Joe Biden made the decision that many long suspected was coming.
Now the 2024 race is in chaos.
And Joe Biden made one big announcement about dropping out of the race.
As 2024 Battleground reports:
When Joe Biden announced he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential campaign, the initial reports stated he would not be endorsing anyone to replace him.
Many were expecting an open convention where the DNC delegates would vote for whoever they wanted.
This lined up with earlier reports from Mark Halperin who indicated Biden was not planning to endorse Kamala Harris after he ultimately dropped out.
However, those reports turned out to be wrong.
Joe Biden made the decision to endorse Kamala Harris and announced it on X not long after announcing he was dropping out.
According to the BBC, “President Joe Biden has dropped out of the US election race and announced his support for Vice-President Kamala Harris to take his place as the Democratic Party’s nominee.”
“The decision throws the party into uncharted waters with just a month to go before the Democratic National Convention, when their choice will be confirmed.”
Technically speaking, the convention will still be open, and it is not officially guaranteed that Harris will be the nominee.
However, with the support of Biden, most observers expect that will ultimately happen, and the Trump campaign has already begun talking about Harris’s record.
The article continues, “There is no guarantee that VP Kamala Harris will simply take Mr. Biden’s place as the Democrats’ nominee for president.”
“Although Mr. Biden endorsed Ms. Harris to take his place as the Democratic nominee, it will be up to the delegates to decide who they are backing.”
“However, she was on the same ticket as Mr. Biden, and his endorsement does make her the most likely pick.”
“What’s more, as our North America editor Sarah Smith writes, the party appears to be coalescing around Ms. Harris, which could make her unassailable given that no serious challengers are putting up a fight.”
It does appear likely that Harris is going to be the nominee, barring a stunning and dramatic stumble by her, which is never out of the question.
She is the incumbent Vice President, which carries a lot of institutional weight, and many of the delegates who were chosen by the Biden campaign will have loyalty to her.
Whether she actually ends up being a good candidate is a completely different story, and her past record raises some serious questions in that regard.