If you’ve saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately. [166][167][168], In March 2020, Biden, when accused of being anti-gun rights, called the questioner "full of shit" and when further provoked, said, "Don't be such a horse's ass. Russia's Putin, who ran rings around Trump on Syria, appears to be eyeing an intervention in Belarus. On August 18 and 19, Biden and Harris were officially nominated at the 2020 Democratic National Convention, making Harris the first Asian American and the first female African American to be nominated for vice president on a major party ticket. [136][137], In 2018, Biden said he supported a universal pre-kindergarten program. This is a battle for the soul of America, and Joe Biden can’t win without you on this team.
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[114] FiveThirtyEight predicts that Biden will win 352 of 538 electoral votes, with odds currently 76.7% that he will win the election.
While imitating a Southern drawl, Biden remarked "I was in a caucus with James O. Eastland. [2], On April 26, 2019, Biden's campaign announced that they had raised $6.3 million in the first 24 hours, surpassing all other candidates' first 24-hour fundraising totals for the Democratic presidential nomination at that time. On August 11, Biden announced that Senator Kamala Harris would be his vice presidential running mate.
[141] He released a plan to reform the immigration system in December 2019, which includes a reversal of the Trump administration's deportation policies, a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, and expansions in work visas and refugee admissions.
[26], The organization was criticized by some, who felt it was created too early and that Democratic effort should be spent on the 2018 midterm elections. [186], In October 2019, CNN refused to run an ad for the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign, saying it includes false claims against Biden. The Middle East will be a challenging environment for a President Biden to win friends. $55.00. Biden said he believes no one should be in jail because of cannabis use.
[76] On March 9, CNN reported that Biden had a double-digit lead over Sanders in a nationwide poll. After he stumbled over where he had spoken earlier that day, he looked directly at the assembled press and said, "I want to be clear: I'm not going nuts. In 2018, Biden said he was "a gaffe machine" but disagreed with comparisons to Trump, saying his gaffe-prone nature was "a wonderful thing compared to a guy who can't tell the truth". ), Joe and Barack Shirt (Unisex & Women's Black Tee). [32] On February 4, with no decision having been forthcoming from Biden, Edward-Isaac Dovere of The Atlantic wrote that Biden was "very close to saying yes" but that some close to him are worried he will have a last-minute change of heart, as he did in 2016. [134][135], On June 20, 2019, following the first federal death sentence since 2003, Biden came out against capital punishment, supporting the repeal of both federal- and state-level death sentence statutes. On April 8, after Sanders suspended his campaign, Biden became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. Biden responded by asking her if she had ever been to a caucus before. All activities are virtual and will be in accordance with CDC and social distancing protocol.
[81], On March 25, when asked whether he would debate Sanders again, Biden said, "My focus is just dealing with this crisis right now. [119] On April 27, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi endorsed him. [35], On April 19, 2019, The Atlantic reported that Biden planned to officially announce his campaign five days later via a video announcement, followed by a launch rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, or Charlottesville, Virginia.
[33], On March 12, 2019, he told a gathering of his supporters he may need their energy "in a few weeks". [180][183], The scandal resulted in Trump's impeachment on charges of abusing the power of his office and obstructing Congress,[184] and his ultimate acquittal by the Senate. "[122] In late August, a movement called Republicans for Biden was launched with sponsorship by 25 former Republican congresspeople,[123] and Politico reported that "Several dozen former staffers from Sen. Mitt Romney's (R-Utah) presidential campaign, the George W. Bush administration and the campaign and Senate staff of former Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) have signed on to an effort to elect Joe Biden. Hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh - Statement by Vice President Joe Biden.
[108] An Iowa poll showed Trump leading Biden by 48% to 45%, which is six percentage points less than Trump won the state with in 2016.
They have fed his ego, stroked his ambitions while reaping their own gains, many now effectively leaders for life. [91], On August 5, it was reported that Biden would accept the Democratic nomination from his home state of Delaware due to the pandemic. He led most national polls through 2019, but did not rank as one of the top three candidates in either the Iowa causes or the New Hampshire primary. [121], Biden has increasingly attracted Republican support away from their party's incumbent leader, Donald Trump. She said yes, and he called her "a lying, dog-faced pony soldier", a phrase he has used before in reference to an unidentified, possibly nonexistent John Wayne film. Biden had previously supported capital punishment. As the clock ticks down on the election, new problems are also brewing. "[124], By early September, over 175 current and former law enforcement officials had endorsed Biden. By providing your mobile phone number you consent to receive recurring text messages from Biden for President. Graffiti spray-painted on the smoldering garage included the phrases “Biden 2020”, “BLM” and an anarchist symbol. In June, Biden reached the required number of delegates to become the nominee. ), We're The Movement Button Collection (Pack Of Four!
Yom Kippur - Statement by Vice President Joe Biden. Aides to both Biden's and Sanders's campaigns were in contact regarding the pandemic and its effects. [18][19] He reasserted his ambivalence about running on an appearance of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on December 7, in which he stated "never say never" about running for president in 2020, while also admitting he did not see a scenario in which he would run for office again. [72], In early March, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, and Michael Bloomberg dropped out of the race and endorsed Biden.
[79] The debate was held on March 15, 2020, and was the first to feature only the race's two lead finalists. [51], Biden, along with Bernie Sanders, has often been perceived as the candidate with the best chance of defeating Donald Trump in the general election. He never called me 'boy,' he always called me 'son. What really happened? [25][26], The PAC was created by Matthew Graf of Rock Island, Illinois, and Collin West of East Moline, Illinois. "[161], In December 2019, after a man asked him a question about Hunter Biden's ties to Ukraine, Biden called him a "damn liar" and "too old to vote for me". In April 2019, Biden told reporters, "The fact of the matter is the vast majority of the members of the Democratic Party are still basically liberal to moderate Democrats in the traditional sense." [165], In February 2020, a university student asked Biden to explain why he had come fourth in the Iowa caucus when he had claimed to be the most electable candidate. [86][c], On April 13, Bernie Sanders endorsed Joe Biden, and the two announced the formation of several task forces to work out shared policy solutions. [66] Many cited Clyburn's endorsement as a reason for Biden's wide margin of victory, as Clyburn's endorsement is a deciding factor for many African American voters in South Carolina.