Biden, 80, announces 2024 re-election bid

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="EPA-EFE." src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/overseas/04/24/042423_joe-biden_epa.jpg"/><figcaption>US President Joe Biden prepares to sign an executive order creating a White House Office of Environmental Justice in the Rose Garden at the White House, Washington DC, USA, April 21, 2023. <em>Will Oliver, EPA-EFE.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden announced Tuesday he is running for re-election in 2024, plunging at the record age of 80 into a ferocious new White House campaign &quot;to finish the job.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Every generation has a moment where they have had to stand up for democracy. To stand up for their fundamental freedoms,&quot; Biden wrote on Twitter, along with a video.</p><p>&quot;I believe this is ours. That’s why I’m running for re-election as president of the United States. Join us. Let&#x27;s finish the job.&quot;</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Every generation has a moment where they have had to stand up for democracy. To stand up for their fundamental freedoms. I believe this is ours.<br/><br/>That’s why I’m running for reelection as President of the United States. Join us. Let’s finish the job. <a href="https://t.co/V9Mzpw8Sqy">https://t.co/V9Mzpw8Sqy</a> <a href="https://t.co/Y4NXR6B8ly">pic.twitter.com/Y4NXR6B8ly</a></p>— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1650801827728986112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2023</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>After a series of big legislative wins and momentous foreign policy struggles in his first two years in office, Biden has no real challenger from within the Democratic Party.</p><p>But in a campaign that may result in a rematch of the 2020 election against Donald Trump, he is expected to face constant and fierce scrutiny over his age.</p><p>The veteran Democrat would be 86 by the end of a second term. Even if a medical exam in February found him &quot;fit&quot; to execute the duties of the presidency, many including in his own voter base believe he is too old.</p><p>An NBC News poll released over the weekend found that 70 percent of Americans, including 51 percent of Democrats, believe he should not run.</p><p>Sixty-nine percent of all respondents who said he shouldn&#x27;t run cited concerns over his age as a major or minor reason.</p><p>Biden likes to answer those concerns by saying, &quot;watch me&quot; -- meaning that voters should focus on his policy wins at home and his marshaling of an unprecedented Western alliance to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia&#x27;s invasion.</p><p>Over the next year and a half, Biden will have all the advantages of incumbency, backed by a united party, while Republicans are only just starting a messy primary season.</p><p>Trump, despite becoming the first former or serving president to be criminally indicted -- and facing probes into his attempt to overturn his loss to Biden in the 2020 election -- is the overwhelming Republican frontrunner.</p><p>On Monday, Trump was quick to pitch in his own criticism of the man who defeated him last time around.</p><p>&quot;With such a calamitous and failed presidency, it is almost inconceivable that Biden would even think of running for reelection,&quot; he said in a statement.</p><p>The most likely Republican challenger to the 76-year-old Trump, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, presents a similarly right-wing figure, though starkly younger at 44.</p><div><strong>- &#x27;Rebuilding the middle class&#x27; -</strong></div><p>Biden will underline his foreign policy credentials Tuesday when he meets with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is starting a state visit to the White House.</p><p>Like in 2020, Biden&#x27;s video message framed his election bid as a fight to save American democracy from Trump and increasingly far-right Republicans. However, he also stressed his message of restoring an economy with heavy focus on the manufacturing base and jobs for the middle class.</p><p>Later Tuesday he was scheduled to deliver an economic address to a union conference being held in Washington.</p><p>While not a campaign event, the scheduled theme -- &quot;how his investing in America agenda is bringing manufacturing back, rebuilding the middle class, and creating good-paying union jobs&quot; -- was set to be at the heart of the Democrat&#x27;s 2024 message.</p><div><strong>- Bland but comforting? -</strong></div><p>Biden&#x27;s approval ratings have not topped 50 percent for more than a year and a half.</p><p>However, he has consistently over-delivered when it matters. Supporters say the Democratic Party&#x27;s surprisingly strong performance in 2022 midterm congressional elections validated the Biden brand.</p><p>And while Biden may seem bland in comparison to Trump, he would bank on his moderate, old fashioned image being the secret weapon needed in an increasingly extreme era.</p><p>&quot;My dad had an expression,&quot; Biden often says. &quot;&#x27;Joey, don&#x27;t compare me to the Almighty. Compare me to the alternative.&#x27;&quot;</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

President Joe Biden announced Tuesday he is running for re-election in 2024, plunging at the record age of 80 into a ferocious new White House campaign 'to finish the job.'

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Biden, 80, announces 2024 re-election bid

Biden, 80, announces 2024 re-election bid

Sebastian Smith,

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Published Apr 25, 2023 06:43 PM PHT

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