President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are scheduled to appear together for the first time since Election Day at a Veterans Day ceremony on Monday.
According to the president's published schedule, Biden and Harris are scheduled to participate in a wreath-laying ceremony with full presidential military honors at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier starting at 11 a.m. ET. First Lady Jill Biden and Deputy Gentleman Doug Emhoff are also expected to attend. Biden is then scheduled to speak at a National Veterans Day event at Memorial Amphitheater. First Lady Harris and her second son are also scheduled to attend.
As Democrats continue President-elect Donald Trump's policies Some of Harris' supporters said Biden's decision to continue his re-election campaign into the summer, despite longstanding concerns about his age, inflation and border security, all but sealed the party's surrender of the White House. expressing dissatisfaction.
According to the Associated Press, Andrew Yang, who ran against Biden for the Democratic nomination in 2020 and supported Harris' unsuccessful bid, said, “The biggest responsibility for this defeat lies with President Biden.'' . “If he had resigned in January instead of in July, we could have been in a very different situation.”
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This will be Vice President Kamala Harris and President Biden's first public appearance together since Harris lost to President-elect Donald Trump. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Tom Riley, co-director of the Center for Independent and Sustainable Democracy at Arizona State University, told The Associated Press that “probably in 20 or 30 years, history will remember these accomplishments of Mr. Biden.” spoke. “But in the short term, I don't know if he can escape the history of defeating Donald Trump, which resulted in a new Donald Trump administration four years later.”
On Thursday, Biden gave a short speech on the election results in the White House Rose Garden.
President Biden speaks about the results of the 2024 election in the White House Rose Garden in Washington, DC, on November 7, 2024. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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“I know these are difficult times. I know you're hurting. I hear you, I see you. But please don't forget, I'm here. “Let's not forget all that we've accomplished,” but not by Harris. “It's been a historic presidency. Not because I'm the president, but because of what we've done, what you've done. It's been a presidency for all Americans.”
Mr. Biden said he congratulated Mr. Trump on the phone, and the two men are scheduled to meet on Wednesday to discuss the presidential transition.
The president issued a statement shortly after Harris gave her concession speech on Wednesday, praising her for waging a “historic campaign” under “extraordinary circumstances.”
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks with supporters after conceding to President-elect Donald Trump at the Howard University Yard on November 6, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Democrats have been caught up in a wave of anti-incumbency in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, which has upended governments in democracies around the world, regardless of ideology. . He did not directly answer questions about criticism that Biden took too long to leave office.
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“He believed he had made the right decision,” Jean-Pierre said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
