’s all he decided on. He wants to continue to do the work.”
She mentioned the administration will “run through the finish line” and the top of Biden’s presidency in January.
Jean-Pierre argued that Biden’s leaving the race was him placing the nation forward of himself, saying, “This president was a public servant for 54 years.”
She shortly added, “We’re not done yet. He stepped down from being the nominee, but he’s still the president.”
