President Joe Biden said he is “not sure” he would be running for re-election in 2024 if former President Donald Trump was not also seeking a second term.
The commander in chief made the comment during remarks to donors at one of the fundraisers he attended on Tuesday in Massachusetts.
“If Trump wasn’t running, I’m not sure I’d be running. But we cannot let him win,” Biden said, according to a press pool report from the event.
This appears to be a shift from Biden’s stance as recently as April, when he said he thought that would still be running again even if Trump was not.
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN), who is running a long-shot challenge against Biden for the Democratic Party’s 2024 nomination, responded to Biden’s quote on Tuesday, saying on X, “Says the candidate with lower approval figures and losing to Trump in every poll of consequence. It’s downright delusional.”
Ahead of a possible rematch against Trump, who is the clear frontrunner to secure the GOP…