Democrats are racing against the clock on Monday to find a new candidate for the November elections in the United States after President Donald Trump Joe Biden would withdraw from the race and support his vice president, Kamala Harrisfor his party’s nomination.
The Democratic Party has promised a “transparent and orderly process“to replace the 81-year-old president in the campaign.
Doubts about his health and his ability to beat Republican Donald Trump at the polls caused him to throw in the towel with just over three months to go before the presidential election.
Democrats will now have to choose a new candidate at their party convention in Chicago starting on August 19. But they may not wait until then.
The front-runner is Vice President Harris. Not only did she receive the “full support and backing” from Biden, but also from former President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary, former Secretary of State. And above all the support from two potential heavyweight rivals: the governors Gavin Newsom and Gretchen Whitmer.
Democratic lawmakers, including at least a third of U.S. senators, have rallied around her.
But others like the House Minority Leader, Hakeem Jeffriesand his influential predecessor, Nancy Pelosi, to Senate Majority Leader, Chuck Schumerremained silent. The former president Barack Obama he didn’t mention it either.
“We will be sailing into uncharted territory for the next few days.“Obama said in a statement.But I have extraordinary confidence that our party leaders will be able to create a process from which an outstanding candidate emerges.“, he added.
In the hours following the withdrawal of BidenThe Democratic Party recorded its largest single-day fundraising haul for its 2024 campaign, raising some $46.7 million, announced ActBlue, the party’s fundraising group.
Harris is scheduled to speak at 3:30 p.m. GMT on Monday at the White House at a ceremony celebrating college sports programs.
The “greatest honor”
As it stands, Harris, who is black and of South Asian descent and the only female vice president in US history, does not appear to have any serious rivals.
In any case, any opponent is very limited in launching an alternative candidacy.
Convention delegates have been informed that a vote on Harris’s nomination will be held on August 1, more than two weeks before the meeting, CBS reported.
If the Democrats fail to reach an agreement, a convention open to other candidates could be held in Chicago, but there is no indication that this will happen at this time.
“Yes, there is a process to go through and, yes, she has to earn it. But she earned it in many ways when Joe Biden chose her to be his vice president.“former Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill said on MSNBC.
The Democratic nomination was already on the ropes since the disastrous performance of Biden in the June debate against Trump, who emerged stronger and is living days of glory after surviving an assassination attempt and attending a Republican convention that worshipped him.
Biden He insisted for more than three weeks on staying in the race, ignoring calls for him to resign, until on Sunday he threw in the towel with an announcement on social network X, while he recovers from Covid at his house on the beach in Delaware (east).
The Democrat said that being president has been the “greatest honor“of his life and promised to address the nation this week.
“Most likely”
His withdrawal makes him the first president in 56 years not to seek a second term and the first in US history to give up that possibility so late.
Donna Patterson, a professor at Delaware State University, estimates that his departure has injected “energy” to the campaign.
“In the hours since the announcement, and with Biden’s endorsement, a Kamala Harris presidential bid seems most likely“, he added.
At a rally held Saturday night in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Trump insulted Biden and Harriscalling the president “idiot” and “weak old man”, and she of “crazy” and “crazy”.
The vice president struggled to find her place in her early years in the White House, but she stood out during the campaign for her defense of key issues such as abortion rights.
“Whoever the Democrats nominate – and I’m pretty sure it will be Harris – will have challenges“We are not going to be able to do that,” said Donald Nieman, a political analyst and professor at Binghamton University in New York State.
Source: Gestion
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