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After Biden’s exit, relieved DNC delegates gear up for Chicago convention upheaval

Joanne Chesley was just returning home from church, when she got the call from a friend informing her President Joe Biden decided to end his reelection campaign and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to become the Democratic Party’s nominee.  Chesley, a pledged Biden delegate from North Carolina, had vocally supported the president’s candidacy this cycle, […]

Debate to departure: Timeline of Biden’s reelection campaign falling apart

President Joe Biden finally heeded public advice from nearly 40 Democratic lawmakers and donors’ private wishes by suspending his reelection campaign on Sunday, the end of a monthlong saga that had many holding their breath and shaking their heads. Biden stayed in the race even after months of signs showing his physical fitness and mental […]

Conservative legal fight over Biden withdrawal quietly moves ahead

A potentially long-shot legal fight to challenge President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 election race is now quietly moving forward after his historic decision to bow out on Sunday. The conservative Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project has been leading the threat of legal action, publicizing a June 21 memo on the matter immediately after last month’s presidential […]

Hunter Biden asks ‘all Americans’ to thank his father after president’s historic withdrawal

Hunter Biden released an emotional statement on Sunday following his father’s decision to withdraw from his campaign for reelection. The first son marveled at his father’s attributes and asked “all Americans” to “thank” President Joe Biden for his public service. “For my entire life, I’ve looked at my dad in awe. How could he suffer […]

DNC members urge delegates to vote Kamala Harris at convention

Members of the Democratic National Committee are imploring delegates to the DNC’s August convention to get behind Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s new presidential nominee. President Joe Biden endorsed Harris for president on Sunday shortly after announcing he was withdrawing his reelection candidacy. Soon after, DNC members began circulating a letter asking delegates […]

Vance slams Harris as VP makes bid to become Democrats’ standard-bearer 

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) had some scathing words for Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democrat gears up to replace her boss, President Joe Biden.  “Joe Biden has been the worst President in my lifetime and Kamala Harris has been right there with him every step of the way,” former President Trump’s running mate said […]

Van Jones compares Biden dropping out to grandfather having keys taken away

CNN’s Van Jones was visibly upset while appearing on television Sunday, saying that people are “heartbroken” over President Joe Biden’s decision to not continue his reelection bid. Biden revealed his decision through a statement he made on social media, and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris shortly afterward. Jones argued that Biden’s decision represents the difference […]

Dean Phillips long-shot bid against Biden and comments on age validated

Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN), who challenged President Joe Biden‘s reelection campaign, accused Biden of not being mentally capable of governing for another term long before the growing chorus of party members echoing that sentiment led him to leave the race. Phillips was one of a handful of outsiders that tried to challenge but never threatened […]

Biden succumbs to Democratic pressure after threatening defiance one last time

President Joe Biden acceded to an intense Democratic pressure campaign to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race on Sunday, capping a career as a loyal and often fierce partisan abandoned by his party. Biden had hoped to make his reelection campaign a referendum on former President Donald Trump, a strategy that appeared to work well […]

Hill Democrats coalesce around Harris following Biden endorsement

Democrats on Capitol Hill are following President Joe Biden’s lead in endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him at the top of the ticket, even as some party leaders remain silent. Within minutes of Biden’s announcement that he would drop out of the 2024 race, Harris earned the support of key congressional stakeholders that […]
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