Joe Biden pulls out of US Presidential election 2024 race. Will Democrat Kamala Harris contest against Republican Donald Trump?
Thirty-six congressional Democrats have publicly called on Democratic President Joe Biden to end his re-election bid after the 81-year-old incumbent's halting debate performance against Republican rival Donald Trump, as per a Reuters report.
They represent more than one in eight Democrats in Congress, where Biden's party controls 213 seats in the House of Representatives and 51 in the Senate.
Who Will Be Democrat's Nominee Against Donald Trump?
Donald Trump is undoubtedly a formidable Republican candidate for Presidency and Democrats must find suitable nominee who can match the stature and outbid him in the ballot.
President Biden has been saying some awfully nice things about Vice President Kamala Harris lately. «She's not only a great vice president,» he told the audience at an NAACP convention last week. «She could be president of the United States.»
Has Vice President Kamala Harris Upper Hand?
Harris' supporters argue that she has earned the right to step in and that denying her would reek of sexism and racism. Her skeptics worry that she could not win in November and hope that a competition would surface a nominee with broader appeal.
Historically, it has not been a given that a president automatically endorses his vice president to succeed him. Harry S. Truman recruited another candidate to supplant his own vice president. Dwight D. Eisenhower said he needed a week to even think of any important contribution Richard M. Nixon had made as his No. 2. Lyndon B. Johnson did not endorse Hubert Humphrey until
