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Salon
Salon
Politics
Griffin Eckstein

Joe Biden drops out of presidential race

President Joe Biden will leave the presidential ticket, bowing to pressure from top donors, moderate representatives and strategists within the Democratic Party.

After an uninspiring debate performance sent party leaders and pundits into chaos — which was only intensified by the deepest-pocketed Democratic financiers pulling their support of the candidate — Biden will not be moving forward in his plan to beat Donald Trump, clearing the way for another candidate to pick up the fight in his stead. 

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