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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Which of our candidates, other than Harris, have made statements defending Joe Biden by name? [View all]Hekate
(90,189 posts)16. I hope to see all of them speak up in the next few days. If they don't hang together in the face of
...Trump, they will surely hang separately.
Trump's MO is to pick off opponents one at a time -- that is how he got to be nominee in the first place. No one should delude themselves that Trump will not come for them if they fail to speak out -- all that will happen is that there will be no one left to speak for them.
Senator Harris is just the first one to recognize this in its fullness.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Which of our candidates, other than Harris, have made statements defending Joe Biden by name? [View all]
highplainsdem
Sep 2019
OP
They should be circling the wagons. Anything can happen and one of them become the next target.
emmaverybo
Sep 2019
#1
I'd expect Biden to speak up for any other candidates being attacked this way, too.
highplainsdem
Sep 2019
#4
Some of us feel the other candidates should defend Biden by name. Deal with that.
highplainsdem
Sep 2019
#17
Personalized attack. "Deal with it," certainly conveys an attitude. Were you attacked? No candidate
emmaverybo
Sep 2019
#33
THIS. These candidates represent our party. It is fair for us to have expectations of them as a
emmaverybo
Sep 2019
#35
No, it wasn't. And you can tell by the replies here that others understood why I felt it was
highplainsdem
Sep 2019
#23
I'm surprised you don't understand the importance of defending fellow candidates by name when
highplainsdem
Sep 2019
#52
Yes, because it involves an alleged attempt to meddle in the primaries by inflicting damage on
emmaverybo
Sep 2019
#29
No, it's a primaries issue. I'd like to see our candidates willing to defend one another from
highplainsdem
Sep 2019
#11
also Biden doesn't need to be defended as much as trump needs to be called out for what he is doing
JI7
Sep 2019
#5
No agenda. Asking them to be stand up candidates and follow Harris's gutsy and righteous lead.
emmaverybo
Sep 2019
#40
I have deleted the last two sentences of my OP. But I do want to know if other candidates are
highplainsdem
Sep 2019
#6
Thanks for deleting the last two sentences of your post. That changes the whole tone of the post.
Bongo Prophet
Sep 2019
#55
Sure thing Cha! It is not an accusation, but an observation of human behavior
Bongo Prophet
Sep 2019
#57
LOL at the ludicrous idea that asking if any other candidates (besides Harris) defended Biden by
highplainsdem
Sep 2019
#22
There were replies here agreeing with me before I edited it. I had not meant to offend anyone here.
highplainsdem
Sep 2019
#28
Why wouldn't you want your candidate to show some unity and why, if for whatever reason your
emmaverybo
Sep 2019
#32
I hope to see all of them speak up in the next few days. If they don't hang together in the face of
Hekate
Sep 2019
#16
Some of us think this, the need to stand for each other against Trump's unlawful interference and
emmaverybo
Sep 2019
#39
If it came straight from Trump begging a foreign nation to criminally intervene, I hope we would ...
Hekate
Sep 2019
#45
If Trump were doing something like this to Bernie and his son, of course.
highplainsdem
Sep 2019
#50
Trump has attacked many democratic candidates, including Warren, Sanders, O,Rourke...
33taw
Sep 2019
#51
This attack is several orders of magnitude worse than anything else he's done in this election.
highplainsdem
Sep 2019
#53