The most important issue for him is the preservation of democracy in the country, the US President emphasized.
American leader Joe Biden has decided to withdraw from the presidential race so that the Democratic Party can fully focus on preventing former President Donald Trump from returning to the White House. He said this in an interview with CBS.
Biden said that the polls in his possession showed the race and will remain that way until the end, while many Democrats fear that a candidacy of Biden could negatively affect the congressional elections in November.
“But what happened was a lot of my Democratic colleagues in the House and Senate thought I was going to hurt them in the races. And I was worried that if I stayed in the race, it would be a talking point. And I thought that will be the number one real distraction,” the president said.
Biden added that when he first ran for the US presidency in 2020, he considered himself a “transition” president.
“But everyone acted so quickly that it didn’t happen,” said the politician.
The US President added that the decision to withdraw from the race was made in a narrow circle of people, including his wife, first lady Jill Biden.
As is known, dozens of Democrats have called on Biden to pass the baton to another candidate, asking if he can defeat Trump in the election.
On July 21, Biden announced that he would withdraw his candidacy from the presidential election, which would take place on November 5. The President proposed that Vice President Kamala Harris be the Democratic presidential candidate.
Source: korrespondent
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