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© Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Biden delivers solemn call to defend democracy as he lays out his reasons for quitting race
By ZEKE MILLER, SEUNG MIN KIM and WILL WEISSERT WASHINGTON©2025 GPlusMedia Inc.
81 Comments
Blacklabel
needed to end the sentence right there.
dagon
Echoes of George Washington and Cincinnatus and a rare example of a Democratic tradition.
The contrast with the actions and rhetoric of the candidate on the Republican side for the US Presidency could not be more profound.
Yrral
Hail Hail Biden,live long and prosper
Blacklabel
He got exposed, couldn’t win and his party ignored the will of the voters and pushed him out.
He is no hero as he did nothing willingly nor with any higher purpose or intent.
FizzBit
Nice basement decorations. Yep! Defend democracy by having no challengers in the Dem primary then conveniently slide your puppet into place. Meanwhile militarily supporting a country that has canceled their elections. Why? Cuz they’re all afraid of the outcome.
Take the red pill people.
wallace
One old man stands down. Now the other old man needs to follow suit.
itsonlyrocknroll
Vice President Kamala Harris is the last desperate stop at the end of a rather torrid line, the refusal to allow Joe Biden a gracious dignified exit.
The begging, "to save democracy" through the very democratic judicial process, that Joe Biden weaponised to through his leading political opponent into jail circumventing the ballot box is a shameful sham.
Is this all that is left of the once honourable party Joe Biden spend 50 years giving his adult life to?
“Nothing, nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy," Biden said. "And that includes personal ambition.”
Hillary Clinton after supposedly accepting defeat spent every waking moment accusing Donald Trump of sealing the 2016 election
Hillary Clinton: "Trump knows he's an illegitimate president"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQesfLIycJw
GuruMick
Trump supporters who do not stand to gain from big tax cuts for the wealthy are by and large stupid, bordering on moronic.
Anyone who believes this Make America Great Again BS deserves to be keep down low in the social scheme of things, playing banjo and drinking Bud, with an occasional "Yee Haw " to break the silence in their minds.
Chairman Rexton
Is this the de facto website of Democrats Abroad or something? The bias, the fawning in this "article" is something to truly behold.
Cards fan
Yes. Him staying in the race was the will of the people, and that's why he couldn't win. Reeee
Yes he is.
Prove it.
I'd saying beating the fascists counts as a higher purpose.
Peter Neil
here’s a scary thing. saw a youtube shorts using an ai voice of nonsense that didn’t remotely match the video of biden. at last count, over 1,100 comments by magaphiles thinking it was real.
to paraphrase the late george carlin, be very afraid of stupid people in large groups.
Mr Goodman
Only politics in the USA are democratic
USA it's a republic
Biden take a hike
TaiwanIsNotChina
Most consequential president alive today.
TaiwanIsNotChina
Republics are democracies. Power can't be a res publica (public affair) without it.
TaiwanIsNotChina
Could be worse: Democrats could be backing Putin like MAGAs.
HooKnows
“We finally beat…..Medicare”
Pause. Repeat the line.
That’s why you’re out Joe. That’s why. That was the moment that sealed it.
Can’t hide behind favorable media. Can’t hide behind “he’s always had a stutter!” Can’t hide behind having a bad night. Can’t hide behind needing to be in bed by 9pm.
A travesty.
bass4funk
The guy looked horrible, now he's trying to look like Trump, not understanding the orange hue. But look, the speech was vague, he still didn't tell us what was wrong with him (we kind of know already) but it would be nice for him to elaborate more on his condition, his speech was slightly slurred, maybe a possible minor stroke. He's done, it's over, he should resign and be with his family.
TaiwanIsNotChina
Does any of that matter for his legislative record as long as your arm? Does any of that matter for the 2024 presidential election?
Yrral
Ain't no stopping the Democrats now,we on the move ,an that no lie,have you as Democrats been held down before,I know refuse to held down anymore, moving moving in the White House,House of Representatives and control of all branches of government
Sh1mon M4sada
LOL, defend democracy from himself and the elites Democrats?
Quacks like communism, smells like communism, walks like communism...
Yrral
Bass4,he had a aneurysm 34:years ago,he not supposed to be here,but he still standing after all these years
Cards fan
What are you talking about, elitist Democrats?
Clearly someone doesn't know what communism is. Hint: It's not using tax money to for public goods.
Laguna
Gorge Washington began the US tradition of bowing out after two terns, It later became a law.
The man is a true patriot and a hero.
Underworld
Blacklabel
Biden has been the most effective president in our lifetimes. The list of his accomplishments is staggering.
bass4funk
Imagine that.
NotThe One
All hear on this thread from the MAGA crowd is whining because Trump's defeat is even clearer than it was before BIden stepped down.
Biden has officially beaten Trump again! He crushed him in the 2020 election. He has better presidential record than Trump and will go down in history as a selfless president.
Compare that the twice impeached and convicted president that attempted a coup and reverse a presidential election through fraud!
Who are the MAGA cultists going to blame when Trump loses in 2024? JD Vance (the male version of Sarah Palin)?
What crimes will Trump and friends attempt this time to steal an election?
Underworld
Ramsey's Kitchen
That he can't communicate as effectively as before? Who cares? No deceit there.
Better not vote Trump then.
Underworld
itsonlyrocknroll
But she graciously accepted defeat and announced it to Trump and then public the day after the result of the election.
Trump still hasn't admitted that he lost the 2020 election. He cannot admit failure. What a loser.
bass4funk
Hardly
Yeah, you go and believe that and I have a cruiseliner to sell you.
And twice acquitted.
Will the Dems riot as they did in 2020 once he wins?
Not even remotely close.
Or what crimes will the Dems do to stop Trump from winning?
Yrral
Trump cannot choose a woman,to be with long,how did JD think.he would have after the honeymoon with Trump
Norm
Did the Dems riot in 2020 about the election results? Did they launch many plots to try to get the EC results overturned?
bass4funk
On the contrary, it was the best decision. The guy came from nothing, from the Rustbelt states, a former Marine, lawyer, entrepreneur, billionaire, and incredibly popular in the Midwest, working class, perfect choice and relatable to the people in that part of America, resonates well with people.
Wichi
Worst president in America ln history.. If Kamala gets the presidency (which I doubt) avoid the USA at any cost!
Yrral
Hail Hail Biden,Hail too the Chief
Legrande
No one cares to hear your predictable words, we're just relieved you finally got out Joe
USNinJapan2
Frightening to think that this person who barely has the cognitive ability to read the teleprompter still has six months to go as the leader of the free world...
NotThe One
I would not be surprised if Trump tries to replace Vance with Noem, Stefanik or Haley!
More proof of Trump's incompetence!
AKA "I only hire the best!"
wallace
Had Trump known Biden was dropping out and Harris would take over he would not have chosen JD Vance for his VP nomination.
Yrral
My phone is about too die,I only have 2 percent,IAM invoking the mercy rule for Republican
Cephus
It's a shame when these career politicians say one thing then do the opposite. How can this puppet of a president talk about saving democracy? Bearing in mind that he is the most undemocratic proxy president in US history. How can you save something you are trampling on? These Democrats are very very mentally unstable.
RichardPearce
In terms of America, Biden has been a somewhat reluctant mover in a progressive direction on average, sometimes quicker than the 'middle', but often slower.
In terms of the world (unlike some, I use that word to refer to the entirety, not just the White Bloc) he's been a very reluctant mover, never as fast as the 'middle'.
wallace
bass4funk
Someone is very confused about the history.
bass4funk
No, I disagree
Not me.
Hito Bito
Up until a week ago, these "lovers of democracy" were gaslighting anyone who actually listened to their own ears while the "president" exposed his absolute and indisputable cogitative decline for the entire world to hear. "We beat Medicare", Biden declared, and the "lovers of democracy" said "he's perfectly fine!!!"
Today, these "lovers of democracy" rally behind a person who, when she herself ran for president in 2020, could not get even 1% of Democrat votes, to say nothing of the nation's. She dropped out of the race before losing in her home state! Yes, Vice President Trump (oh, sorry, that's what Biden just called her only last week), Harris, the standard-bearer of less than 1% of her party's support, will "save democracy", through...a palace coup, followed by an undemocratic coronation by her party's professional bigwigs without a single democratic vote! Now a person who, by every metric, voted to the Left of Socialist Bernie Sanders while in the Senate, who Biden admits was chosen not based on the "content of her character," but on her being a non-White and female, and who now runs away from her astoundingly unsuccessful role as "Immigration Czar", has become the standard-bearer of "democracy". LOL. And 2 plus 2 is 5.
Nothing matters at all to these power-hungry people anymore...except power. Power at all costs. Power for the sake of having power. And notice: the Cadaver In Chief, having exposed his cognitive inability to function, continues to "run" the country...from 10am till 4 pm at the latest on his best days, and with weekends and holidays off! LOL.
Jimizo
A decent man as far as politicians go.
Not a bad job overall.
Ricky Kaminski13
Pure mush. Drivel. We are all desensitized too it now that’s to you Joe. Now stroll of into your assets and sunset.
Yrral
Kamala boots were made for walking, Kamala boots were made for talking,this November you Republican will find Kamala boots walking all over you
Underworld
Hito Bito
I note that they are following the DNC's rules and it's phyically impossible to have a rerun of primaries, so all in all as democratic and above board as it can be.
Nothing wrong with that. He obviously still has the ability to function.
Well Trump used to start at 11:00am, so not much different.
deanzaZZR
Joe "Arsenal of Democracy" Biden, folks. Joe's domestic policy was OK. Joe's foreign policy, like most American presidents, has led to the deaths of tens of thousands of innocents.
Jimizo
Defensible point.
You are extremely defensive about Trump despite claiming not to like him. A little confusing.
So you you see Trump as better on this issue?
NOMINATION
Change of tune after you called him a devil last month and that he will pay for his stance on Israel.
Sh1mon M4sada
Not a big a stain as the one letting woke politics divide USA from its most trusted ally (Israel) in the middle east. Russia, Iran, China now has a recipe to divide America andcits friends, and it's as easy as launching terror attacks on civilians.
bass4funk
From the outside, the facade looked good.
bass4funk
I’m sure his former boss made him an offer he couldn’t refuse.
Jimizo
Perhaps worth remembering that he inherited a car crash of an economy from Trump just like Obama inherited a car crash of an economy from Bush 2.
Democratic presidents have had to clean up messes left by Republican presidents in the past few decades.
Maybe worth remembering that when judging him.
bass4funk
And now that Biden ran the entire country into the ground from the economy, illegal Immigration 10 million and counting, inflation, foreign wars, Trump will have to go back and clean another Democrats mess all over again.
This is why people want a non-politician to fix things and that’s why Trump continues win
Yes
JJE
Oh, I see.
Biden can embrace an indicted war criminal while being a direct accomplice to the genocide.
But you don't want to heat a peep about it.
How convenient.
itsonlyrocknroll
This could be one of the most toxically negative US elections in history.
Social media will take centre state, media commentary will stoke up the political fire, the wars in Ukraine/Gaza will fester.
US financial global commitment, fallout, backlash will rankle as the harsh reality of supporting Ukraine/Gaza fully unfolds.
NATO, time and again is a "treaty" not an "agreement" the articles and protocols indicate refer to "guidelines, pledges" without a time frame.
Detailed here, as indictive/determined as value...
The US and its NATO allies: costs and value....2018
https://www.iiss.org/sv/online-analysis/military-balance/2018/07/us-and-nato-allies-costs-and-value/
Most importantly, is understanding the articles within the treaty, more importantly ....
Washington Summit Declaration
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/official_texts_227678.htm
All again refused to fully commit members to fulfil the 2% threshold, something that will not be lost on Donald Trump campaign.
Will Kamala Harris fully endorse such spending?
zibala
Trump beat him in that debate and in the polls, so Biden is defeated and leaves politics as a result.
dagon
@ Hitobito
Utter rightist disinfo nonsense.
This is coming from someone who has closely followed the legislative career of Bernie Sanders.
Harris' career has shown impeccable neo-liberal economic conservative credentials, despite her father being a Marxist economist.
The fake news and misinformation allowed to proliferate by these rightist accounts on every article is telling.
Underworld
bass4funk
Not a bad job overall.
As did the accomplishments.
NOMINATION
Even Black Lives Matter is against the way the Democrats decided to go about this. Remember when you supported them in destroying businesses for votes and then did nothing for them while in office?
https://www.newsweek.com/black-lives-matter-denounces-kamala-harris-appointment-us-presidential-election-1929430
TaiwanIsNotChina
You don't understand this but setting aside power is the highest form of civilization.
Just like all of the other presidents past and future. Biden is unique in having assisted Ukraine in their war against savagery, however.
bass4funk
No one cares what the Socialist (in name only) thinks
Like what? Abolishing ICE, wanting healthcare for illegals? Thinks illegals have a right to be here, wants to eliminate fracking, where was she when she was appointed border czar and why do so many of her staff quit? Why does she have a short-temper and nasty disposition?
That’s ok, video doesn’t lie.
Blacklabel
this is always said by the left, totally disrespecting Barack Obama and William J Clinton.
you know it’s not true but just gotta keep saying it.
its false. Easily proven as such.
bass4funk
Huh? Oh, lol
dagon
Obviously Hito Bito or they wouldn't have compared Kamala to Bernie.
A favorite MAGA pivot to immigration and wanting to justify stealing from and harming the health of Native Americans again.
https://www.propublica.org/article/land-grab-cheats-north-dakota-tribes-out-of-1-billion-suits-allege
The pot kettle from MAGA never ends. Does she use word salad and non sequitur too?
MAGA sure does.
bass4funk
Like comparing Chavez to Pinochet
The Democrats stole from Americans with their open border policies and lied about it!
What does that have to do with people quitting and complaining she’s impossible to work with?
Says the people that tried to take Trump for 8 years 24/7 and failed every single time.
plasticmonkey
She wasn't appointed "border czar".
She was assigned to work "alongside officials in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras to address the issues driving people to leave those countries and come to the United States."
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/24/republican-national-committee-republican/border-czar-kamala-harris-assigned-to-tackle-immig/
More lies from the MAGA GOP.
Underworld
Blacklabel
Biden has been the most effective president in our lifetimes. The list of his accomplishments is staggering."
His list of accomplishments beats Obama, although the profoundness of the Affordable Care Act is more than anything Biden delivered, so I'll give you that. But Biden achieved more.
It is true.
Underworld
By the way Harris was not appointed "border czar".
She was asked by Biden to fix the source of the border crisis, which was trouble in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.
So she announced a joint partnership with Mexico to foster economic opportunities in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador through agriculture and youth empowerment.
She secured private sector commitments to invest $5 billion towards the promotion of economic opportunities and the reduction of violence in the region.
wallace
bass4funk
Someone is very confused about the history.
Then explain how where there was a democrat riot in 2020.
wallace
zibala
Elections are decided by the ballot and the EC. Not by debates or polls.
An American would know that.