About 10 months ago, President Joe Biden announced his presidential bid for a second term in the White House in 2024. But not all Democrats have been optimistic about President Biden seeking the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination.
And now, Michelle Obama has made it clear she won’t be swooping in and saving the party as some hoped.
“As former First Lady Michelle Obama has expressed several times over the years, she will not be running for president,” Crystal Carson, director of communications for Obama’s office, told NBC News in a statement. “Mrs. Obama supports President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ re-election campaign.”
Concerns in the Democratic Party about Biden’s age and low approval ratings have raised some important questions: What other Democratic candidates could challenge him? And what would happen if Biden dropped out of the race?
However, no major Democrats have decided to publicly challenge Biden, and he has continued on the campaign trail, launching attacks on former President Donald Trump, the GOP nominee in 2024. And arguably, Trump has been taking jabs at Biden during every campaign event or rally.
As for Biden unexpectedly suspending his campaign, voters would have to choose from the few Democratic candidates already in the race in most states. Ballot access deadlines, which are determined by individual states, have already closed in the majority of states, The New York Times reported. That means it would be tough to expand the options for Democrats to choose a different nominee.
In a scenario where Biden exits the race after amassing a substantial number of delegates, no active candidate could secure a majority of pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention. If he withdrew his campaign between the primaries and the convention, the Democratic Party would select its nominee on the floor of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in August. The convention is scheduled…
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