Every generation has a moment where they have had to stand up for democracy. To stand up for their fundamental freedoms. I believe this is ours.
That’s why I’m running for reelection as President of the United States. Join us. Let’s finish the job. JoeBiden.comJoe Biden has formally launched his re-election campaign, asking Americans to give him another four years to finish what he started.
The president, famously nostalgic, chose to launch his campaign on the fourth anniversary of his return to politics in 2019, when he declared his intention to seek the presidential nomination for a third time. Then, like now, Biden relied on a video to formally declare his candidacy before venturing on to the campaign trail.
US President Joe Biden announces 2024 re-election bid
At his campaign launch on Tuesday, the 80-year-old president promised to push forward with the policies he started when he first took office early in 2021 and work to heal the “soul of the nation” after the turbulent presidency of Donald Trump.
“I said we are in a battle for the soul of America, and we still are,” Biden in a three-minute video. “The question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom. More rights or fewer.”
Five key moments that shaped Biden’s presidency so far
President Joe Biden on Tuesday formally launched his campaign for a second term in 2024, asking voters to keep him in office and “finish the job” of a historic American recovery that started after he vanquished Donald Trump in 2020.
Biden’s long-awaited announcement allows him to begin fundraising 18 months out from the November general election. In a video, the president echoed several familiar themes he outlined when he first took charge of the country during the spiraling Covid-19 pandemic and resulting economic turmoil, taking office days after insurrectionists seized the U.S. Capitol.
“When I ran for president four years ago, I said we are in a battle for the soul of America. And we still are,” he said in the video, titled “Freedom” and filled with images from his visits across the country touting his legislative accomplishments.
“The question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom. More rights or fewer. I know what I want the answer to be and I think you do, too,” he said. “This is not a time to be complacent. That’s why I’m running for re-election.”
"Biden vs Trump" BIDEN - Normal, effective, compassionate, boring TRUMP - "American carnage", "death & destruction", threats, inciter of violence, "us vs. them", twice impeached, stole WH records, prolific liar, defendant IT'S A NO-BRAINER
Republicans think Biden is an 'easy target' to unite their party
After months of division over abortion, Ukraine and Trump's legal troubles, Biden's announcement might be the rest Republicans need.
President Joe Biden launched a second campaign for the presidency — and Republicans couldn’t be more thrilled about it.
GOP officials aren’t overly pollyannaish about their prospects of winning by the White House, though they think they’re good. But the possibility of being able to simply talk about Biden rather than all their internal party drama has them downright giddy.
For weeks, Republicans have been dogged by Donald Trump’s legal sideshows in four separate jurisdictions, riven by disagreements over abortion and Russia’s war against Ukraine, and unsteadied by some of the former president's rivals taking shots at its putative party leader.
GOP operatives and candidates say now that Biden has announced his reelection bid, Republicans will have a chance to reset the contours of the race.
