Biden Launches 2024 Campaign
President Biden gives a thumbs up to the crowd after delivering remarks at the 2023 DNC Winter Meeting in Philadelphia on February 3, 2023 (Andrew McKeough/AKSM Photography).
President Biden announced formally on Tuesday morning, via a three-minute video.
Article by Georgia Simon, Associate White House Reporter
WASHINGTON - After a long-awaited reelection announcement, President Biden announced on Tuesday, April 29th, telling Americans that he wants to “finish the job.”
With limited Democratic challengers, the President should have a smooth way to his party’s nomination. However, Biden would be 86 after two full terms in the White House, causing Americans to worry about his abilities in power. He also is set to face a brutally divided country in 2024.
President Biden has been promoting his achievements on Capitol Hill while also explaining his experience with more than 50 years working in the country's capital.
For his first public appearance on Tuesday, the President was greeted with chants of “Let's go Joe” where he said “We — you and I — together we’re turning things around and we’re doing it in a big way.”
The reelection video was released on the four-year anniversary of the president announcing his candidacy back in 2019. He also reintroduced a similar statement used four years ago saying “I said we are in a battle for the soul of America and we still are.”
“The question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom. More rights or fewer,” Biden said.
Throughout the campaign video, the president mentions “MAGA extremism” and their plays to cut social security, ban books, limit nationwide abortions and stop voting liberties.
“Freedom. Personal freedom is fundamental to who we are as Americans. There’s nothing more important. Nothing more sacred,” Biden said in the video.
Vice President Kamala Harris, stated that she is “proud to run for reelection with President Joe Biden.”
“Our hard-won freedoms are under attack. And this is a moment for us to stand up and fight,” Vice President Harris added.
In various moments of the video, the president points out conservative opponents including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green and former President Trump.
Since his first successful campaign, President Biden has understood the age gap between him and young voters. In 2020, Generation Z (1997-2013) dominated the polls and helped secure the president his victory.
After signing the highly debated “Willow Project” on March 13th, a social media outburst became apparent to the White House, causing serious disapproval in the Biden administration's decision while also breaking the trust of young voters.
President Biden named Julie Chávez Rodríguez his campaign manager while also appointing Quentin Fulks as the principal deputy campaign manager. Reps. Lisa Blunt-Rochester, Veronica Escobar and Jim Clyburn; Sen. Chris Coons and Sen. Tammy Duckworth; Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Jeffrey Katzenberg, a Democratic mega-donor and entertainment executive, will be the campaign co-chairs.