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“I have decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation,” said President Joe Biden tonight from the Oval Office. “That is the best way to unite our nation,” the 81-year-old incumbent stated of his exit from the 2024 race and quick endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination.
Certainly, reaction to Biden’s speech has been almost totally united in praise. Blacklist founder Leonard Franklin and Stephen King both perhaps put it best and most bluntly soon after Biden’s just under 15-minutes remarks ended.
Hell of a speech.
— Franklin Leonard (@franklinleonard) July 25, 2024One of the big Hollywood donors who called for Biden to withdraw from his reelection efforts after the president’s debate debacle of June 27, the director of The American President left nothing on the table tonight.
Joe Biden will go down as one of our greatest Presidents. I’ve never more proud of being an American.
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) July 25, 2024The former Mayor of New Orleans and a top Biden adviser and a top aide (who wasn’t always a big Biden fans) to Barack Obama also went for the less is more reaction.
Star Trek: Picard star Jeri Ryan leaned forward out of the speech.
Our President is such a truly good, good man.
My heart breaks for him.
Let’s win this for him. ✊🏼💙🇺🇸#Harris2024
Kamala Harris’ self-described “rapid response” X/Twitter feed paid respect with the president’s own words, as did The Wire alum Wendell Pierce:
President Biden: I have decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. There is a time and place for long years of experience in public life. But there is also a time and place for new voices, fresh voices, and yes, younger voices. And that time and place… pic.twitter.com/H1iixas8Tl
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) July 25, 2024President Joe Biden. A presidency of restoration. “I revere this office, but I love my country more. It's been the honor of my life to serve as your president. But in the defense of democracy, which is at stake, I think it's more important than any title,” pic.twitter.com/c3yb8jFlQC
— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) July 25, 2024A potential presidential candidate one day and a political adopted son of Joe Biden, the Governor of California went for brevity too:
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