Shortly after President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race on Sunday, July 21, Cher, Katy Perry, Barbra Streisand, and John Legend, among other artists used social media to thank the president for his service and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as the 47th president.
“It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President,” said Biden in an informal letter posted on his official social media pages on July 21. “And while it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term.”
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Actress and singer Bette Midler called Biden a “true American patriot” on X. She noted “He is the rarest of politicians,” adding, “a decent man who lived by his values.”
In an Instagram post, John Legend praised Biden’s policies and leadership. Further, Legend endorsed Harris as the next president. “Joe Biden has presided over the most consequential first term of real progress in my lifetime,” wrote Legend. “He helped us have the most robust recovery from [2020] of any nation in the world, invested in our infrastructure, and made by far the largest investment in fighting climate change our nation has ever seen.”
Legend added that Biden “more than earned a re-election” but acknowledged that “time and age come for all of us.” He added, “I’m grateful for the grace and patriotism he has shown by choosing to step aside for the sake of the country. I’m so ready to work to help unite the pro-democracy coalition to reject Trump’s authoritarian, oppressive Project 2025 and elect Kamala Harris as our President.”
Cher, Katy Perry, and More Chime In
“I Believe Its Only Chance [for the U.S. to] remain [a] democracy,” wrote Cher on X. [The] Dem party must really really think outside the box. … The times they must be a’changin’.”
Cher added that she supported Biden but believed it was unlikely that he would win the presidency again against former President Donald J. Trump.
“In my heart, I’m tortured, because I don’t believe the Democrats can win the presidency with ‘Pres Biden’ ‘Joe’ whom I’ve loved since we met in 2008,” wrote Cher in another post. “I campaigned for him I believe it’s time to pass the baton, time for [Democrats] to think ‘way’ outside the box. Maybe even a split ticket.”
Barbra Streisand thanked Biden for his accomplishments as president throughout the past four years. “Joe Biden will go down in history as a man who accomplished significant achievements in his four-year term,” wrote Streisand. “We should be grateful for his upholding of our democracy.
Cardi B left a video message endorsing Kamala as president. I told y’all Kamala was supposed to be the 2024 candidate,” she wrote.
On Instagram, Finneas shared a photo of himself, his sister Billie Eilish, and their family with Biden during a visit to the Oval Office. “I see a person putting the people before themselves and their pride today,” wrote Finneas, “and for that, I have an enormous amount of respect.”
Ariana Grande shared Biden’s post endorsing Harris on her Instagram story reading: “Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats, it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this.”
Katy Perry shared a more musical post presumably endorsing Vice President Harris as the next president, singing “It’s a woman’s world, and you’re lucky to be living in it.”
Photo: Barbra Streisand by Tasos Katopodis/WireImage for BSB
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