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LetMyPeopleVote

(179,870 posts)
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 09:36 AM Apr 2023

Biden tells Al Roker: 'I plan on running'

Source: NBC News

President Joe Biden told “TODAY” show co-host Al Roker on Monday that he plans to run for a second term.

“I plan on running, Al, but we’re not prepared to announce it yet,” he said.

Biden, 80, has consistently stated his plans to run for re-election. In a private conversation at the White House last year, he told the Rev. Al Sharpton that he will seek a second term, the civil rights leader told his National Action Network staff in Washington, NBC News reported.

“I’m going to do it again,” Biden said last year as he posed for a photograph in the Roosevelt Room with Sharpton, according to an official from the National Action Network who recounted the MSNBC host's description. “I’m going.”

Biden's remarks come as top White House advisers are preparing to make final decisions on launching his re-election campaign, several sources familiar with the discussions told NBC News. Several considerations in the decision-making process include that no major Democratic challenger has emerged; that former President Donald Trump, who is running for the GOP nomination, has been indicted and is consuming the political spotlight; and that there's a major clash coming with congressional Republicans over spending.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/biden-says-plan-running-2024-no-announcement-yet-rcna78921?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_mtp

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Biden tells Al Roker: 'I plan on running' (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2023 OP
Yah! DownriverDem Apr 2023 #1
Never doubted he will. He will win. By a larger margin. LakeArenal Apr 2023 #2
He certainly should! brer cat Apr 2023 #3
Go Joe! flamingdem Apr 2023 #4
I plan on running LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2023 #5
Best president in my lifetime Bayard Apr 2023 #6
I plan on supporting him. pandr32 Apr 2023 #7
Excellent! not fooled Apr 2023 #8
Glad to hear. He's done a good job for what he inherited and has to "work" with. Evolve Dammit Apr 2023 #9
He almost certainly will announce by May Polybius Apr 2023 #10
He's got my vote! tonekat Apr 2023 #11
like it republianmushroom Apr 2023 #12

DownriverDem

(7,014 posts)
1. Yah!
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 09:39 AM
Apr 2023

I support Biden all the way. He is so needed just like he was needed in 2020. Look at what he's done. Look at what he stands for. We need to focus on the House, Senate, State/local elections and getting Biden reelected. Go Joe!

Bayard

(29,707 posts)
6. Best president in my lifetime
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 11:29 AM
Apr 2023

He's accomplished more in one term than most do in two. I don't care how old he is--give him a second term. With the crazies in Congress, we need Joe to veto their nonsense.

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