On a summer Sunday, Biden withdrew with a text statement. News outlets struggled for visuals

Published July 21, 2024 3:42 PM

AP Media Writer

The shocking news of President Joe Biden abandoning his race for re-election led news outlets to scramble on a summer Sunday afternoon. It had been an intensely visual week of news in politics, from the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump to the four-day television show of the Republican national convention. This it was an old-fashioned way of making news. Biden announced his decision through a printed statement. It was dropped into his social media accounts before 2 p.m. Eastern time. It led to talk about a campaign by Vice President Kamala Harris before she even announced she was running.

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