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Ridin’ with Biden Is Now KHive or Die
Supporters rallied around Kamala Harris in San Francisco on Sunday. (Photo by Loren Elliott/Getty Images)
Within 24 hours, the voters deciding the party’s nominee went from ‘very shocked’ over Joe’s exit to ‘very happy’ with their new queen: Kamala.
By Olivia Reingold
07.23.24 — U.S. Politics
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Quentin T. Howell, 48, was walking out of church yesterday afternoon in Milledgeville, Georgia, when he got a “very shocking” phone call from a friend. Biden, he learned, had stepped out of the race for reelection.

“Are you serious?” he remembers saying to his friend. “I was surprised because the support on the ground for President Biden has been extreme…

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Olivia Reingold
Olivia Reingold is a staff writer at The Free Press. She co-created and executive produced Matthew Yglesias’s podcast, Bad Takes. She got her start in public radio, regularly appearing on NPR for her reporting on indigenous communities in Montana. She previously produced podcasts at Politico, where she shaped conversations with world leaders like Jens Stoltenberg.
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