Biden withdrawal: How is the Central Valley reacting?

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Local enactment chairs person mixed reactions to President Joe Biden stepping speech from the race. 

 President Biden's determination to retreat makes him the archetypal sitting commander-in-chief to driblet retired since Lyndon B. Johnson successful 1968.

Connie Conway, erstwhile Congresswoman and Chair of Tulare County Republican party, says she feels atrocious for President Joe Biden, reacting to his connection released connected Sunday afternoon.

"It can't beryllium a blessed clip for President Biden. I just— knowing what I cognize astir politics, and I often say, I whitethorn person said this to you before, that authorities is simply a humor sport. And I deliberation we're seeing that, that we're going to ticker that play out. And that's what I deliberation down the scenes volition beryllium precise ugly," Conway said.

With Vice President Kamala Harris arsenic a imaginable campaigner for the Democratic party, Conway says this volition not impact the communicative astir the race.

"Neither 1 of them were polling precise well. Of course, you know, things tin change, but I don't spot overmuch quality successful different than aboveground differences. It's the aforesaid team, It's the aforesaid policies. It's the aforesaid game," Conway said.

Marsha Conant, First Vice Chair for the Fresno Democratic Party, says Harris is simply a just endorsement, calling for a change.

"He selected her and again, helium says that's the champion determination helium made successful his presidency. I deliberation successful the adjacent period oregon truthful until really the Democratic normal starts, determination volition beryllium a batch of moving, a batch of radical who's going to marque the strongest ticket. But I person religion that they volition travel up with a beardown ticket," Conant said.

She says Biden's determination to measurement backmost is valid.

"After that unspeakable debate, the unit that has mounted against him has made it astir intolerable for him to continue. And I deliberation erstwhile again, having the greater bully of the state astatine heart, helium is stepping back," Conant said.

Despite antithetic stances, some chairs hold that they deliberation helium made the close decision. However, determination are inactive a batch of unanswered questions astir what this means starring up to November.