Thanks for joining us this morning, that’s all from the blog for today. Here’s a recap of everything we know:
- President Joe Biden rang into a press conference before Vice President Kamala Harris spoke – speaking for the first time since announcing he would not run in the presidential race. Biden acknowledged the announcement would have come as a great surprise, but believes the team made the right choice.
- Vice President Kamala Harris paid tribute to Biden, saying “it is so good to hear our president’s voice”, in response, Biden’s voice echoes from the call, saying: “I’m watching you kid, I love you”.
- Harris used the rest of her speech to attack Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, saying he would lead a country of “chaos, fear and hate”.
- Republican vice president nominee J.D. Vance accuses Harris of lying about Biden’s abilities at a rally in Virginia, saying “Harris is actually even more extreme than Biden”.
- President Joe Biden is set to return to the White House on Tuesday, Reuters reports.
- An Associated Press survey taken in the aftermath of President Biden’s decision to drop his bid for reelection found Harris has secured the support of enough Democratic delegates to become her party’s nominee.
- In a statement on becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee, Harris she was “proud to have secured the broad support needed to become our party’s nominee”.