President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he will run for re-election in 2024, a move that will determine whether Americans are willing to elect the 80-year-old Democrat, who is already the country’s oldest president, to another four years in office.
In a professionally prepared video distributed by his new campaign team, Biden made his declaration and stated that it is his responsibility to defend American democracy. Images from the attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021, are shown at the beginning.
We are still engaged in a struggle for America’s soul, Biden claimed in his 2004 presidential campaign. “Now is not the time for complacency. I’m running for reelection because of this.
“Let’s finish this job. I know we can,” he said.
Biden called the Republican programmes “threats to American freedom” and vowed to battle efforts to restrict access to healthcare for women, slash Social Security, and outlaw books, all the while denouncing “MAGA extremists.” MAGA is for Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan; Biden’s Republican opponent in the November 2024 election may very well be him.
In the two years since he took over from Trump, Biden won Congress’ approval for billions of dollars in federal funds to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and for new infrastructure, and oversaw the lowest levels of unemployment since 1969, although a 40-year high in inflation has marred his economic record.
Biden’s age makes his re-election bid a historic and risky gamble for the Democratic Party, which faces a tough election map to hold the Senate in 2024 and is the minority in the House of Representatives now.
Biden’s approval ratings were stuck at just 39% in a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on April 19 and there are steep concerns about his age among some Americans; he would be 86 by the end of a prospective second term, almost a decade higher than the average U.S. male’s life expectancy.
Doctors declared Biden, who does not drink alcohol and exercises five times a week, “fit for duty” after an examination in February. The White House says his record shows that he is mentally sharp enough for the rigors of the job.
Biden will be joined in his 2024 quest by his running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris.
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