President Joe Biden will head to Texas on Monday to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act.
Biden was originally supposed to pay a visit to the state’s capital on July 15. However, he postponed the visit following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump two days earlier, as reported by The Dallas Express.
The president will speak at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin on July 29 at the LBJ Foundation’s Civil Rights 60th anniversary celebration. The event commemorates former President Lyndon Johnson’s signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. referred to as the “second emancipation.”
A livestream of the event, which will feature musical performances and readings alongside Biden’s keynote address, will be available to watch here.
Biden has remained out of the public eye since his COVID-19 diagnosis and announcement that he was withdrawing from the 2024 presidential election.
“It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President,” he posted on X, declaring that he will withdraw his presidential bid. “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 to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term.”
While the announcement was brief, Biden is expected to deliver a speech from the Oval Office on July 24 and further discuss his decision to drop out of the race. He has already endorsed current Vice President Kamala Harris to take his place as the Democrat nominee for the November election.
Several Republican politicians, including some in Texas, have questioned Biden’s fitness to serve the rest of his term. As covered in The Dallas Express, some have even called for his immediate resignation.