With his “you ain’t black” gaffe (somewhat) safely behind him, Joe Biden has spent the last five days doing pretty good work around the flaming pile of bullsh-t that is America. Biden has been focused on all the right things: recognizing racism for what it is, recognizing social injustice for what it is, and using the right language throughout. Biden’s team posted this photo of Joe attending a protest on Saturday in Wilmington, Delaware. The image of Biden truly taking a knee to speak to a black child is a good one. He posted the photo with this message:
We are a nation in pain, but we must not allow this pain to destroy us. We are a nation enraged, but we cannot allow our rage to consume us. We are a nation exhausted, but we will not allow our exhaustion to defeat us.
The only way to bear this pain is to turn all that anguish to purpose. And as President, I will help lead this conversation — and more importantly, I will listen, just as I did today visiting the site of last night’s protests in Wilmington.
Biden has continued to tweet throughout the protests, and directly taking aim at how Donald Trump has fueled white supremacy and more:
This is no time for incendiary tweets. This is no time to encourage violence.
This is a national crisis — and we need real leadership right now.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 30, 2020
It’s time for us to take a hard look at uncomfortable truths.
It’s time for us to face the deep, open wound we have in this nation.
We need justice for George Floyd.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 29, 2020
I’m reminded again of how the South Carolina primary changed everything for Biden, because of Jim Clyburn’s endorsement and the reality of communities of color coming together to say that Joe Biden is their guy. He’s the one they trust. He’s put in the work over decades with the black community and they know he screws up sometimes, but they also know that they can work WITH him and that he’ll listen and actually try to do stuff to help them.
While this isn’t the most important thing to come from the past week, I f–king love that Amy Klobuchar is now last on the list for Biden’s VP. Before last week, I could feel a movement afoot to say that Klobuchar was “the safe choice” and someone who could get those elusive white “economic anxiety” Undecided voters. But her office didn’t prosecute George Floyd’s killers when she had the chance, and she’s been tone-deaf on race this whole time. You know who has come out of this week looking forward-thinking and effective? Sen. Kamala Harris.
George Floyd was murdered. Every single officer involved must be held accountable.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) May 31, 2020
Black communities have not received equal justice under law for centuries. Black blood has stained America’s sidewalks. The pain is real. It’s deep. It’s legitimate. We must listen, acknowledge that, and take action to transform our communities.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) May 31, 2020
Photos courtesy of Joe Biden’s social media, Getty.
All Biden has to do is appear Presidential and not shoot himself in the foot (again.) Trump is doing all the work needed to get himself voted out of office. Also if President Barrack Obama can win leading the ticket as a black male with a white male Vice President the Biden should be able to win with Kamila Harris as his Vice Presidential candidate. She can lead the investigation into this crooked current regime and help with legal reforms to avoid another Trump in the future
That’s not the VP’s job. It’s the AG’s. The VP can work on the reforms, yes, but not the investigations.
Well I’m that case of she is not the VP I hope she will be the AG!
@Lightpurple:
Gringolandia. That’s my guess as to where she’s from. Gringolandia.
Kamala was my first pick for president before she bowed out. I’d really like to see her in a position of leadership.
I just am heartsick, continually, at how the current president is so badly handling crisis after crisis. I thought he would do a bad job, but it’s even worse than I thought. November cannot come soon enough.
I thought the same thing last night. We all knew these 4 years would be AWFUL, but I don’t think anyone imagined this.
The U.S. needs true leadership right now, but unfortunately it won’t be coming. I wish Biden could do a broadcast not just use social media.
People are in pain and are just fed up. The U.S. is still fighting the Civil War. It was never resolved. It’s been 150 years since the 15th amendment to the Constitution gave Black men the right to vote, and 50 years since the Civil Rights movement tried to reestablish that right for Black men and women, how much longer are Black Americans supposed to calmly wait for equality? Surely the white people that couldn’t wait 2 months for a haircut can understand running out a patience after so many decades.
Also, there are levels to what’s happening. Opportunists who just want to loot and riot, ‘anarchists’ who don’t give a fuck about the people who will pay the consequences for their actions, undercover Right Wing nuts trying to undermine protests and black people who are just mad as hell and aren’t going to take it anymore. These protests IMO are acting as a catharsis. Primarily to protest police violence but also as a release for people who have been cooped up in the house for weeks, dealing with Covid, lost their jobs, under enormous stress and now this shit happens. It’s like throwing a match on gasoline.
This powder keg is going to get worse cause we have a useless piece of shit in the White House whose sole intent is to stoke the flames and make things worse so he can use it to his political advantage.
The contrast between the orange incendiary device in the WH bunker (#bunkerboy) and the words Biden has been using to soothe over the past several days could not be more stark. That pic of him taking a knee with that dad and little boy speaks volumes (again, #bunkerboy). I, too, was happy to see Klobuchar sink under the weight of her own history. I knew she was done when Jim Clyburn said she was done. I could definitely get behind a Biden-Harris ticket.
Meanwhile, Trump grabs his makeup bag and is rushed into the Whitehouse bunker…who’s hiding in the basement now, Motherf*cker??
(just like his Idol-For-Life SHITLER–COWARDS!!!!!🤬🤮)
Let’s not feed the trolls, guys.
ETA: the post I was replying to was thankfully deleted.
Imagine what would happen if that cop beat the charges. 😳
Everything that is happening in America right now is so horrific and my thoughts and prayers are with you now, especially with POC. I would add that this is not unseen and there is a huge movement in other countries (I’m from UK) off the back of the atrocities. That’s not to say that it isn’t condemnable in itself that it needs this level of catalyst to address the issues at a broader level, but hopefully this will make other countries including the U.K. recognise and address their own racial prejudices, degradations and abominations.
lol joe biden is not saving this country
No one person can save anything. We all have to save this country. And part of that will be voting Trump out and Biden in. BTW, where’s Bernie?
Save? No. Improve? Hopefully. Let’s elect him and find out, because the alternative is hell.
Totally agree. Part of frustration of the protesters is the bankruptcy of choice they are given: to choose between Biden and Trump. Like really? Biden is the best they could come up with?
Biden is light years ahead of Trump, and is least human and empathetic. Is he the best candidate out of everyone in the country who could have been on the Democratic ticket? No. Is he the best candidate running? Absolutely.
Agreed, our two party system is a joke and part of the problem.
Because everything I want to say I cannot encapsulate in a short post on an online forum- the header photo of Joe Biden in a black mask with sunglasses is giving me Karl Lagerfield vibes.
There’s a lot of people who aren’t sure about Kamala, myself included. I like her fine as our Senator, but I’m not sure I want her as our next presidential candidate. I also think it’s telling that both Sanders and Warren polled better than her amongst African-Americans in some polls. He’s also vetting Val Demmings from Florida, another black woman, Congressperson, and former police chief.
Biden and Harris look great together, the optics are good.
However, Warren’s got the balls to legislate change. Harris can enforce the change as AG.
I’m pretty sure that having an all white 70 something ticket is not going to happen. Warren can do great things in the senate but we need a diverse ticket. I think Harris would be an outstanding candidate. Some of the polling is very close with Warren and Harris and probably based on higher name recognition. Both great women, I might add.
Iza,
You are correct to doubt Harris. I have some personal knowledge about her, and she does not have good judgment. She Skyrocketed from CA’s AG to Senator, and then immediately ran for President. She’s doing it for the wrong reasons, and a very careful look into her record as AG reveals troubling facts. Eventually her true character will reveal itself.
Val Demmings seems like a much better running mate for Biden, although I admit I don’t know a lot about her yet.
P.S. As a woman who has been disadvantaged most of my life, I REALLY want to believe in Harris. We desperately need many more strong women in the government! Maybe she can slow down, take some time for reflection, and improve her record. I’d be here for that.
Good for him for coming out to the protest and being visible during this time. I fully support Kamala Harris for VP. Biden sometimes messes up but he appears willing to listen and make amends, I just hope we all make it to November intact
Val Demings would be a smart choice for VP.
Glad to see Joe out talking with people. With the support of all other Dem primary candidates, I think the coalition he builds will be strong and make a difference. We have to break the back of systemic racism. As for Klobuchar as a VP contender, she is qualified, and she made a statement to Andrea Mitchell explaining that the claim she did not charge Derek Chauvin is not true–she was in the Senate for nearly nine months before a grand jury dropped his charges. I believe she is telling the truth. I happen to think that the attacks on both Whitmer and Klobuchar have been coordinated by the Trump campaign to control Biden’s VP candidate choices and force his team in one direction or another. Do I think a person of color is ideal? Personally, yes. Would the white contenders for VP also do a good job working with Joe? Yes. Trump has created and sustained this latest assault using George Floyd’s death as a catalyst. Everything he does, everything the GOP does, everything Fox News does is to guarantee his re-election. It’s very suspicious to me that Whitmer in Michigan and Klobuchar in Minnesota are the women who fall under the ax after these violent attacks.
FYI, Kamala was out with the protesters on Friday or Saturday, I can’t remember which. I wish there was more reporting on that. There is video and I’m sure you can find the link.
Kamala was my first choice for President and I think her and Biden would be a great ticket!