Joe Biden has refused to resign
US President Joe Biden announced that he will continue to work as the head of state. After Biden withdrew from the presidential race, the speaker of the House of Representatives, Republican Mike Johnson, called on the head of state to resign.
US President Joe Biden has given up his bid for a second term and announced that he will continue to serve as the head of state.
"We are the United States of America - there is nothing we can't accomplish if we work together. We just need to remember who we are. I have dedicated my presidency to proving that, and I will continue to do so today, tomorrow, and every day for as long as I have the honor of serving as your president. ", the US president said in a statement.
After Biden withdrew from the presidential race, the speaker of the House of Representatives, Republican Mike Johnson, called on the head of state to resign.
" As long as Joe Biden doesn't deserve to run for president, he does n't deserve to be president. He must resign immediately. November 5 can't come early , " Johnson wrote on X's social media page.
It became known last Sunday that Biden decided to withdraw his candidacy. He said he plans to address the public later this week to "explain his decision." Biden confirmed Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor. A decision on a new candidate must be made at the Democratic Party convention, which will be held in a few weeks.
The 81-year-old Biden, who is considered the oldest American president, came under intense pressure after the debate with Donald Trump, and then made many more inappropriate actions in his public speeches: on July 12, at the NATO summit, Biden called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Vladimir Putin. 5 days later, on a TV show, Defense Minister Lloyd Austin could not remember his name , but said "black man".
Although Biden's approval rating hasn't fallen catastrophically ( the NYT/Sienna poll had Trump's 43% to 49% in early July), more than 20 congressmen, including Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer , have publicly announced their withdrawal. spoke, and Democratic Party donors began withdrawing donations.
According to The New York Times, $90 million in Democratic presidential campaign funding has been frozen by donors until Biden drops out of the race and the party finds a replacement . Future Forward, the fund-raising committee for Biden's election campaign, managed to raise only $430 million by mid-July instead of the planned $700 million.
Biden's withdrawal from the presidential race, which took place just four months before the election, is the first since Democratic President Lyndon Johnson withdrew his candidacy in 1968 due to a failed campaign. Vice President Hubert Humphrey , who ran for him, lost to Richard Nixon.
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