Joe Biden Yes is withdrawn from the race for re-election to Casa Bianca as President of the United States. The decision, which came three weeks after the televised debate against Donald Trump aired on Cnnwas officially announced after the flood of easier, private advice e public appeals of much of the American Democratic Party and its financiers. From the role of Barack Obama to that of the wife Jillup to the position taken by the former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi: here are the Backstory which led Biden to take “a step back”.
Joe Biden withdraws from the election race: the announcement on X
In a letter posted on his X profile, Biden announced that he will speak to the nation in the coming days to explain his choice.
“Allow me to express my deepest deep gratitude to all those who worked so hard to see me re-elected,” he wrote in the post, also thanking the vice president Kamala Harris (who received his endorsement) for being a “extraordinary partner” for the entire duration of the mandate.
Former President Barack Obama told allies that Biden should “seriously reconsider his candidacy”
“Let me express my sincere appreciation to the American people for the faith and trust you have placed in me. Today I believe what I have always believed: that There is nothing America can’t do, when we do it together.. We just have to remember that we are the United States of America,” he added.
The role of family and wife Jill
Following the disastrous televised debate against Trump on June 27, Biden had repeatedly and fervently rejected any invitation to withdraw from the presidential race ahead of the November elections.
The choice had been defended by Biden’s team of advisors and family: from Sister Valerie and from Hunter’s sonbut also and above all from the wife Jillalthough many expected that it would be the latter that would convince him to leave.
“She let her husband make the decision; Jill’s role was to support him”he explained to the Corriere della Sera Anita McBrideformer chief of staff to Laura Bush close to the current first lady.
Barack Obama’s Phone Calls with Donors
As reported by the Washington Post, Barack Obama had recently told allies that Biden should “seriously reconsider his candidacy“.
The former president (of whom Biden was vice president from 2009 to 2017) did not, however, expose himself publicly and would have I acted with discretion also to avoid fueling a widespread theory among Trump supporters, according to which Obama it would be the real one president in fact. A version aimed at discrediting Biden’s institutional role.
In recent weeks, however, the former African-American leader has reportedly received countless phone calls from politicians e party financiers (many of whom have withdrawn their financial support).
Obama would always reply by explaining that the final decision would be Joe’s alone: no one really had the power to influence him.
Nancy Pelosi’s stance
Unlike Obama, the former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (among the main prominent figures of the Democratic area, also in terms of fundraising) has decided to publicly assume a net position.
In early July, Pelosi appeared on TV, making it clear that negotiations with Biden to try to make him back down and avoid his re-election were underway.
In fact, in the recent past the 84-year-old politician had defended the president. In an interview she had even said that age is “experience and wisdom”.
But then the change of direction came: Cnn had fearfully stressed that donors would frozen funds if the Democrats hadn’t convinced Biden to leave the scene.
After announcing the withdrawal, Pelosi praised Biden, calling him “one of the most important presidents in American history“.
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