On Thursday night Joe Biden delivered for Democrats. His speech was robust, at times dark and ominous and at times uplifting and hopeful.
“With passion and purpose, let us begin,” Biden proclaimed. “You and I together, one nation, under God — united in our love for America and united in our love for each other.”
Then, he hit his apex.
“For love is more powerful than hate,” he declared. “Hope is more powerful than fear.”
It was on the mark for the spirit of Democrats and progressives and even actually resembled slogans on their yard signs. He threaded the needle, not veering too close to AOC territory but at the same time paying service to the“undeniable realities and accelerating threats of climate change.”
Now it is time for the Democratic nominee for president to stand up those platitudes by answering real questions from the press, and not the reporter-for-a-day pop star press.
Biden declared that Trump “has cloaked America in darkness for much too long. Too much anger. Too much fear. Too much division.”
There can be little doubt this president has far too often been divisive and not adequately assumed the role of president of all Americans but Biden has been similarly divisive during his own career.
In 2012, Vice President Biden told a diverse audience with a large African American representation that Mitt Romney would “put you all back in chains” by favoring Wall Street.
During his DNC speech Biden recalled seeing “those neo-Nazis and Klansmen and white supremacists” in Charlottesville in 2017, resulting in a “violent clash that ensued between those spreading hate and those with the courage to stand against it.”
“Remember what the president said?” Biden asked?
“There were quote, ‘very fine people on both sides.’”
In fact, the president was speaking about both sides of the statute-removal debate when he used the term, “very fine people.” To misrepresent that statement, especially in 2020 would appear to be an effective way to stoke fear and sow division.
Later in his speech, Biden accused Trump of cozying up to dictators. Indeed, the 45th president does seem to hold an affinity for Kim Jong Un but did not Obama/Biden also embark on a mission of warm outreach to the Castro regime?
In what is widely considered his most devastating attack on Trump, Biden shot, “Under President Biden, America will not turn a blind eye to Russian bounties on the heads of American soldiers. Nor will I put up with foreign interference in our most sacred democratic exercise — voting.”
But the Russian meddling did occur under Biden’s watch in 2016. Though the Obama administration sanctioned the Russians so did the Trump administration. Further, Trump up-armored Ukraine and battled and killed Russian mercenaries in Syria.
There should be a stern answer from the Trump Administration for not responding forcefully to reports of Russia putting bounties on the heads of Americans. Biden is right about that.
However, how does he reconcile that with the Obama/Biden administration’s eagerness to work closely on a deal with Iran – a longtime state sponsor of terrorism which financed mobilized violent forces in Iraq to kill American troops?
Trump takes questions from reporters almost daily and continues to sit for long-form interviews. It is good that he does as Americans deserve a good look at their president. They deserve the same from the Democratic nominee for the job.
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