By India Today World Desk: United State President Joe Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris on Tuesday formally announced their 2024 re-election bid in a new video which the duo posted on their social media account.
The 80-year-old president has asked voters to give him one more chance to “finish the job”saying that his age won’t impede his ability to govern.
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In a video released today, Joe Biden framed next year’s contest as a “fight against Republican extremism”, stating that he would need more time to fully realise his vow to restore the nation’s character.
“When I ran for president four years ago, I said we are in a battle for the soul of America. And we still are,” the president said in the video.
The announcement comes on the four-year anniversary of when Joe Biden declared for the White House in 2019, promising to heal the “soul of the nation” amid the turbulent presidency of Donald Trump.
“The question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom. More rights or fewer,” Biden says in the video. “I know what I want the answer to be and I think you do too. This is not a time to be complacent. That is why I am running for reelection,” he adds.
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Even US Vice-President Kamala Harris shared the same video with a caption that read: “As Americans, we believe in freedom and liberty—and we believe that our democracy will only be as strong as our willingness to fight for it. That’s why @JoeBiden and I are running for reelection. Join us.”
Biden, who would be 86 at the end of a second term, if elected, is betting his first-term legislative achievements and over 50 years of experience in Washington to retain the presidency in a bitterly divided nation.
According to experts, Biden is likely to enjoy an easy path to his party’s nomination as no major Democratic challengers are expected to challenge him.