During President Biden's news conference today, one of the reporters asked him about the possibility of Donald Trump running against him for the presidency in 2024. His answer (and I am paraphrasing) was that he had committed when he ran (in 2016) that he would not run for re-election. What changed his mind was what he had seen in Virginia when people were demonstrating with swastikas etc. Though he didn't mention Charlottesville by name, it was clear he was referring to the Charlottesville events in August 2017 when white nationalists demonstrated in the university town and were confronted by counter-protesters. By the time it was over, one woman counter-protester was struck intentionally by a car and killed. It was not a proud day in the history of a historic town.
My point here is not to defend any of the above events, but to question the timing of Biden's statement. Was he running for president prior to August 11-12, 2017? It seems highly unlikely that prior to the above date (less than a year into Trump's term), Biden would be talking about his own RE-ELECTION to the White House when there was no presidential campaign underway, primary or otherwise.
Here is a video of the press conference. The referenced remarks by Biden come after the 18-minute mark.
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