Biden 2024 news: White House botches question over term length as campaign embraces ‘Dark Brandon’ meme
Democrat posts ‘Let’s Finish the Job’ promo announcing fresh run and attacking GOP populists, warning basic rights are under assault from intolerant conservatives
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Your support makes all the difference.US president Joe Biden has announced his 2024 re-election bid in a new video early on Tuesday morning, exactly four years after he launched his last campaign for the White House.
His “Let’s Finish the Job” promo opens with footage of the events of 6 January 2021 and reaffirms his commitment to fighting for freedom and democracy. It features a pointed attack on “MAGA extremists”, whom Mr Biden warns are hell-bent on cutting social security while offering tax breaks to the wealthy and assaulting abortion rights, LGBT+ values, limiting voting access and banning books.
Mr Biden says “this is our moment” to stand up for the rights of Americans as he urges voters to give him a second term in the White House to “finish the job”.
“Freedom. Personal freedom is fundamental to who we are as Americans,” he says.
“There’s nothing more important, nothing more sacred. That’s been the work of my first term to fight for our democracy, to protect our rights, to make sure that everyone in this country is treated equally and that everyone is given a fair shot at making it.”
At 80, Mr Biden is the oldest candidate in American history to ever make a reelection bid.
Following his announcement, the US is now shaping up to see a rematch of the 2020 presidential election, when Mr Biden beat Mr Trump in the Republican’s quest for a second term.
But, based on recent polls, a 2020 rematch does not appear to be what the American people currently want.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre had to clarify a response during her briefing on Tuesday after a reporter asked whether Mr Biden would serve a full eight years if re-elected.
“As you know, we take following the law seriously. So I wanted to be sure that I didn't go into 2024 more than is appropriate under the law. But I can confirm that if re-elected, @POTUS would serve all 8 years,” she said.
The Biden campaign, meanwhile, is embracing the “Dark Brandon” memes popularised around key policy victories for the president.
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President Joe Biden’s anticipated announcement of his 2024 re-election campaign couldn’t come at a better — or worse — time for the 46th President of the United States.
Mr Biden is widely expected to unveil his fourth and final campaign for the presidency in a video to be released on Tuesday, the fourth anniversary of when he launched the successful 2020 campaign that put him in the White House after four years of Donald Trump.
The announcement, which a person close to Mr Biden said is still not “100 per cent finalised”, has been widely expected for months now.
On multiple occasions, the president has said he intends to run for re-election, but until now he has refrained from formally declaring himself a candidate. Aides have attributed the delay to Mr Biden’s natural reticence when it comes to making big decisions, as well as the lack of significant opposition in his own party and the general dysfunction on the Republican side, which appears to be leading to a rematch between Mr Biden and Mr Trump.
Andrew Feinberg and John Bowden have all the details in their full story.
Biden 2024: The polls, the politics and why he needs Trump to win
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Trump blasts Biden ahead of expected 2024 announcement
The Trump campaign seems to be preparing for a Joe Biden 2024 announcement.
“With such a calamitous and failed presidency, it is almost inconceivable that Biden would even think of running for reelection,” the former president said in a statement on Monday. “You know what happened in the last election: they cheated, and they rigged the election.”
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Hunter Biden’s lawyer called for Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene to be investigated for what the president’s son has called “unmoored verbal abuses” such as false accusations of human trafficking, The Washington Post reported.
Abbe Lowell, the lawyer for President Joe Biden’s son, sent a letter to the Office of Congressional Ethics asking for an investigation.
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Have Republicans unearthed anything on the Biden family?
With President Joe Biden poised to announce that he is officially seeking re-election, Republicans in Congress have been busy conducting investigations that they hope will tarnish the 46th president’s public image enough to convince voters that former president Donald Trump — not Mr Biden — deserves four more years at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Andrew Feinberg reports from Washington, DC.
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Biden 2024: The polls, the politics and why he needs Trump to win
Joe Biden’s anticipated announcement of his 2024 re-election campaign couldn’t come at a better — or worse — time for the 46th president of the United States.
Mr Biden is widely expected to unveil his fourth and final campaign for the presidency in a video to be released on Tuesday, the fourth anniversary of when he launched the successful 2020 campaign that put him in the White House after four years of Donald Trump.
Andrew Feinberg and John Bowden write on his mixed ratings, and how early polling matchups with his most likely challenger give room for optimism:
Biden 2024: The polls, the politics and why he needs Trump
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Biden expected to launch new campaign via video announcement
President Joe Biden will launch his re-election bid today, exactly four years after his first successful campaign launch.
The president will launch his campaign with a video which is expected to look a lot like his messaging and policy moves from the past few months, reported The Associated Press.
This will include playing up accomplishments from his first two years, draw a sharp contrast with Republican policies he deems extreme, and brush off worries about his age.
On Monday the president said to reporters: “I told you I’m planning on running.
“I’ll let you know real soon.”
Unlike his previous election bid, Mr Biden will have to juggle the challenge of running for office with the demands of running the country.
“The single best thing Joe Biden can do for his reelection is to continue to be president of United States, and, when he’s out there barnstorming the country, talking about what he’s delivered and what he wants to do,” Eric Schultz, a Democratic operative and spokesperson for former president Barack Obama was quoted as saying.
“That’s exactly what he’s been doing.”
According to the president’s aides he will ramp up fundraising in coming weeks both for himself and the party.
Aides said Mr Biden intends to follow a roadmap similar to Mr Obama, who launched his reelection campaign in April 2011 but waited 13 months to hold his first official reelection campaign rally in May 2012.
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