After three weeks of growing pressure from Democrats following a disastrous debate performance, President Joe Biden said he would no longer be seeking reelection.

“It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President,” Biden wrote in a letter posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. “And while it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term.”

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Biden followed the letter up with a post endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination. “Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year,” he wrote. “Democrats—it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this.”

My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best… pic.twitter.com/x8DnvuImJV

The wheels began coming off........

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