Democrats celebrate Biden for being ‘big as the moment’ while Trump trolls ‘great embarrassment’

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Reactions from both sides of the aisle rolled in after President Joe Biden gave a highly anticipated speech from the Oval Office, with Democrats praising the historic moment and Republicans mocking it. 

Biden’s public address to the nation came as his first since he suspended his reelection campaign on Sunday and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him. In a roughly 10-minute speech, the 81-year-old focused on why he dropped his reelection bid, explaining that “there’s a time and a place for new voices, for fresher voices, and, yes, for younger voices, and that time is now.”

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