Former President Donald Trump was quick to respond after President Biden announced he would be withdrawing from the 2024 election, and would be endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for the 2024 election.
Per Disclose TV, Trump said Sunday morning that “Kamala Harris will be easier to beat.”
“My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term,” Biden said in his resignation statement, which he posted on X. “My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best decision I’ve made.
“Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year,” he continued. “Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this.”
In response, Trump said only, “Kamala Harris will be easier to defeat,” per Disclose TV.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump responded to Biden’s announcement shortly after his initial statement was released.
“Crooked Joe Biden was not fit to run for President, and is certainly not fit to serve – And never was!” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “He only attained the position of President by lies, Fake News, and not leaving his Basement.”
“All those around him, including his Doctor and the Media, knew that he wasn’t capable of being President, and he wasn’t – And now, look what he’s done to our Country, with millions of people coming across our Border, totally unchecked and unvetted, many from prisons, mental institutions, and record numbers of terrorists,” he continued. “We will suffer greatly because of his presidency, but we will remedy the damage he has done very quickly. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Biden withdrew on Sunday, after nearly a month of pressure to terminate his campaign following his disastrous debate performance against Trump. An increasing number of Democrats in the House, Senate, and beyond pushed Biden to end the campaign and endorse a different candidate, something that the president refused to do for some time, repeatedly refuting reports that he would be exiting the race.
Most recently, a report earlier this week claimed that Biden would be ending his campaign over the weekend.
“According to multiple Democratic sources, this is happening all of a sudden. Everyone said it would happen gradually and then all at once, and that’s what’s happening,” journalist Mark Halperin alleged on Thursday. “According to my sources, President Biden has agreed to step down as a Democratic nominee. It happens as early as this weekend. His speech has been drafted for him.”
The Biden administration, just a day after the report surfaced, refuted the claim in an interview with MSNBC.
“Absolutely the president’s in this race,” Jen O’Malley Dillon, Biden’s former deputy chief of staff, told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” co-hosts. “Joe Biden is more committed than ever to beat Donald Trump.”
“You have heard from the president directly time and again, he is in this race to win, and he is our nominee, and he’s going to be our president for a second term,” she added.
