President Joe Biden made history Tuesday morning with a slickly-produced video formally announcing his 2024 campaign for reelection.
The announcement establishes the distinct possibility of a rematch with former President Donald Trump.
At 80, Biden is the oldest president to serve in office.
In the three-minute, four-second video, Mr. Biden says he has spent his first years in office fighting for democracy and freedom. And he warns that “MAGA extremists” around the country — using Mr. Trump's “Make America Great Again” slogan — threaten those freedoms.
“When I ran for president four years ago, I said we are in a battle for the soul of America. And we still are,” Mr. Biden says in the video, adding later: “That's why I'm running for re-election.”
The formal declaration of Mr. Biden's candidacy comes four years to the day after he said he would seek the presidency in 2019, asserting at the time that it was vital to prevent Mr. Trump from winning a second term.
Mr. Biden succeeded in 2020. But if Mr. Trump becomes the Republican nominee — he is currently the front-runner — Mr. Biden's legacy will be determined by whether he is able to once again block Mr. Trump's return to power.
Will Trump become the Republican nominee again? Does Biden offer Democrats the best chance to keep the GOP out of the White House? Let us know your answers and more in the comments below!
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‘Stand up for democracy?’ NO. Biden belongs atop the dustbin of history. One day he will get there.
“Freedom”? I wonder if they played this propaganda for the J6 political prisoners. Reminder: The head of the Biden Crime Family was INSTALLED, and his only policy has been to continue Obama’s destruction of the Republic we knew and loved. P.S. Biden: MAGA (which you can’t even pronounce correctly) stands for Make America Great Again, something We The People want.