OAN Staff Avril Elfie
9:46am – Sunday, December 29, 2024
President Joe Biden still regrets withdrawing from the 2024 presidential race, according to reports.
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washington post The report, citing people familiar with the debate, said the president recently told friends that he was forced to withdraw from the campaign due to his poor performance in the June debate and low approval ratings. Despite this, he said he still believes he could have defeated Trump in the November election. Race.
Democrats began urging Biden to withdraw after his June 27 debate performance so that someone could run in his place.th.
Additionally, much of the president's support dried up last summer as donors began to doubt his ability to defeat Trump.
With just over three months until the election, Biden withdrew from the race on July 21 and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris.cent.
Harris lost to Trump by 2.2 million votes.
new york post Mr. Biden was careful not to criticize Ms. Harris, but said he had told aides that “if she had not withdrawn, she could have won.''
According to new york times In September, Biden continued to believe in his ability to defeat Trump even after leaving office.
According to reports, Biden acknowledged his mistakes, including his performance in debates, and expressed regret over his choice of Merrick Garland as attorney general. post.
Mr. Biden was persuaded to do so by officials who insisted that Mr. Garland would be the consensus choice, but believed that Mr. Garland's prosecution of Mr. Trump was too slow and his prosecution of his son Hunter was too harsh. It was unofficially stated that there was.
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