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April 25, 2023

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Announce 2024 Reelection Bid
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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will run for
reelection in 2024. Biden made the official announcement this morning
with a three-minute campaign video posted on social media.

President Joe Biden: "Freedom, personal freedom, is fundamental to who
we are as Americans. There's nothing more important, nothing more
sacred. That's been the work of my first term, to fight for our
democracy - this shouldn't be a red or blue issue - to protect our
rights, to make sure that everyone in this country is treated equally."

So far, Biden and Harris face two Democratic primary challengers:
self-help author Marianne Williamson, who also ran in 2020, and Robert
F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and son
of the former U.S. attorney general and assassinated 1968 presidential
candidate. CBS News reports RFK Jr. was convinced to run by Trump's
former campaign manager Steve Bannon, who believes he will be a useful
chaos agent in the 2024 race.


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