President Joe Biden says he still plans to seek reelection in 2024 as long as his health holds up.
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- President Joe Biden says he still plans to seek reelection in 2024 as long as his health holds up
- When asked if he’d still run if it meant a rematch against Donald Trump, Biden said, “That’d increase the prospect of running”
- Biden told Muir he supports changing Senate rules to eliminate the filibuster in some instances, including to pass voting rights legislation
- “The only thing standing between getting voting rights legislation passed and not getting passed is the filibuster,” the president said. “I support making the exception of voting rights for the filibuster”
Biden told ABC News’ David Muir on Wednesday that he expects to run for president again in three years, but added: “Look, I’m a great respecter of fate. Fate has intervened in my life many, many times. If I’m in the health I’m in now, if I’m in good health, then in fact I would run again.”
Biden turned 79 last month and is the oldest person ever to serve as president.
An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll released this week has Biden’s approval rating at 41%, the lowest of his presidency.
When asked if he’d still run if it meant a rematch against Donald Trump, Biden smiled and quipped, “You’re trying to tempt me now.”
“Sure, why would I not run against Donald Trump if he were the nominee?” Biden said. “That’d increase the prospect of running.”
Biden’s win over Trump in 2020 was followed by unfounded allegations by Trump of widespread election fraud, the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of the former president and a wave of voting laws passed by states with Republican legislatures, motivated in part by Trump’s false claims, that restrict voting.
In response, congressional Democrats have crafted two bills aimed at preserving voting rights: the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Both face long odds of passing because they need 60 votes in the evenly divided Senate to clear the filibuster.
Biden told Muir he supports “whatever it takes” to get voting rights legislation passed, including changing Senate rules to eliminate the filibuster in some instances.
“The only thing standing between getting voting rights legislation passed and not getting passed is the filibuster,” the president said. “I support making the exception of voting rights for the filibuster.”
