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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ed Pilkington

The 48 hours that consigned Joe Biden’s 2024 candidacy to history

Man leaves room in White House with back to camera
Joe Biden at the White House earlier this month. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Forty-eight hours is an aeon in American politics, especially if you are Joe Biden and the party that you lead, and a relentlessly growing number of your closest allies within it, are turning inexorably against you.

On Friday morning, the message coming out of Joe Biden’s camp left no room for interpretation. He might be sick with Covid, but he was resolute: the Biden re-election show must go on.

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