During a White House press briefing on Wednesday, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about President Biden’s decision to withdraw from the 2024 election.
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00:00Did the President exit the race because he didn't think he could defeat Donald Trump
00:05in November?
00:06I'm not going to get into specific details of his thoughts.
00:08I would say tune in to tonight when he speaks directly to the American people.
00:12You'll hear what he thinks about this, his decision.
00:16He said in his letter that he wanted to address the American people about this decision that
00:20he made on Sunday.
00:22I would tune in to that and you'll hear directly from him.
00:25And also similar to some of the questions my colleagues have asked, for weeks people
00:28from this podium and other top spokespeople for the President were adamant that there
00:32was no way he was dropping out.
00:35Just in terms of credibility moving forward, I'm curious if you guys could just address
00:38that.
00:39I mean, I kind of addressed it a couple times of the President's decision making.
00:45When we all, when folks from my team, from folks from this White House said that he wasn't
00:50going to drop out or he was not planning to drop out, that's where we were.
00:55That's where we were in that time.
00:57That is the guidance that we had.
01:00I mean, it's not...
01:01You guys not receiving the proper guidance?
01:05Tyler, on Saturday night he met with a small group of advisors and his family and that's
01:13when the decision started.
01:16Sunday he made the final, Sunday afternoon he made the final decision.
01:19That's where we were.
01:21And we've talked about this.
01:22This was a dynamic situation.
01:24It was.
01:25This is a historic moment.
01:27That is true.
01:29And it was for the President to come to that decision.
01:33To come to that decision.
01:34When we told you all that the President, you heard from the President, he's not going to
01:38drop out.
01:39And he actually addressed it himself, not just us.
01:41There were multiple events, multiple opportunities where the President said he's in it.
01:47So you heard directly from him multiple times after the debate.
01:52The President, again, met with a small group of advisors on Saturday.
01:56That's why he made his final decision.
01:57That's how it worked.
01:58That's how it happened.
01:59Do you think tonight we'll get a better sense from him about what went into that decision?
02:02I would tune in tonight.
02:04I would let the President speak for himself in this moment.