JOE Biden has snubbed Kamala Harris’ invite to an Election Night watch party after a tumultuous few months for the president.
Instead of joining Harris at her alma mater tonight, President Biden and Jill Biden are watching the results from their home at the White House.
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“Tonight, the president and First Lady will watch election results in the White House residence with longtime aides and senior White House staff,” a White House official said in a statement.
“The president will receive regular updates on the state of races across the country.”
Harris’ camp will be watching the election results roll from Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Jill was seen earlier today in a red pantsuit as the First Lady was pictured leaving the polls.
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The first polls in Indiana and Kentucky closed at 6 pm, and it wasn’t long until the first results were announced.
It comes as…
- Donald Trump has won the presidential election in West Virginia, Indiana, and Kentucky, according to the AP.
- Kamala Harris has won the election in Vermont, according to the AP.
- Early exit polls revealed voters are concerned with democracy and the economy.
- Trump expressed confidence in his campaign, calling it the “best” of the three.
- Tech billionaire Elon Musk will reportedly join Trump and several of his top donors at an exclusive star-studded election night watch party at Mar-a-Lago.
- Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, voted for the former president at a Catholic church in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- The Walz family is set to join Vice President Kamala Harris at her election night watch party at Howard University.
- President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will reportedly not attend Harris’ evening event and will instead watch the election results from the White House.
- Harris took over the airwaves in all seven swing states, making a final pitch to undecided voters in several radio interviews on Tuesday.
- Polling locations across the US experienced technical issues, long lines, severe weather, and bomb threats.
Trump won the election in Indiana while Harris took the victory in Vermont, according to the AP.
Results will trickle in through the night as polling location hours were even pushed back in a few states due to technical issues and threats to polling sites.
While Harris gave last-minute pushes as she campaigned in battleground states this weekend, Biden was seen enjoying himself at a golf club in his Delaware hometown.
The Bidens have been left out of the election since the president announced he was dropping out of the race on July 21.
After withdrawing, he quickly shared his support for Vice President Harris – and it was off to the races for the Democrat nominee.
However, Biden made a bold move about a week before Election Day that might have shut him out of the campaign.
On October 27, comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made a fiery joke at a Trump rally at Madison Square Garden.
Timeline of Biden’s failed re-election bid
President Joe Biden endured weeks of calls to step aside before he announced on July 21 that he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race. Here are key developments leading up to his decision.
June 27: Biden’s disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump sparks calls for him to step aside. His voice was raspy and he trailed off several times after having already endured questions about his age and mental capacity following a series of blunders at public events.
July 2: Polls after the debate indicate that Trump is pulling ahead. Texas Representative Lloyd Doggett was the first Democratic congressman to publicly urge Biden to drop his bid for re-election, and big Democratic donors issued the same call a day later.
July 5: Biden does a live TV interview with George Stephanopoulos where he tries to quell fears about his age and debate performance. He called the debate “bad night” and said he was under the weather and “exhausted.”
July 10: Vermont Senator Peter Welch becomes the first senator to call for Biden to drop out.
July 11: Biden refers to Ukrainian President Zelensky as President Putin at a NATO event.
July 13: Trump is shot at a campaign rally by a wannabe assassin. His popularity and favorability rating soared after he was seen bloodied on stage but walked off with a fist in the air, telling the crowd to “fight!”
July 17: California Representative Adam Schiff and a series of other Democrats call for Biden to step aside. Even former President Barack Obama tells allies that Biden’s path to victory has “greatly diminished.” Biden tests positive for Covid-19 hours after saying he would consider ending his bid if he were diagnosed with “some medical issue.”
July 19: Biden insists he will continue campaigning in his first statement since Obama’s U-turn, despite reports that he would decide to drop out by the weekend.
July 21: Just before 2 pm, Biden announces he is stepping aside in the 2024 election and endorses Vice President Kamala Harris.
Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a “floating island of trash” – which led Biden to fire back at the Trump campaign.
The president suggested that Trump supporters are “garbage.”
“The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters,” Biden clapped back when asked about the comment during a Zoom call with Voto Latino.
“His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable and it’s un-American.
The White House tried to walk back Biden’s gaffe by blaming it on a grammatical mistake.
Harris also clarified that she didn’t agree with his put-down.
“He clarified his comments but let me be clear, I strongly disagree with any criticism of people based on who they vote for,” Harris said.
Following the gaffe, Democrat figures like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were seen supporting Harris on the campaign trail – but Biden seemed to take a back seat in the last week before Election Day.
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