“What a man! What a patriot! What an act of selfless devotion to your country! Him making this decision today is to give the country a chance. A reasonable chance at not putting Donald Trump back in the White House.
“Not putting a president back in the White House who refused to leave the last time and summoned an angry mob to try to overthrow the government rather than go.
“This is Joe Biden saying, ‘apparently it’s not me, the one that gives us the best chance to do that. It’s got to be somebody else. And so I will step aside.'” – Rachel Maddow, this afternoon on MSNBC.
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Rachel Maddow reacts to President Biden withdrawing from the 2024 presidential race.
“What a man. What a patriot. What an act of selfless devotion to your country.” pic.twitter.com/hhEEoNkTbd
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 21, 2024