It's so weird to feel stoked after months of so much dread. Even after hearing the news of Biden dropping out this weekend I thought to myself "well, we don't know if the dems will unify behind Kamala yet." All of that went away in the last 24 hours or so when it became clear that the party is going to be behind her full swing. The party…
It's so weird to feel stoked after months of so much dread. Even after hearing the news of Biden dropping out this weekend I thought to myself "well, we don't know if the dems will unify behind Kamala yet." All of that went away in the last 24 hours or so when it became clear that the party is going to be behind her full swing. The party is behaving like a healthy institution. We have a *real* chance at not just beating Trump in November now, but making history along the way. All of the points made above about Harris are true, but the one that's missing is that she will also be a history-making first woman president at a time when women really need some uplifting after having their rights stripped away by a billionaire criminal misogynist who rigged the supreme court that took those rights away from them. I hope they get that uplift this November, and I fully support Kamala as our next commander in chief.
I've long called for Biden to drop out of the race, well before the bad debate and alongside AB and Bill back when they were the only two I could think of who held this position publicly. I didn't expect Biden to drop out up until last week when the pressure within the party heads (Pelosi, Jeffries, Schumet, et al.) started really pressing him behind closed doors. I put the odds at 70/30 last week that he would step down. Biden has now clearly shown that he was willing to put country and party over his own ambition. This is the second time he's "stood down"--the first being when he didn't run when Hillary ran in 2016. Beyond his impressive legislative record, his defense of NATO, his keeping Trump out of office in 2020, his hearing out of the country and deciding to put their voices over his own determinations is now the icing on the cake. I can now legit say that he is the best president in my lifetime (so far!). You're the man Joe. Thank you for keeping it real and doing the right thing, even when it didn't feel good to do so. The torch has been passed, now it's time to carry it forward and make it count in November. Here's to winning this thing and putting Trump in the dustbin of history where he rightfully belongs.
It's so weird to feel stoked after months of so much dread. Even after hearing the news of Biden dropping out this weekend I thought to myself "well, we don't know if the dems will unify behind Kamala yet." All of that went away in the last 24 hours or so when it became clear that the party is going to be behind her full swing. The party is behaving like a healthy institution. We have a *real* chance at not just beating Trump in November now, but making history along the way. All of the points made above about Harris are true, but the one that's missing is that she will also be a history-making first woman president at a time when women really need some uplifting after having their rights stripped away by a billionaire criminal misogynist who rigged the supreme court that took those rights away from them. I hope they get that uplift this November, and I fully support Kamala as our next commander in chief.
I've long called for Biden to drop out of the race, well before the bad debate and alongside AB and Bill back when they were the only two I could think of who held this position publicly. I didn't expect Biden to drop out up until last week when the pressure within the party heads (Pelosi, Jeffries, Schumet, et al.) started really pressing him behind closed doors. I put the odds at 70/30 last week that he would step down. Biden has now clearly shown that he was willing to put country and party over his own ambition. This is the second time he's "stood down"--the first being when he didn't run when Hillary ran in 2016. Beyond his impressive legislative record, his defense of NATO, his keeping Trump out of office in 2020, his hearing out of the country and deciding to put their voices over his own determinations is now the icing on the cake. I can now legit say that he is the best president in my lifetime (so far!). You're the man Joe. Thank you for keeping it real and doing the right thing, even when it didn't feel good to do so. The torch has been passed, now it's time to carry it forward and make it count in November. Here's to winning this thing and putting Trump in the dustbin of history where he rightfully belongs.
I stood by Biden up to the debate. If we still had 2024 SotU Address Biden, I'd still be behind him.
I'm happy to see he made this decision. It's lifting some of the gloom and dread, that and the incredible dono numbers yesterday. Like, holy shit.
Agreed 💯%!