West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin has confirmed he will not challenge Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Rumors emerged on Sunday about a possible reunion between Manchin and the Democratic Party after President Joe Biden announced he will not seek re-election.
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Manchin, a longtime Democrat, left the blue party in May to become an independent.
The 76-year-old senator dismissed reports that he would challenge Harris for the nomination in November’s presidential election.
“I’m not running for public office,” Manchin said CBS Mornings on Monday.
“I’m not going to run for president… I don’t need that in my life.”
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Manchin further distanced himself from the election when he said CNN this morning that he would not consider serving as Harris’ running mate.
“It’s a new generation, you don’t want a 76-year-old vice president now,” said the senator.
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BIDEN LEAVES
Biden shocked the country over the weekend when he declined the blue party nomination and dashed his re-election hopes.
The 81-year-old president has said he plans to finish out the remainder of his term and has fully endorsed Harris for the Democratic nomination.
“It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your president,” Biden said in a letter posted to social media on Sunday.
“And while it was my intention to seek re-election, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to step down and focus solely on fulfilling my duties as president for the remainder of my term.”
Biden said he will address the country later this week to discuss his decision.
Democrats applauded her decision but did not endorse Harris.
Full letter from Joe Biden announcing his withdrawal from the campaign
On Sunday, July 21, 2024, the 46th US President Joe Biden posted an X letter, formerly known as Twitter, announcing that he was stepping down from office in the 2024 presidential race.
My fellow Americans,
Over the past three and a half years, we have made great progress as a Nation.
Today, America has the strongest economy in the world. We have made historic investments in rebuilding our nation, reducing prescription drug costs for seniors, and expanding affordable health care to record numbers of Americans. We provide critically needed care to one million veterans exposed to toxic substances. Passed the first gun safety law in 30 years. Appointed first African-American woman to the Supreme Court. And it passed the most significant climate legislation in world history. America has never been better positioned to lead than we are today.
I know none of this could have been done without you, the American people. Together, we overcame a once-in-a-century pandemic and the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. We protect and preserve our democracy. And we revitalize and strengthen our alliances around the world.
It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your president. And while it was my intention to seek re-election, I believe it is in the best interests of my party and the country for me to resign and focus exclusively on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term.
I will speak to the Nation later this week with more details about my decision.
For now, let me express my deepest gratitude to all those who worked so hard to see me re-elected. I want to thank Vice President Kamala Harris for being an extraordinary partner in all of this work. And let me express my sincere thanks to the American people for the faith and trust they have placed in me.
I believe today what I’ve always believed: that there’s nothing America can’t do – when we do it together.
We just have to remember that we are the United States of America
SPLIT DEMS
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, whose name is rumored to be in the mix for the nomination, has endorsed Harris as the potential nominee.
“With our democracy at stake and our future at stake, no one is better to prosecute the case against Donald Trump’s dark vision and guide our country in a healthier direction than America’s Vice President, Kamala Harris.” Newsom wrote in X.
Account It is Hillary Clinton said they were “honored” to join President Biden in supporting Harris, but several prominent Democrats did not show their support for the vice president.
Former President of the Chamber Nancy PelosiSenate majority leader Chuck Schumerand House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries did not mention Harris in his remarks about Biden’s withdrawal.
What happens next when Joe Biden drops out of the 2024 race?
President Biden has finally heeded calls to abandon his re-election bid, throwing the 2024 election into chaos. He has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, but nominating a new Democratic candidate will not be a simple process. Here’s what’s next after Biden’s stunning announcement.
Biden secured nearly 4,000 delegates by winning the state caucuses and primaries earlier this year. He was supposed to be officially named the Democratic nominee in a virtual vote before the Democratic National Convention, which begins on August 19.
Democratic Party rules do not allow Biden to simply pass his 3,896 delegates to Harris or another candidate.
Harris will now have to convince the nearly 4,000 delegates and 700 superdelegates to support her and nominate her candidate.
However, delegates are free agents who can choose to support any candidate they want – likely without voter input at this stage, since the primaries and caucuses have already been held.
All eyes are now on the previously planned virtual vote – where the Democratic Party could choose a candidate before the DNC begins.
Biden’s support for Harris will likely sway delegates, and no one has publicly challenged her as a candidate — but delegates are not required to support her. Even if virtual voting is not held, the party could still choose Harris or another candidate before the convention.
If Democrats do not nominate their candidate before the DNC, it will be the first open and contested convention since 1968.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, whose name was also thrown into the mix, praised Biden in a statement that did not mention Harris.
Former president Barack ObamaThe also did not endorse Harris in her lengthy statement about Biden ending his re-election bid.
Meanwhile, Harris accepted President Biden’s endorsement and announced that she will seek the Democratic Party’s nomination to face donald trump in November.
“I am honored to have the president’s endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination,” Harris said.
“I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic Party – and unite our nation – to defeat Donald Trump and his extreme Project 2025 agenda.”
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