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WASHINGTON ― In one of the most stunning weeks in American politics, President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee. The change leaves Harris with less than four months to prove to voters that she’s the best person to lead the country ― and to defeat Donald Trump.
“It would be wrong, and I think unlawful, in accordance to some of these states’ rules, for a handful of people to go in a back room and switch it out because they’re, they don’t like the candidate any longer,” Johnson, who is perhaps best known asBut even attorneys who have long represented Republicans have said that’s nonsense.on Tuesday. “A convention naming a candidate who then gets ballot placement in every state is the normal course of business.
What’s key to remember, she said, is that Biden immediately threw his support behind Harris when he dropped his reelection bid. This process of transitioning to a new candidate would have been a lot messier if that hadn’t happened.
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