FULL SPEECH: President Joe Biden gives address after dropping out of 2024 election

President Joe Biden spoke extensively for the first time on his decision to withdraw from the 2024 race and his plans for what will now be the final few months of his long political career.

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[thebigp]

Bold of ABC to keep comments turned on lol

[StevenWagner-lqcy]

"Wages are up and inflation is down"

Wait, what???!!!

[LeBronTheKingJames]

Probably dropped out to play Minecraft with Donald Trump and Barrack Obama.

[javoegele]

Not the best deep fake I’ve ever seen.

[Q__tube]

How many of you had to come to this video to see a comment section 😂

[Covidiocracy]

Will the real Joe Biden please stand up?

[officialcalvinwayman]

Slightly confused here: at one point he says America is in no wars anywhere in the world, and then ends on “God protect our troops.” Our troops where? Are they in war somewhere?

[psilocypher]

The fact he says “we finally beat big pharma” is enough for any halfway intelligent person to know he’s full of it.

[sacrificetheory]

The United States not at war but you sure as hell are funding them.

[idellhpcompaq]

In a world with high quality cameras in everyone's pockets why can't I find a high quality upload of this speech anywhere on the internet? Why did they record this in so low quality??

[TheMickeyBloo]

Talking about how presidents are not kings while participating in the coronation if Kamala. She'd never have made it through the primaries.

[Brittanicus]

9:18 "If corporations take control of our country, then the Republic will be destroyed." - Abraham Lincoln (November 21, 1864)

[ChrisCouch-ihsw]

Nothing more American than an ad break in the middle of a historical presidential address

[EverisXD]

theres a reason this is capped to 720p lmao

[myles_bennett]

Donald Trump was investigated, impeached, raided, arrested, charged, convicted, shot and BIDEN drops out Lmfao XD

[TonyGue]

This comment section is gonna be disabled soon 😂

[Hopefulwatermelon]

Shout-out to the person holding up the signs he was reading from, they'd be helpless without you❤

[brandonhughes]

He just said violent crime is at an all time low??? What planet is this man living on? Are we just denying the truth now or what? What is going on?

[brucecampbell]

This is what a career politician looks like.

[C.partido.]

"Racial wealth gap is lower than its ever been"
Thats right, now no one gets paid well 😂