“To be clear, as the President has said repeatedly, he plans to run in 2024,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced in a tweet Monday.
Biden stated in a press briefing on January 19 that he would seek reelection if his health is good and if Trump runs. He said that Vice President Kamala Harris would be his running mate. That would make him 82 if sworn in on January 20, 2025, and 86 when leaving office. He is already the oldest serving President.
Former President Barack Obama’s chief strategist David Axelrod explained to The New York Times last week that Biden’s age could be a liability.
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“The presidency is a monstrously taxing job, and the stark reality is the President would be closer to 90 than 80 at the end of a second term, and that would be a major issue,” Axelrod said, according to the Times.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, has declined to reveal whether she will endorse him if he does run.
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And with approval numbers in the low to mid-30s and not rising, many top Democrats have announced they are a “No” on Biden in 2024, according to the Times.
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Though, Biden’s approval rating is sharply falling despite all the achievements he claimed to achieve.
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“We went from 2 million people being vaccinated at the moment I was sworn in to 210 million Americans being fully vaccinated today.” the President announced in the press conference.
“We created 6 million new jobs — more jobs in one year than at any time before.”
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“Unemployment dropped — the unemployment rate dropped to 3.9 percent.”
“Child poverty dropped by nearly 40 percent — the biggest drop ever in American history,” the President went on, trying to persuade.
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“New business applications grew by 30 percent — the biggest increase ever.”
“And for the first time in a long time, this country’s working people actually got a raise — actually got a raise. The people — the bottom 40 percent saw their income go up the most of all those that got a raise.”
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“We cut health insurance premiums for millions of American families.”
“And we just made surprise medical bills illegal in this country. You know those bills you get that you don’t expect — up to $2,000 or $5,000 — from a hospital, beyond what you thought you were going to have to owe because of the consultation you weren’t told was going to cost that much? No more. They’re now illegal.”
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