U.S. President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid on Sunday, following the debate with Republican candidate Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness. Mr. Biden has endorsed Kamala Harris, his Vice-President of Black and Indian origin, as the Democratic nominee for the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Mr. Biden announced that he is dropping out of the presidential race in a post on X, saying that he will focus on his role as President until his term ends in January 2025 and will address the nation later this week. By dropping his reelection campaign, he clears the way for Vice-President Harris to run at the top of the ticket, and to become the first Black woman to do so in the countryâs history. âMy very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And itâs been the best decision Iâve made. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats â itâs time to come together and beat Trump. Letâs do this,â he said in a social media post. It was immediately unclear if other senior Democrats would challenge Ms. Harris for the partyâs nomination. Mr. Biden dropped out of the race after a wave of public and private pressure from Democratic lawmakers and party officials, after his poor performance in a televised debate against Republican rival Mr. Trump, who is 78. A few days after the debate, he also raised fresh concerns in an interview, shrugging off Democratsâ worries and a widening gap in opinion polls when he said he would be fine losing to Mr. Trump if he knew heâd âgave it my allâ. More than one in 10 congressional Democrats had called publicly for him to quit the race. Given how important Black voters â and Black women especially â were to Mr. Bidenâs nomination and his choice of Ms. Harris as running mate, it would perhaps be risky for Democrats to pass her over for a white nominee. The Hinduâs Editorial âShock-proof state: On an outage and a democratic digital infrastructure âMedal count: On countdown to the Paris Olympics and India The Hinduâs Daily Quiz A faulty update from which firm caused outages for millions of Windows computers? CrowdStrike Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Palo Alto Networks SentinelOne To know the answer and to play the full quiz, click here. [logo] Editor's Pick 22 July 2024 [The Hindu logo] [EP Logo] Editor's Pick 22 July 2024 In the Editor's Pick newsletter, The Hindu explains why a story was important enough to be carried on the front page of today's edition of our newspaper. [View in browser]( [More newsletters]( Biden drops out of U.S. presidential race, endorses Kamala Harris U.S. President [Joe Biden ended his reelection bid]( on Sunday, following the debate with Republican candidate Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness. Mr. Biden has endorsed [Kamala Harris]( his Vice-President of Black and Indian origin, as the Democratic nominee for the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Mr. Biden announced that he is dropping out of the [presidential rac]( in a post on X, saying that he will focus on his role as President until his term ends in January 2025 and will address the nation later this week. By dropping his reelection campaign, he clears the way for Vice-President Harris to run at the top of the ticket, and to become the first Black woman to do so in the countryâs history. âMy very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And itâs been the best decision Iâve made. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats â itâs time to come together and beat Trump. Letâs do this,â he said in a social media post. It was immediately unclear if other senior Democrats would challenge Ms. Harris for the partyâs nomination. Mr. Biden dropped out of the race after a wave of public and private pressure from Democratic lawmakers and party officials, after his poor performance in a televised debate against Republican rival Mr. Trump, who is 78. A few days after the debate, he also raised fresh concerns in an interview, shrugging off Democratsâ worries and a widening gap in opinion polls when he said he would be fine losing to Mr. Trump if he knew heâd âgave it my allâ. More than one in 10 congressional Democrats had called publicly for him to quit the race. Given how important Black voters â and Black women especially â were to Mr. Bidenâs nomination and his choice of Ms. Harris as running mate, it would perhaps be risky for Democrats to pass her over for a white nominee. The Hinduâs Editorial [Arrow][âShock-proof state: On an outage and a democratic digital infrastructure](
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