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.
Trump to follow in Biden’s footsteps and visit Ireland
Former US president Donald Trump is to visit Ireland next month.
It will come just weeks after his successor Joe Biden took part in a four-day visit to the island of Ireland.
There is speculation the two men who went head to head in the 2020 US presidential election could again be candidates in 2024.
Rebecca Black reports.
Donald Trump to follow in Joe Biden’s footsteps and visit Ireland next month
Visit by the former US president will come just weeks after his successor took four-day trip to the island of Ireland
Joe Biden appears to confirm 2024 presidential bid with one word
Joe Biden appeared to confirm that he is running for re-election in 2024 with a one-word answer to reporters gathered at the White House on Monday, 24 April.
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Joe Biden appears to confirm 2024 presidential bid with one word
Joe Biden appeared to confirm that he is running for re-election in 2024 with a one-word answer to reporters gathered at the White House on Monday, 24 April. The US president is expected to announce his bid as early as Tuesday, exactly four years after he launched his last campaign. "I can assure you he said yes, one word," Sky News reporter Mark Stone said of the interaction in the rose garden. Click here to sign up for our newsletters.
Biden 2024: A campaign hiding in plain sight
While advisers say Biden’s activities and message in coming months will be largely indistinguishable from what he’s been doing over the last six months, the frame of reference will inevitably shift as voters increasingly tune in to 2024 political dynamics.
Biden's 2024 campaign has been hiding in plain sight
President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign has been hiding in plain sight all along
Who is running for president in 2024?
President Joe Biden is expected to launch his re-election campaign via video today.
As the 2024 campaign takes shape, here are the names you need to know:
Andrew Feinberg, Ariana Baio report:
Who is running for president in 2024?
As the 2024 campaign takes shape, here are the names you need to know
Biden expected to tap senior White House adviser for 2024 campaign
President Joe Biden is expected to tap Julie Chavez Rodriguez, a senior White House adviser, to manage his reelection campaign, according to a person familiar with deliberations on the matter.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because Chavez Rodriguez’s appointment has not been finalized and Biden has yet to formally launch his reelection campaign. CBS News was first to report that Mr Biden has decided to pick Chavez Rodriguez.
Biden expected to tap senior White House adviser to run reelection campaign
President Joe Biden is expected to tap Julie Chavez Rodriguez, a senior White House adviser, to manage his reelection campaign
Biden's top domestic policy adviser leaves role
In a surprising shift, Joe Biden’s top domestic policy adviser Susan Rice is set to leave her post next month just as the president launches his re-election bid.
In a statement on Monday, Mr Biden said of her departure: “After more than two years of her steady leadership of the Domestic Policy Council – it’s clear: there is no one more capable, and more determined to get important things done for the American people than Susan Rice.”
Ms Rice, a longtime Democratic foreign policy expert, served as president Barack Obama’s national security adviser and UN ambassador, the only person to serve in both positions.
She worked closely with then-vice president Biden in those roles and was on his short list to become his running mate during the 2020 campaign.
Poll finds most Americans don’t want Trump or Biden to run again
With the 2024 presidential election shaping up to be a repeat of the 2020 matchup between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, Americans are less than enhused about the prospect of a rematch.
A recent Hart Research poll commissioned by NBC News found significant majorities of Americans would prefer that Mr Trump and Mr Biden both stand down rather than compete for a second term at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Andrew Feinberg reports from Washington, DC.
Most Americans don’t want Trump or Biden to run again, poll finds
President Joe Biden could announce his 2024 reelection campaign this week
Do Republicans have anything on the Biden family?
With 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 it is Donald Trump – not Biden – that deserves four more years at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Biden himself has not been the target of the various congressional investigations.
Instead, Republicans are laser-focused on using the full power of legislative branch oversight to target Biden’s son Hunter.
Andrew Feinberg has the details.
House GOP targets Hunter Biden: Do Republicans have anything on Biden family?
Republicans so far haven’t identified anything Mr Biden or his family has done that violates federal law
Biden tells nation to ‘stay tuned’ as he meets Tennessee Three and stands up for teachers
This is what the president had to say at the White House on Monday about his widely anticipated announcement, as he and vice president Kamala Harris met with Tennessee lawmakers Justin Jones, Justin Pearson and Gloria Johnson, who were killed out of their state’s House of Representatives earlier this month by Republicans for protesting gun violence in the wake of the Nashville school shooting.
The president took the opportunity to highlight the stresses faced by America’s teachers more generally, from guns to conservatives banning books, pointing out that the first lady herself is a working educator and pledging his support to the profession.
John Bowden and Andrew Feinberg have a little more from yesterday at the White House.
Biden hails Tennessee lawmakers attacked by GOP over gun control push
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President Joe Biden confirms 2024 reelection bid
Here we go...
President Biden’s “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.
The second half of the film is a defiant celebration of a more tolerant, multicultural America - much more positive in tone.
President Joe Biden confirms 2024 reelection bid in video making dig at Trump
Democratic president announced his reelection bid in a video posted on social media at around 6am ET on Tuesday
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