How Biden Ditched His Pledge to Be a ‘Bridge’ Candidate

“President Biden’s insistence on staying in the 2024 race has seemingly defied his own pledge to serve as a transitional president to a younger generation of Democratic leaders,” Axios reports.

“Biden acknowledged during an interview with BET News that aired July 17 that he had originally run for president as a ‘transitional candidate’ and that he had expected to ‘pass it on to somebody else.'”

“However, Biden said he hadn’t expected how polarized the U.S. would become and that he had demonstrated ‘that I know how to get things done for the country.'”

He added: “There’s more to do and I’m reluctant to walk away from that.”