{"id":384801,"date":"2021-12-23T06:23:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T03:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/biden-says-he-will-run-for-reelection-if-he-is-in-good-health\/"},"modified":"2021-12-23T06:23:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T03:23:39","slug":"biden-says-he-will-run-for-reelection-if-he-is-in-good-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biden-says-he-will-run-for-reelection-if-he-is-in-good-health\/","title":{"rendered":"#Biden says he will run for reelection if he is &#8216;in good health&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Biden says he will run for reelection if he is &#8216;in good health&#8217;<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>President Joe Biden said he would run for re-election if he was \u201cin good health\u201d and he believed \u201cfate\u201d would help bring him a second term. <\/p>\n<p>Biden, 79, made the caveat in an interview with ABC <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> Wednesday, telling \u201cWorld News Tonight\u201d anchor David Muir he would welcome a rematch with former President Donald Trump. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I\u2019m in the health I\u2019m in now \u2013 I\u2019m in good health \u2013 then, in fact, I would run again,\u201d Biden said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a great respecter of fate. Fate has intervened in my life many, many times.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Biden also said a rematch against his 2020 rival would make him more likely to run. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re trying to tempt me now. Sure. Why would I not run against Donald Trump if he were the nominee? That would increase the prospect of running,\u201d the Democrat said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who is 75, would also be in his 80s in the White House if he won a second non-consecutive term.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/biden-abc-332.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"President Donald Trump, left, and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden\" class=\"wp-image-20589496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/biden-abc-332.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/biden-abc-332.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/biden-abc-332.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>President Joe Biden said he would welcome a rematch with former President Donald Trump.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky, File<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Biden also said the US response to the Omicron variant surge was not a \u201cfailure,\u201d but regretted not ordering millions of free rapid tests for Americans \u201ctwo months ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden was grilled by Muir on the lack of availability of tests in the days before Christmas, a year into his presidency and two years into the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing\u2019s been good enough,\u201d he conceded. \u201cBut look, look where we are. When last Christmas, we were in a situation where we had significantly fewer vaccinated \u2014 people vaccinated, emergency rooms were filled. You had serious backups in hospitals that were causing great difficulties.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/biden-abc-329.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"President Joe Biden sat down with ABC News\u2019 David Muir for an exclusive interview and addressed the nation\u2019s vaccination rate when compared to the same time last year.\" class=\"wp-image-20589499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/biden-abc-329.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/biden-abc-329.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/biden-abc-329.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>President Joe Biden addressed the nation\u2019s vaccination rate when compared to the same time last year.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ABC News<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Biden, who announced plans Tuesday to purchase 500 million at-home tests and give them out for free next month, said the administration should have been better prepared to combat the highly transmissible variant and the long lines at testing centers and empty pharmacy shelves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish I had thought about ordering\u201d the tests \u201ctwo months ago,\u201d he told Muir.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s a failure,\u201d Biden said of the response. \u201cI think it\u2019s \u2014 you could argue that we should have known a year ago, six months ago, two months ago, a month ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/biden-abc-331.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Private David Philo, with the Michigan National Guard, administers a COVID-19 vaccine dose to Norman Pizzotti during a vaccination clinic held Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021\" class=\"wp-image-20589504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/biden-abc-331.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/biden-abc-331.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/biden-abc-331.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>President Joe Biden said the administration should have been better prepared to combat the highly transmissible variant.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Don Campbell\/The Herald-Palladium via AP, File<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The president touted crossing the benchmark of 200 million fully vaccinated Americans, and said inoculations and booster shots remained the best defense against Omicron. Nevertheless, he told the network he would not require airline passengers to get vaxed as millions hit the airport for Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been considered but the recommendation I\u2019ve gotten, it\u2019s not necessary,\u201d Biden reportedly said. \u201cEven with omicron, that\u2019s the recommendation I got so far from the team.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Biden, 79, made the caveat in an interview with ABC News Wednesday, telling \u201cWorld News Tonight\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":384802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/biden-abc-index.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[122360,82862,4941,991],"class_list":["post-384801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-12-22-21","tag-covid-vaccine","tag-donald-trump","tag-joe-biden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}