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South Carolina Lede

Biden Bombshell Rocks the Free World

By Gavin Jackson
Published July 23, 2024 at 12:01 AM EDT
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Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 22, 2024, during an event with NCAA college athletes. This is her first public appearance since President Joe Biden endorsed her to be the next presidential nominee of the Democratic Party.
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Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 22, 2024, during an event with NCAA college athletes. This is her first public appearance since President Joe Biden endorsed her to be the next presidential nominee of the Democratic Party.

On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for July 23, 2024: Pres. Joe Biden’s bombshell decision not to seek re-election and his endorsement of VP Kamala Harris for president; reactions from several big South Carolinians and from Harris; we hear from Rep. Nancy Mace during Monday’s House Oversight Committee hearing with the head of the U.S. Secret Service just nine days after a failed assassination attempt on former Pres. Donald Trump’s life; and more!

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Gavin Jackson
Gavin Jackson graduated with a visual journalism degree from Kent State University in 2008 and has been in the news industry ever since. He has worked at newspapers in Ohio, Louisiana and most recently in South Carolina at the Florence Morning News and Charleston Post and Courier.
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