Biden Expected To Launch Reelection Bid Next Week

The Washington Post reports:

President Biden and his team are preparing to announce his reelection campaign next week, with aides finalizing plans to release a video for the president to officially launch his campaign, according to three people briefed on the plans.

Biden and his aides have targeted Tuesday for the release of the video to coincide with the four-year anniversary of his 2020 campaign launch. The people briefed on the plans, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations, cautioned that the official announcement could be delayed.

For months, Biden has signaled he planned to run for a second term, but he has held off an official announcement, as he and his aides felt no urgency to launch a campaign, especially after a better-than-expected midterm performance by the Democrats dampened talk of a primary challenge.

Read the full article.

SCOOP: President Biden and his team are preparing to announce his re-election campaign next week.

They have targeted Tuesday to release an announcement video to coincide with the four-year anniversary of his 2020 campaign launch.

w/ @michaelscherer https://t.co/bdoeNhA12a

— Tyler Pager (@tylerpager) April 20, 2023