Hillary Clinton already faced this challenge: can Kamala Harris defeat Trump?

Hillary Clinton already had this task: can Kamala Harris defeat Trump Victoria Grabovskaya

Joseph Biden announced on July 21 that he was withdrawing his candidacy from the presidential election. He also called on Democrats to unite around Kamala Harris, who will take part in the elections.

Public and political figure from the USA Yuri Rashkin told 24 Channel that Biden already experienced a similar situation in 2016. Then he gave the right to run as a Democrat to Hillary Clinton, and now to Harris.

For Biden this is the worst option

Joseph Biden was the incumbent vice president in 2016 and was expected to run for president. However, Barack Obama convinced him that the best candidate from the Democrats was Hillary Clinton, who had more support and a chance of winning. Biden listened to Obama and did not run for president. However, Clinton lost the election to Donald Trump.

Afterwards, Biden felt responsible, furious, and guilty about what had happened, and he didn't want to for this to happen again. Therefore, in 2020, he decided to participate in the presidential election and won, the public figure noted.

In 2024, history repeated itself, and Biden was again pushed out of the election race.< /p>

If Kamala Harris, who is running for president, loses to Trump, Biden will have a very difficult time accepting it. For him, this is the worst option,” Rashkin emphasized.

Biden previously emphasized that he received the support of 14 million voters , then, they say, how can he betray them if he leaves the electoral race.

However, this figure is the size of the Democratic Party’s electoral base, which will support the candidate who will lead the party forward. These voters cast their votes for Biden, but they will also cast them for the one who will represent the democratic forces and resist Trump, emphasized Yuri Rashkin.

Let us recall that after After Joseph Biden failed to debate Donald Trump, his support among Democrats began to decline. The president was under pressure to withdraw from the presidential election.

Eventually, on July 21, Biden announced that he had decided to withdraw from the race. However, he will continue to serve as President.