FULL SPEECH: President Biden explains decision to step aside, not seek reelection

Insisting that “the defense of democracy is more important than any title,” President Joe Biden explained in an Oval Office address his decision to drop his bid for reelection and to throw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris.

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[Sabrineable]

Lowest in unemployment. The ones working need 2 jobs to pay the rent. We don't have a happy life.

[buckfiden]

And he’s lying about being in any wars….. I found this on Google five seconds ago: Four military engagements encompassing three wars, all of which are interventions, currently involve the US: the Yemeni Civil War, the Somali Civil War, and the Syrian Civil War.

[earthangel]

One nation under the Donor Class with liberty and justice for the oligarchs.

[jamiegodfather]

I been a President for all Americans (except republicans)

[dshudson]

Lol we are not at war, same sentence, we will stop Putin

[ClarenceM.-mgrt]

118 executive orders- sounds like a dictator to me

[rhondathompson]

It looks fake as hell in the background that tree don’t even move

[NewMediaNewsKB]

Democracy is at stake with u and you the Democrats not we the people

[buckfiden]

They should just start showing us the Teleprompter, and we’ll read it for ourselves

[DaytripperXX]

he looks like one of those FAKE robots

[pammentzer]

Is it real...or is it Maybelline? How much makeup can a person wear?!

[JM-pfgu]

Thats not slow Joe .thats artificial intelligence bot

[RafiBarides]

If you look at the window you can see the reflection of the teleprompter

[neighborhoodprepped]

What a giant waste .. he’s an embarrassment to America

[williamtaylor]

Literally nothing he said was factual or accurate.

[lauraseel]

Oh my G did he just say border crossings are less than under Trump? Does he even know how to tell the truth?

[joyceferrell]

If only all the things he says he has accomplished were true?

[MegaDirtyberty]

"preserve our democracy", no joe you just want to save your a**...

[Tko_Seven]

Cmon. Hurry up and finish the speech already. Think about significance of passage of time~

[mmcgahn]

How did he accumulate multiple millions of dollars on a civil servant salary for 50 years?