“It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President. And while it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term,” Biden wrote.
Edit: He’s endorsing Harris. all the news sites have live feeds.
- https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-pulls-out-presidential-race-live-2024-07-21/
- https://apnews.com/live/biden-trump-election-campaign-updates
- https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4784442-live-updates-biden-drops-out-2024-race/
- https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/biden-trump-election-07-21-24/index.html
As a non American I’ve never understood the primaries concept either. I get how it works but I’ve never seen it anywhere else in the world. So I don’t think it’s that big of a deal having the party leadership decide their candidate.