OnPolitics: Is Biden's exit the latest episode of the 'worst reality TV show in the world'?
Hey OnPolitics readers! After months of a seemingly inevitable clash between two long-known and well-understood presidential candidates, President Joe Biden's decision Sunday to halt his reelection effort upended both the 2024 campaign and the day-to-day lives of Americans still reeling from the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump the weekend before.
It all comes atop years of nonstop political turmoil, and many Americans say they're exhausted, excited, anxious and baffled, sometimes all at once, Paste BN Trevor Hughes, Terry Collins and Lauren Villagran reported.
🔥Liberal voters, energized, confused and concerned: Some liberals were energized by Biden's decision and began lining up Sunday behind Vice President Kamala Harris, who announced her candidacy and secured Biden's and other key endorsements. Other liberals fretted over whether the Democratic Party can coalesce behind a last-minute candidate and assemble a cohesive campaign to beat Trump.
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💰Harris financial support increases: Harris' candidacy sparked an outpouring of financial support for Democrats, with nearly $50 million raised in the hours following Biden's announcement, the biggest one-day take for Democrats in the 2024 presidential election cycle, the liberal fundraising platform ActBlue reported.
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❓Why are some Democrats afraid? Here's an example: A month ago, Michigan sisters and self-described "double haters" Olivia and Macayla Jones said they couldn't bring themselves to vote for either Biden or Trump. Sunday, they said that Biden did the right thing in stepping back ‒ and that they'd now vote for Harris if she tops the ticket. But they worry about her chances as a Black woman. While the Jones sisters are Black women themselves, they wondered aloud if having a white man run against Trump would be smarter politically.
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