Obama Reacts To Joe Biden’s Withdrawal From Presidential Race

<h4>Obama Reacts<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that American former President and senior stakeholder in the America&&num;8217&semi;s democratic family&comma; Barack Obama&comma; has reacted to the withdrawal of President Joe Biden from the American November presidential race&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Below is what he said<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Joe Biden has been one of America’s most consequential presidents&comma; as well as a dear friend and partner to me&period; Today&comma; we’ve also been reminded — again — that he’s a patriot of the highest order&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Sixteen years ago&comma; when I began my search for a vice president&comma; I knew about Joe’s remarkable career in public service&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>But what I came to admire even more was his character — his deep empathy and hard-earned resilience&semi; his fundamental decency and belief that everyone counts&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Since taking office&comma; President Biden has displayed that character again and again&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>He helped end the pandemic&comma; created millions of jobs&comma; lowered the cost of prescription drugs&comma; passed the first major piece of gun safety legislation in 30 years&comma; made the biggest investment to address climate change in history&comma; and fought to ensure the rights of working people to organize for fair wages and benefits&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong> Internationally&comma; he restored America’s standing in the world&comma; revitalized NATO&comma; and mobilized the world to stand up against Russian aggression in Ukraine&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>More than that&comma; President Biden pointed us away from the four years of chaos&comma; falsehood&comma; and division that had characterized Donald Trump’s administration&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Through his policies and his example&comma; Joe has reminded us of who we are at our best — a country committed to old-fashioned values like trust and honesty&comma; kindness and hard work&semi; a country that believes in democracy&comma; rule of law&comma; and accountability&semi; a country that insists that everyone&comma; no matter who they are&comma; has a voice and deserves a chance at a better life&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>This outstanding track record gave President Biden every right to run for re-election and finish the job he started&period; Joe understands better than anyone the stakes in this election — how everything he has fought for throughout his life&comma; and everything that the Democratic Party stands for&comma; will be at risk if we allow Donald Trump back in the White House and give Republicans control of Congress&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>I also know Joe has never backed down from a fight&period; For him to look at the political landscape and decide that he should pass the torch to a new nominee is surely one of the toughest in his life&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>But I know he wouldn’t make this decision unless he believed it was right for America&period; It’s a testament to Joe Biden’s love of country — and a historic example of a genuine public servant once again putting the interests of the American people ahead of his own that future generations of leaders will do well to follow&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>We will be navigating uncharted waters in the days ahead&period; But I have extraordinary confidence that the leaders of our party will be able to create a process from which an outstanding nominee emerges&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>I believe that Joe Biden’s vision of a generous&comma; prosperous&comma; and united America that provides opportunity for everyone will be on full display at the Democratic Convention in August&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong> And I expect that every single one of us are prepared to carry that message of hope and progress forward into November and beyond&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>For now&comma; Michelle and I just want to express our love and gratitude to Joe and Jill for leading us so ably and courageously during these perilous times — and for their commitment to the ideals of freedom and equality that this country was founded<&sol;strong><&sol;em> on&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;