Joe Biden Officially Withdraws From 2024 Presidential Race: Live Updates

President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he will not seek re-election in 2024. Within minutes, GOP lawmakers posted their reactions on social media.

Many lawmakers are also calling for Biden to leave the White House.

“Joe Biden has finally realized what the rest of the American people, and even his own party, already knew: He is not only the wrong leader for America, but he is utterly incapable of doing the job of president of the United States,” said Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee on X.

“If Joe is too weak to remain in the race for president, he should immediately resign as our commander in chief,” she continued.

Senator Josh Hawley made a similar statement: “Then resign. If you can’t run a simple political campaign, you can’t be president.”

“If he were to give up both the presidency and his candidacy, he could more credibly argue that he is doing so because of his health and age,” Utah Sen. Mike Lee wrote on X. “But resigning one and not the other feels like cheating.”

Naomi Biden responded on X to her grandfather’s decision to withdraw from the 2024 race.

“I am nothing but proud today of my Pop, our President, Joe Biden, who has served our country with all his soul and with unmatched distinction,” she wrote. “He has not only been and will continue to be the most effective president of our lifetime, but he has already established himself as arguably the most effective and impactful public servant in the history of our country.”

President Joe Biden will not run for re-election in the 2024 presidential race, but it is still unclear who his Democratic successor will be.

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President Joe Biden has announced that he is withdrawing as the Democratic nominee.

“While it was my intention to seek re-election, I believe it is in the best interests of my party and the country that I step down and focus solely on fulfilling my duties as president for the remainder of my term.”

He will address the nation later this week.

To see The independentThe full list of 37 Democratic and independent lawmakers calling on President Joe Biden to pass the torch:

The vaunted unit has denied turning down requests for additional security for the Pennsylvania event, but admitted Saturday that it may have turned down similar requests from the Trump team in the past, according to The Washington Post.

The security service told the newspaper it had new information indicating that headquarters may have rejected some requests from Trump’s team for additional resources.

The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin is advocating that the Democratic Party nominate a Republican as its presidential candidate in an effort to defeat Donald Trump.

Sarah Longwell, a Republican Party strategist and founder of Republican Voters Against Trump, said she has conducted several focus groups with undecided voters since President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate last month.

Longwell said many undecided voters simply want a younger candidate, but their preferences for Biden’s replacement “run all over the map.”

She also noted that there is one group of voters who are most dangerous for Democrats.

“The most alarming groups for Democrats are the groups we did with Clinton/Biden voters — regular Dem voters who are still undecided,” Longwell wrote on X. “Those groups also wanted Biden to step aside, and several were curious about third parties or talked about keeping them at the top of the ticket.”

This comes as Biden faces mounting pressure from 37 Democratic and independent lawmakers who have publicly called on him to resign. He is also privately under pressure, according to multiple media reports, from influential Democrats including Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi.