Biden withdraws from 2024 race, GOP leader calls for resignation
Joe Biden, who has just shockingly announced that he is stepping down from running for a second term as President of the United States, must "immediately" resign, stated Republican Leader in the House of Representatives and Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday.
4:19 PM EDT, July 21, 2024
"If Joe Biden is not fit to run for President, he is not fit to serve as President. He must resign the office immediately. November 5 cannot arrive soon enough," Johnson wrote on the platform X.
Joe biden withdrew from running for president
Joe Biden announced on Sunday on X that he is withdrawing from the presidential race in the USA. He will give an address to the nation explaining his decision and declaring that he will fulfill his duties until the end of his term.
"For now, let me express my deepest gratitude to all those who have worked so hard to see me re-elected. I want to thank Vice President Kamala Harris for being an extraordinary partner in all this work. And let me express my heartfelt appreciation to the American people for the faith and trust you have placed in me," he wrote.
"I believe today what I always have: that there is nothing America can't do - when we do it together. We just have to remember we are the United States of America," summarised the current president.
