Biden backup candidates including Whitmer, Buttigieg and Newsom sound off about president’s historic decision
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Within minutes of President Biden’s historic announcement he would not be seeking a second term, Democratic campaign surrogates who have for weeks been floated as his potential replacements have offered glowing praise of the 81-year-old, lauding him as a historic figure.