Joe Biden drops out, endorses Kamala Harris

My Fellow Individuals,

Over the previous three and a half years, now we have made nice progress as a Nation.

Right now, America has the strongest financial system on the planet. We’ve made historic investments in rebuilding our Nation, in decreasing prescription drug prices for seniors, and in increasing reasonably priced well being care to a document variety of Individuals. We’ve supplied critically wanted care to 1,000,000 veterans uncovered to poisonous substances. Handed the primary gun security legislation in 30 years. Appointed the primary African American girl to the Supreme Courtroom. And handed probably the most important local weather laws within the historical past of the world. America has by no means been higher positioned to steer than we’re in the present day.

I do know none of this might have been carried out with out you, the American folks. Collectively, we overcame a as soon as in a century pandemic and the worst financial disaster for the reason that Nice Despair. We’ve protected and preserved our Democracy. And we’ve revitalized and strengthened our alliances around the globe.

It has been the best honor of my life to function your President. And whereas it has been my intention to hunt reelection, I imagine it’s in one of the best curiosity of my social gathering and the nation for me to face down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the rest of my time period.

I’ll communicate to the Nation later this week in additional element about my resolution.

For now, let me specific my deepest gratitude to all those that have labored so exhausting to see me reelected. I need to thank Vice President Kamala Harris for being a rare accomplice in all this work. And let me specific my heartfelt appreciation to the American folks for the religion and belief you have got positioned in me.

I imagine in the present day what I at all times have: that there’s nothing America can’t do – once we do it collectively. We simply have to recollect we’re the USA of America.