New York pols largely hailed President Joe Biden’s decision Sunday to drop out of the race for a second term and endorse his Vice President Kamala Harris to succeed him, capping off a month of wrangling over his mental fitness to campaign and serve following a disastrous debate performance in June.
The Democratic political class largely cast the president’s decision — made following weeks of pressure within his party — as one of selflessness in a bid to prevent Donald Trump from winning a second term, which the party has cast as a danger to American democracy.
