Democrats who have been named as potential replacement candidates praised President Joe Biden's decision to drop his reelection bid Sunday — as former President Donald Trump bitterly condemned him as "never" fit for office.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called Biden a "great public servant," and said his move showed he "knows better than anyone what it takes to defeat Donald Trump."
His "remarkable work to lower prescription drug costs, fix the damn roads, bring supply chains home, address climate change, and ensure America's global leadership over decades will go down in history," Whitmer wrote on X.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Biden will "go down in history as one of the most impactful and selfless presidents."
"President Biden has been an extraordinary, history-making president — a leader who has fought hard for working people and delivered astonishing results for all Americans," Newsom wrote on X.
Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him as the Democratic nominee to run against Trump, saying that picking her as his 2020 running mate was the "best decision I've made."
Trump, who briefly tempered his criticism of Biden during last week's Republican National Convention, resurrected his insulting nickname for Biden while blasting his immigration policies and saying the country "will suffer greatly because of his presidency."
"Crooked Joe Biden was not fit to run for president, and is certainly not fit to serve — And never was! He only attained the position of President by lies, Fake News, and not leaving his Basement," Trump said on Truth Social.
Trump also claimed that everyone around Biden, "including his Doctor and the Media, knew that he wasn't capable of being President, and he wasn't."
