He spent his first two years as president combating the coronavirus pandemic and pushing through major bills such as the bipartisan infrastructure package and legislation to promote high-tech manufacturing and climate measures. “That’s why I’m running for re-election."Īs the contours of the campaign begin to take shape, Biden plans to campaign on his record. “This is not a time to be complacent,” Biden added. “Around the country, MAGA extremists are lining up to take those bedrock freedoms away.” Nothing more sacred,” Biden said in the launch video, depicting Republican extremists as trying to roll back access to abortion, cut Social Security, limit voting rights and ban books they disagree with. Personal freedom is fundamental to who we are as Americans. The president is set to run again on the same themes that buoyed his party last fall, particularly on preserving access to abortion. And Biden’s political standing within his party stabilized after Democrats notched a stronger-than-expected performance in last year’s midterm elections. Yet few things have unified Democratic voters like the prospect of Trump returning to power. A notable swath of Democratic voters have indicated they would prefer he not run, in part because of his age - concerns Biden has called “totally legitimate” but ones he did not address head-on in the launch video. While the prospect of seeking re-election has been a given for most modern presidents, that’s not always been the case for Biden. “The question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom. “I said we are in a battle for the soul of America, and we still are," Biden said.
The announcement, in a three-minute video, comes on the four-year anniversary of when Biden declared for the White House in 2019, promising to heal the “soul of the nation” amid the turbulent presidency of Donald Trump - a goal that has remained elusive. But he’s still set for a hard-fought struggle to retain the presidency in a bitterly divided nation. He faces a smooth path to winning his party’s nomination, with no serious Democratic rivals. WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday formally announced that he is running for re-election in 2024, asking voters to give him more time to “finish this job” he began when he was sworn into office and to set aside their concerns about extending the run of America’s oldest president for another four years.īiden, who would be 86 at the end of a second term, is betting his first-term legislative achievements and more than 50 years of experience in Washington will count for more than concerns over his age. President Joe Biden speaks from the Treaty Room in the White House on April 14, 2021, about the withdrawal of the remainder of U.S.
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