Barack Obamais breaking the silence in Joe Biden dropping out of the 2024 presidential race… praising his former vice president — but stopping short of endorsing the current one.
The 44th POTUS released a statement Sunday, a few minutes ago… and it’s a glowing tribute to the sitting president — a man he calls a “patriot of the highest order.”
Obama says he has come to admire Biden’s character in the years they worked together as president and vice president… a character he says has helped Biden save the country from ruin in recent years.
Barack highlights Joe’s economic, international and climate victories during his administration… though he admits his biggest achievement was keeping Trump out of office in 2020.
Obama says such an extraordinary record gave Biden every right to run for re-election, adding that he has never seen Joe back down from a fight — so he knows it must have been tough for the incumbent president to drop out.
So Barack enters the race as it currently stands… and his comments are interesting because he doesn’t immediately leave and come back Kamala Harris.
Instead, Barack says he has “extraordinary confidence that the leaders of our party will be able to create a process from which an extraordinary candidate will emerge”… so basically, he’s waiting to see how everyone fares in the open field.
Biden has already endorsed Kamala Harris — who says she is honored by your endorsement — but, it looks like Barack won’t weigh in until the party determines the next nominee. He made the same move in 2016 too, BTW, waiting until after Hillary Clinton won the nomination to support her.
It’s worth noting… reports recently surfaced that Barack told Democratic allies Joe I needed to give up for the good of the party — although he wasn’t saying it to his face.
Either way, Barack has kind words for Joe… even if he’s hesitant about choosing the next president.