White House and campaign aides to President Joe Biden reportedly found out he was ending his re-election bid on the social media platform X.
A Democrat familiar with the situation told POLITICO, “We’re all finding out by tweet.” This person added, “None of us understand what’s happening.”
Biden, 81, had publicly insisted that he would not be dropping out even as Democrats increasingly pressed him to step aside after his fumbling debate performance late last month spurred unease about his apparent decline and electability.
Then, on Sunday, Biden announced that he would be stopping his 2024 campaign to focus on the remainder of his term and later said he was endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to become the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. Harris later said she intended to win the nomination.
POLITICO noted a “sign of the abruptness” was that Biden’s campaign…
