In a private conversation that he will seek a second term in office and run for president again President Joe Biden told Al Sharpton of his intent for 2024, according to NBC News. Apparently, in early September at the end of a meeting with leaders from the nation’s top civil rights organizations, Biden reportedly told Sharpton of his plans to seek a second term. This stands to reason, as Sharpton was one of the first to know, about Biden’s 2020 presidential run. NBC reported:
“I’m going to do it again,” Biden said as he posed for a photograph in the Roosevelt Room with Sharpton, who is also an MSNBC host, according to an official of Sharpton’s National Action Network who recounted Sharpton’s description. “I’m going.”
-NBC News
They reported further-
“During a group conversation, Sharpton reminded Biden that the two had sat down in January 2019 on the sidelines of an event commemorating Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. At the time, Biden had not yet declared his candidacy and was seeking Sharpton’s endorsement — or at least a pledge of neutrality — in a field that would include now-Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., both of whom are Black.”
“Then, Biden solicited Sharpton’s advice on running in 2020, avoiding a definitive declaration that he would contend. But, as Sharpton recounted for the group at the White House, that conversation nearly four years ago convinced him he was among the first to know that Biden would ultimately run.”
-NBC News
Many questions, whether he can even do the job, noting his age, seeming cognitive decline and poor physical shape. After he has had several embarrassing moments on the world stage, including flashing a note card with detailed instructions on how to act as president and falling off his bicycle, voters have questioned Biden’s mental capacity to serve as president. He is already the oldest serving president at 79, would be 82 years old in 2024.
According to an August survey, 59 percent of Americans believe Biden should take and release a cognitive test. In just the last week, Biden praised and then attempted to find deceased Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) among a crowd after only one month after her tragic death in a car accident, solidifying a majority of voters’ “doubts”, about Biden’s mental capacity. Sadly, the White House continues to cover for his obvious losses.
Biden has previously insisted that he would run for office one more time if he is healthy enough,
although he has not officially announced his re-election candidacy. He did reportedly share in a 60 Minutes interview this month, that it was “much too early”, to decide on his reelection efforts. Let’s hope his words to Sharpton are yet again another “gaff” by Uncle Joe.
“Without being push to the wall, we will have remained in our comfortable zone. But this circumstance challenges us to find the courage to move on.”
-Lailah Gifty Akita