Biden Unleashes On GOP In A Campaign-Style Speech That Should Terrify Trump

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https://www.politicususa.com/2018/05/24/biden-unleashes-gop-trump.html

Posted on Thu, May 24th, 2018 by Sean Colarossi
Biden Unleashes On GOP In A Campaign-Style Speech That Should Terrify Trump


Former Vice President Joe Biden sounded a lot like a presidential candidate on Thursday, using a speech at the New York Democratic Party convention in Long Island to express outrage over what the country has become in the era of Donald Trump.

The former veep and potential 2020 candidate delivered a message that Democrats should run with: Values matter and Republicans have none.

“This is not your father’s Republican Party,” Biden said in the fiery speech, according to the Associated Press. “They are not who we are. They are not who America is.”

He said Republicans are “sending a vision of America around the world that is distorted. That is damaging. That is hurting us.”

Biden added: “This phony populism, this fake nationalism… It’s time to say ‘no more.'”

Video of Biden’s full speech:

Link to tweet

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On Thursday, Joe Biden made it clear that taking on Donald Trump and his Republican appeasers is about more than the same tired political arguments. Instead, it’s about what kind of values we want the United States to project to the world.

With Biden as a messenger, that’s a contest Trump is likely to lose.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

1. I would support Joe if he's our nominee as I would any Dem.

The irony is he looks better as a prospective candidate than as an actual candidate with his two presidential campaigns ending in disaster.

That being said we could do a lot worse.

[NewJeffCT]

2. Agree on Biden

Love the guy and would support him if he's the nominee, but would prefer somebody younger.

With the way the media is, if he makes one of his famous verbal gaffes on the campaign trail, it would be magnified 100x over compared to the garbage that Trump spews daily. Like the Hillary email scandal was played over and over and allowed people to focus on her one "BIG" scandal versus Trump's daily scandals that were each bigger than anything related to Clinton.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. We can do worse though.

I hope my position makes sense.

[notdarkyet]

5. I like swalwell. He's young, smart, articulate, not afraid to get out and speak up. We need young

Blood.

[NewJeffCT]

8. I like him as well

but, it's tough to go from the House to the presidency.

I like Warren as well, but also want that new blood. Democrats do well with smart, younger charismatic candidates - JFK, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama. They don't do as well with older and/or blander candidates - McGovern, Mondale, Dukakis, Gore, Kerry.

[DemoHack]

12. Biden ain't bland.

Some of our younger crop is though...

[NewJeffCT]

14. no, but he is older

so, has a long history of dirt to dig up on every vote he has taken in the senate.

I don't think either Cory Booker or Kamala Harris are bland. I'm sure I can come up with others as well.

[DemoHack]

17. Biden can *metaphorically* punch Trump in the face.

It is my opinion of course, that, that will need to be an essential trait of our nominee.

Booker...s'alright. Harris...great AG. She gets elected to the Senate and immediately starts running for president.

Murphy, Merkley, Swalwell, Moulton, Gillibrand, Warren.... neeeeeeh.

Tim Ryan? Steve Bullock? Maybe. Remember, "punch him in the face."

[NewJeffCT]

21. Biden is definitely good at that

He deflated Rudy Giuliani years back by saying that all he was is "A Noun, A Verb and 9/11"

[shanny]

27. Harris was a great AG?

I have an issue with her regarding her decision on OneWest Bank. And may I point out that if she had gone after it/them, we probably wouldn't have Mnuchin at Treasury. We have to kill cockroaches as we can, even when there are more out there.

[True Blue American]

16. Swalwell

Schiff, Sherrod Brown, Joe Kennedy, Beto, Jones. I could go on and on.

[olegramps]

23. My vote is for Joe Kennedy.

He brings with him a heritage of service, sacrifice in addition to youth. I think Biden is magnificent, but I am for a younger man with knowledge of the younger people who must take control of the nation. I firmly believe that our country faces a threat of authoritarianism coupled with the oligarchs. Trump and his cadre are testing the climate with near dictatorial pronouncements and total disregard for the separation of powers. They are totally disregarding the authority of congress and using its lackeys for their own perpose.

[awesomerwb1]

29. Love Swalwell

He's smart, articulate and he's not afraid to take on anyone.

He should be one of the faces of the party. Officially and not unofficially.

"Cons": he's very young (only 37 I believe) and "still" in the House.

I like Ted Lieu (49) as well. If you guys ever have the chance to watch him speak, do it. He's funny, articulate and fearless.

[duforsure]

22. I agree

I would support Biden or any Dem candidate , but we need a younger candidate, and one with more progressive policies, not like under President Obama that he didn't have. Possibly hurt Hillary also by not having better policies that Bernie's voters backed.

[R B Garr]

13. Now he's a trusted face of the Obama administration, so he's

on different footing.

[elleng]

25. 'That being said?' Just DON'T.

He looks GOOD as an candidate.

[olegramps]

26. What I wonder is why Clinton didn't get him to run with her as vicepresident.

Maybe he declined or was never asked. But I think that it would have been a sure win ticket.

[tonyt53]

4. Go get 'em Joe! I don't think he is "campaigning". I think he just loves doing this.

[Gamecock Lefty]

6. notdarkyet, I love Swalwell, too!!!

I love lefties not afraid to mince words. Swalwell is one. Also love Chris Murphy out of CT.

[The Blue Flower]

7. Governor Jay Inslee of WA state is my favorite

A proven progressive in Congress before he became governor. Does not back down when fighting for his values.

[DemoHack]

11. Inslee intrigues me, but "tough against a bully" ...

...is -strangely- one of the traits our candidate will need most. I like the B's - Biden, Bullock, Brown, Bustos, and Booker.

[Aristus]

15. Me too!

A Biden-Inslee ticket would be incredible!

I would like to Kamala Harris somewhere on the ticket, though.

Bottom line: I'm voting Democratic in November and in 2020. If the Devil himself wants to try to prevent me from voting, he's gonna need to pack a lunch, that's all I'm saying.

[True Blue American]

18. An Inslee- Biden

Would be better but can Joe run again for VP?

I like all the ones I have read, combined they would be Power House!

[DemoHack]

20. Maybe Biden/Inslee.

Biden/Steve Bullock - Scranton, PA and Montana.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

31. Hell, I'd VOTE for the devil himself over any Rethug for President...

if that was my only choice... couldn't do any worse!!

[DemoHack]

9. Biden can beat Trump; I'm not sure about most of the 30-40 others.

Diamond Joe is my candidate! I love this guy. He is THE dude to beat Trump: authentic, tough, intelligent, charming.

Booker, Harris, Warren, Gillibrand, Castro, Sanders- ain't happening. We MUST win.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

32. Is happening... watch!

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Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!

[smirkymonkey]

33. I'm not sure who I want yet, but we definitely need someone with fire!

We need a fighter. I like everything about Biden. He's a little long in the tooth, but if he ran with a younger, dynamic VP candidate it could work.

[elleng]

35. Thanks, DemoHack; I tend to agree,

but won't go so far as to say the others you mention 'ain't happening.'

Yes, we MUST win!

authentic, tough, intelligent, charming!!!

[DemoHack]

38. I'm a nerd!

I keep track of everyone making trips to Iowa and New Hampshire.

What I like about Biden is, he unites us. I haven't met, well, any Dems so far who aren't fans of Joe.

Be on the watch for MT Gov. Steve Bullock and IL Rep. Cheri Bustos... very formidable in my opinion. The two Ohioans, Tim Ryan and Sherrod Brown, are strong too.

I won't slander any possible candidates. I think I like at least something about all friggin 70 of them who seem like they have expressed interest! I only have a serious problem with one... I will absolutely vote for the DEMOCRATIC nominee though. I emphasize that word for a reason...

[BannonsLiver]

37. He will be formidable

There are still plenty of people out there who have remained loyal to the obama vision for the country and who count joe as a big part of that.

[Kirk Lover]

10. My alt right co-worker is "afraid" of a Biden run. nt

[True Blue American]

19. I feel for him/ her.

Not really.

[greymattermom]

24. I love Biden doing this

He can say what he means and keep the topic of conversation going. Let them try to find dirt on him, then let someone else be the actual candidate. I hope that's what the plan is.

[demtenjeep]

28. Love Love Love Joe I say a Biden/KennedyIII ticket

Let Biden "train up" Kennedy


Biden doesn't take shit from anyone! Love him


AND he knows what it is like to suffer like the rest of us. He has had more than his share.

[oberliner]

40. Two white men?

[Caliman73]

30. "This is not your father's Republican Party"

That is a funny line. I was born in the 70's and remember growing up in the 80's under Reagan. My dad was a Republican, mainly because Nixon had gotten the US out of the war, and his treachery in stopping Johnson from doing it sooner had not been revealed yet. Reagan was a "feel good" president. After the bloody noses of Vietnam and the Oil Embargo, where the US was not feeling like a Superpower, Reagan came along and blew sunshine up our asses. In the meantime, that wolf in sheep's clothing was gutting the New Deal, shifting the tax burden from those who gained most from the economy, to those who actually produced the goods and used them to grow the economy. He began the "Borrow and Spend" mentality while attacking Democrats for "Tax & Spend".

So my response to Biden (who I like) is. "It most certainly is my father's Republican Party!!" Trump is the cartoonish embodiment of the only place where the Republican Party, transformed by Reagan, could have ended up. Hyper-partisan, jingoistic, greedy, demeaning to Labor, demeaning to women, demeaning to immigrants, in bed with the wealthy. That is EXACTLY what the Republican party was in the 70's and 80's and what it is now. Biden remembers fighting with people like Jack Kemp and Bob Dole, then going out for cocktails afterword, which is why the nostalgia. However, people like Gingrich, Hastert, DeLay, Ryan, Boehner, McConnell, Rove, and Cheney took the Republican party to its logical end... a greedy, nationalistic, megalomaniac like Trump, who plays on fear and contempt to gain the support of scared White people.

That is the Republican Party I remember as a kid.

[cynical_idealist]

36. I agree

Well said

[oasis]

34. As VP, Biden had an exceptional support staff. I have no doubt

he'll be surrounded by the best our party has to offer, once he announces.

[Hulk]

39. Thanks Joe...I needed that. I really needed that.

I'm really discouraged and depressed about my city, my state, my country, and the world as a whole. Your words gave me a recharge of faith. God, I needed that!!

[oberliner]

41. "Your father's Republican Party" was also awful

I don't really agree with this notion that Republicans used to be fine and dandy until Trump came along.

[Garrett78]

42. Me neither. Trump is a monster 50 years in the making.

50 years of Southern Strategy/dog whistling, race-based voter suppression, a successful "liberal media" campaign (resulting in a pathetic infotainment industry that won't call facts facts and falsehoods falsehoods, while promoting false equivalencies), Moral Majority bullshit, science denial, etc.

[dembotoz]

43. State convention coming up, we don't get Biden we get some mayor