White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Thursday President Biden believes he did the right thing stepping out of the presidential race in July.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said President Biden believed he made the right decision to drop out of the presidential race in July, acknowledging there are many election experts analyzing the failed efforts by the Democratic Party with their own opinions on the race dominated by Republican President-elect Trump.
Jean-Pierre spoke to reporters during a press briefing Thursday afternoon, saying Biden had called Trump to congratulate him on his victory, assuring Trump he would direct his administration to work with Trump’s team to ensure a peaceful and orderly transition of power.
Additionally, Jean-Pierre said Biden had spoken with Vice President Kamala Harris to congratulate her on a « history-inspiring campaign. »
« For some people, this election is a time of victory, and for others, it’s a time of loss », she said. « To state the obvious, Tuesday night’s results were not our team’s desired outcome. There’s going to be a lot of postmortem analysis of what happened in the coming days, in the coming weeks, even in the coming months. »
One reporter asked Jean-Pierre to address the criticism directed at Biden for the loss.
« What I can say, and this is something the president says all the time: ‘You get knocked down, you get back up,’ » Jean-Pierre said, noting the president made that exact statement moments earlier.
