President Joe Biden officially declared his bid for reelection in 2024 on Tuesday. Despite old age, he encouraged voters to set aside their doubts regarding prolonging his term for another four years so that he could complete what he had begun upon taking office.
Joe Biden is banking that his legislative accomplishments from his first term and his over 50 years of experience in Washington will outweigh worries about his age, even though he would be 86 years old by the conclusion of a second term, according to AP News.
Due to the lack of significant Democratic opponents, Joe Biden will have an easy time obtaining his party's nomination. He will nevertheless have a challenging fight to keep his position as president in a deeply divided country.
The Joe Biden reelection bid announcement, which is made in a three-minute video, comes four years after Biden announced his candidacy for president in 2019, vowing to restore the "soul of the nation" during Donald Trump's divisive administration.
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The POTUS said: "We are in a battle for the soul of America, and we still are." He added that the current discussion centers around how much freedom people will be allowed to enjoy versus having their freedoms restricted.
The Joe Biden reelection bid announcement comes as he continues to be constrained by poor support ratings and economic worries. The majority of Democrats still want someone else to be their candidate, per USA Today.
Joe Biden's Accomplishments as US President
The president has achieved major achievements for his massive policy agenda so far during his term in office, including working with Congress to advance and compromise on a wide range of legacy-making, expensive priorities that included funding for the COVID-19 pandemic, repairing the country's infrastructure, increasing domestic semiconductor chip production, and combating climate change, CNN reported.
Additionally, under Biden's leadership, the US has worked to reverse Donald Trump's legacy of nationalist-focused diplomacy by recommitting to international accords and strengthening relationships with allies that had been abandoned by the president before him.
The Joe Biden reelection bid announcement comes four years after Joe Biden first declared his 2020 candidacy. That campaign turned into a crusade to redeem the nation and stop Donald Trump from winning a second term.
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