Utoo Radio with Other News Sources - July 21, 2024 - US President Joe Biden has dropped his re-election bid against Republican Donald Trump, citing growing opposition within his Democratic Party.

Biden has not been seen in public since testing positive for COVID-19. Opposition has grown, with 36 congressional Democrats publicly calling on him to end his campaign.

Biden's departure sets up a stark contrast between the Democrats' presumptive new nominee, Kamala Harris, and Trump, who is two decades her senior and faces two outstanding criminal prosecutions related to his attempts to overturn the 2020 election result.

Biden's poor performance in the debate and gaffes at a NATO summit have further sparked concerns about his fitness for another four-year term.

If Harris emerges as the nominee, it would represent an unprecedented gamble by the Democratic Party, as it would be the first Black and Asian American woman to run for the White House in a country that has elected one Black president and never a woman president in more than two centuries of democracy.