Biden announces 2024 reelection bid: 'Let바카라 게임 웹사이트s finish this job'
President Joe Biden on Tuesday formally announced that he is running for reelection in 2024, asking voters to give him more time to 바카라 게임 웹사이트finish this job바카라 게임 웹사이트 and extend the run of America바카라 게임 웹사이트s oldest president for another four years.
Biden, who would be 86 at the end of a second term, is betting his first-term legislative achievements and more than 50 years of experience in Washington will count for more than concerns over his age. He faces a smooth path to winning his party바카라 게임 웹사이트s nomination, with no serious Democratic rivals. But he바카라 게임 웹사이트s still set for a hard-fought struggle to retain the presidency in a bitterly divided nation.
In his first public appearance Tuesday since the announcement, Biden offered a preview of how he plans to navigate the dual roles of president and presidential candidate, using a speech to building trades union members to highlight his accomplishments and undercut his GOP rivals, while showing voters he remained focused on his day job.
Greeted with chants of 바카라 게임 웹사이트Let's Go Joe바카라 게임 웹사이트 from a raucous crowd of building trades union members 바카라 게임 웹사이트 a key base of Democratic support 바카라 게임 웹사이트 Biden showcased the tens of thousands of construction jobs being created since he took office that are supported by legislation he signed into law.
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Biden's campaign announcement, in , comes on the four-year anniversary of when he declared for the White House in 2019, promising to heal the 바카라 게임 웹사이트soul of the nation바카라 게임 웹사이트 amid the turbulent presidency of Donald Trump 바카라 게임 웹사이트 a goal that has remained elusive.
바카라 게임 웹사이트I said we are in a battle for the soul of America, and we still are," Biden said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트The question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom. More rights or fewer.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Watch Biden's 2024 reelection announcement video above
While the prospect of seeking reelection has been a given for most modern presidents, that바카라 게임 웹사이트s not always been the case for Biden. A notable swath of Democratic voters has indicated they would prefer he not run, in part because of his age. Biden has called those concerns 바카라 게임 웹사이트totally legitimate바카라 게임 웹사이트 but he did not address the issue head-on in his launch video.
Yet few things have unified Democratic voters like the prospect of Trump returning to power. And Biden바카라 게임 웹사이트s political standing within his party stabilized after Democrats notched a stronger-than-expected performance in last year바카라 게임 웹사이트s midterm elections. The president is set to run again on the same themes that buoyed his party last fall, particularly on preserving access to abortion.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Freedom. Personal freedom is fundamental to who we are as Americans. There바카라 게임 웹사이트s nothing more important. Nothing more sacred,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Biden said in the launch video, which painted the Republican Party as extremists trying to roll back access to abortion, cut Social Security, limit voting rights and ban books they disagree with. 바카라 게임 웹사이트Around the country, MAGA extremists are lining up to take those bedrock freedoms away.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트This is not a time to be complacent,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Biden added. 바카라 게임 웹사이트That바카라 게임 웹사이트s why I바카라 게임 웹사이트m running for reelection."
As the contours of the campaign begin to take shape, Biden plans to campaign on his record. He spent his first two years as president combating the coronavirus pandemic and pushing through major bills such as the bipartisan infrastructure package and legislation to promote high-tech manufacturing and climate measures. With Republicans now in control of the House, Biden has shifted his focus to implementing those massive laws and making sure voters credit him for the improvements, while sharpening the contrast with the GOP ahead of an expected showdown over raising the nation's borrowing limit that could have debilitating consequences for the country's economy.
The president also has multiple policy goals and unmet promises from his first campaign that he바카라 게임 웹사이트s asking voters on giving him another chance to fulfill.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Let바카라 게임 웹사이트s finish this job. I know we can,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Biden said in the video, repeating a mantra he said a dozen times during his State of the Union address in February, listing everything from passing a ban on assault-style weapons and lowering the cost of prescription drugs to codifying a national right to abortion after the Supreme Court's ruling last year overturning Roe v. Wade.
Vice President Kamala Harris, who was featured prominently alongside Biden in the video, held a political rally at Howard University in Washington on Tuesday evening in support of abortion access, kicking off her own efforts to support the reelection effort.
Saying she바카라 게임 웹사이트s 바카라 게임 웹사이트proud to run for reelection with President Joe Biden," Harris added, 바카라 게임 웹사이트Our hard-won freedoms are under attack. And this is a moment for us to stand and fight.바카라 게임 웹사이트
In the video, Biden speaks over brief clips and photographs of key moments in his presidency, snapshots of diverse Americans and flashes of outspoken Republican foes, including Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia. He exhorts supporters that 바카라 게임 웹사이트this is our moment바카라 게임 웹사이트 to 바카라 게임 웹사이트defend democracy. Stand up for our personal freedoms. Stand up for the right to vote and our civil rights.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Biden also plans to point to his work over the past two years shoring up American alliances, leading a global coalition to support Ukraine바카라 게임 웹사이트s defenses against Russia바카라 게임 웹사이트s invasion and . But public support in the U.S. for Ukraine has softened in recent months, and some voters question the tens of billions of dollars in flowing to Kyiv.
The president also faces lingering criticism over his administration's after nearly 20 years of war, which undercut the image of competence he aimed to portray, and he's the target of GOP attacks over his immigration and economic policies.
As a candidate in 2020, Biden pitched voters on his familiarity with the halls of power in Washington and his relationships around the world. But even back then, he was acutely aware of voters바카라 게임 웹사이트 concerns about his age.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Look, I view myself as a bridge, not as anything else,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Biden said in March 2020, as he campaigned in Michigan with younger Democrats, including Harris, Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. 바카라 게임 웹사이트There바카라 게임 웹사이트s an entire generation of leaders you saw stand behind me. They are the future of this country.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Three years later, the president now 80, Biden allies say his time in office has demonstrated that he saw himself as more of a transformational than a transitional leader.
Still, many Democrats would prefer that Biden didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t run again. A from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows just 47% of Democrats say they want him to seek a second term, up from 37% in February. And Biden바카라 게임 웹사이트s verbal 바카라 게임 웹사이트 and occasional physical 바카라 게임 웹사이트 stumbles have become fodder for critics trying to cast him as unfit for office.
During in February, Biden's physician, Dr. Kevin O바카라 게임 웹사이트Connor, declared him 바카라 게임 웹사이트healthy, vigorous바카라 게임 웹사이트 and 바카라 게임 웹사이트fit바카라 게임 웹사이트 to handle his White House responsibilities.
Hours after Biden's announcement, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre initially refused to say whether the president planned to serve all eight years if elected to a second term. She later clarified by tweet that "I wanted to be sure that I didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t go into 2024 more than is appropriate under the law. But I can confirm that if re-elected, @POTUS would serve all 8 years."
Aides acknowledge that while some in his party might prefer an alternative to Biden, there is anything but consensus within their diverse coalition on who that might be. And they insist that when Biden is compared with whomever the GOP nominates, Democrats and independents will rally around Biden.
For now, the 76-year-old Trump is the favorite to emerge as the Republican nominee, creating the potential of a historic sequel to . But Trump faces significant hurdles of his own, including the designation of being the first former president to . The remaining GOP field is volatile, with DeSantis emerging as an early alternative to Trump. DeSantis' stature is also in question, however, amid questions about his readiness to campaign outside of his increasingly Republican-leaning state.
To prevail again, Biden will need the alliance of young voters and Black voters 바카라 게임 웹사이트 particularly women 바카라 게임 웹사이트 along with blue-collar Midwesterners, moderates and disaffected Republicans who helped him win in 2020. He'll have to again carry in the Upper Midwest, while protecting his position in Georgia and Arizona, longtime GOP strongholds he narrowly won last time.
Biden spoke Tuesday with Democratic governors about his reelection plans, while aides and allies briefed key political groups, grassroots organizers and state party officials on strategy, his campaign said. The president was set to huddle later this week in Washington with prominent party donors.
Biden바카라 게임 웹사이트s reelection bid comes as the nation weathers uncertain economic crosscurrents. Inflation is ticking down after hitting the highest rate in a generation, driving up the price of goods and services, but unemployment is at a 50-year low, and the economy is showing signs of resilience despite Federal Reserve interest rate hikes.
바카라 게임 웹사이트If voters let Biden 바카라 게임 웹사이트finish the job,바카라 게임 웹사이트 inflation will continue to skyrocket, crime rates will rise, more fentanyl will cross our open borders, children will continue to be left behind, and American families will be worse off,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel said in a statement.
Presidents typically try to delay their reelection announcements to maintain the advantages of incumbency and skate above the political fray for as long as possible while their rivals trade jabs. But the leg up offered by being in the White House can be rickety 바카라 게임 웹사이트 three of the last seven presidents have lost reelection, most recently Trump in 2020.
Biden바카라 게임 웹사이트s announcement is roughly consistent with the timeline followed by then-President Barack Obama, who waited until April 2011 to declare for a second term. Trump launched his reelection bid on the day he was sworn in in 2017.
On Tuesday, Biden named White House adviser to serve as campaign manager and who ran Sen. Raphael Warnock's reelection campaign in Georgia last year, to serve as principal deputy campaign manager. The campaign co-chairs will be Reps. Lisa Blunt-Rochester, Jim Clyburn and Veronica Escobar; Sens. Chris Coons and Tammy Duckworth; entertainment mogul and Democratic mega-donor Jeffrey Katzenberg; and Whitmer.