Timeline: From the Biden-Trump debate to Biden’s withdrawal: 25 days that shook American politics
From a botched debate performance to an assassination attempt and a president dropping out of the race, how the 2024 race was upended in under a month.
WASHINGTON — Over just 25 days, the presidential race has been reshaped in historic proportions with an attempted assassination of one candidate and with another dropping out of the race.
With President Joe Biden announcing Sunday that he would no longer seek his party's nomination, it is unclear who the Democratic nominee will be just over 100 days before the election — though Biden and several other prominent Democrats have thrown their support behind Vice President Kamala Harris.
Republicans appear to be seeing a wave of renewed enthusiasm from their base of voters following the failed attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump last weekend.
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.Kevin Dietsch; Allison Bailey / Getty ImagesIt's a sharp reversal of course for a contest that was shaping up to be a largely predictable rematch of the 2020 election. Here is a timeline of the events that have redefined the 2024 presidential race:
June 27: Biden and Trump debate in Atlanta, with many Democrats panning Biden’s poor performance. Immediately following the debate, several former Democratic elected officials and political advisors suggest Biden should end his re-election bid.
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