Joe Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race after debate disaster

President Joe Biden has dropped retired of nan 2024 title successful a seismic determination sparked by a relentless run from Democrats demanding he driblet retired because of his cognitive diminution and his dire chances against Donald Trump.

The 81-year-old stepped speech Sunday aft facing weeks of questions complete his fittingness to service pursuing his disastrous statesmanlike statement performance.

His historical move comes aft a 50-year profession successful authorities that culminated successful nan White House. 

Now Democrats must title to statement up their run down a caller nominee pinch conscionable 4 months until voting day. 

'It has been nan top grant of my life to service arsenic your President,' Biden wrote successful a missive posted to his X relationship connected Sunday. 

'And while it has been my volition to activity reelection,' he went on, 'I judge it is successful nan champion liking of my statement and nan state for maine to guidelines down and to attraction solely connected fulfilling my duties arsenic President for nan remainder of my term.'

In nan showdown against Trump past month, nan President connected divided surface often had his rima agape and a million-mile blank stare. During his clip to speak, Biden would stumble, freeze, suffer his train of thought and mumble his measurement done answers to moderator's questions. 

At 1 constituent conscionable 12 minutes into nan debate, Trump said: 'I really don't cognize what he said astatine nan extremity of that sentence. I don't deliberation he knows what he said either.' 

Trump said successful a post-debate rally successful Chesapeake, Virginia that he was skeptical Biden would really driblet retired of nan race, claiming Democrats don't person a amended action against him successful November. 

Luckily, Biden was not yet nan Democratic Party's charismatic nominee and location is still a short clip to switch him. 

The information normal is August 19-22 successful Chicago, Illinois. 

Among nan apical contenders for Biden's spot are California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Michigan Gov.  Gretchen Whitmer. 

Vice President Kamala Harris is reportedly furious she is not being considered – and others, including Trump, speculated that erstwhile First Lady Michelle Obama is among nan database of replacements for nan 2024 Democratic ticket. 

Both Newsom and Whitmer person denied before and aft nan statement that they are seeking to switch Biden connected nan ballot. 

Biden and his squad and friends spent nan play aft nan statement successful harm power mode trying to quell concerns that nan President is nary longer fresh for a 2nd term. 

And contempt galore statement leaders and run officials defending Biden's performance, Democrats were successful an all-out panic aft nan President stumbled and mumbled his measurement done nan debate. 

The run said Biden's raspy and hard-to-hear sound was nan consequence of a acold and tried to waste nan statement that it was conscionable a 'slow start.' 

Some felt First Lady Jill Biden was nan only pushing for her 81-year-old hubby to stay connected nan ballot. 

Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wy.) accused nan first woman of 'elder abuse' and  Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-Va.) wrote connected X: 'As a geriatric caregiver practitioner who cared for truthful galore older adults pinch cognitive impairment, this [debate] is heartbreaking to watch…'

Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison and Biden's run head Julie Chavez Rodriguez held a telephone Saturday afternoon wherever they sought to reassure rank and record members of nan statement of his continued viability arsenic a candidate.

According to immoderate connected nan call, nan statement leaders mostly ignored Biden's anemic showing successful Atlanta connected Thursday and downplayed nan avalanche of disapproval that followed. No 1 was capable to inquire questions and nan chat usability was disabled.

The members felt gaslighted by Harrison and Rodriguez and claimed they were being asked to disregard nan ire business of nan party's predicament – either toed nan statement and get down Biden's candidacy aliases scramble to find a replacement successful conscionable 1 month's time.

Harrison offered what they described arsenic a rosy appraisal of Biden's way forward.

'I was hoping for much of a substantive speech alternatively of, 'Hey, let's spell retired location and conscionable beryllium cheerleaders,' without really addressing a very superior rumor that unfolded connected American tv for millions of group to see,' Joe Salazar, an elected DNC personnel from Colorado who was connected nan call, said, according to nan Associated Press .

He added: 'There were a number of things that could person been said successful addressing nan situation. But we didn't get that. We were being gaslit.'