Within this Pivotal Political Era, Joe Biden Represents Calm for Many.
How Mr. Biden is fitting in to the democratic race, and what progressives must do to challenge him.
Since 2016 the ideological divide between progressives and centrists within the Democratic Party has only become more pronounced, and our ever growing number of Presidential candidates has only served to reflect that. Progressive candidates like Bernie Sanders have risen through the ranks, but the more moderate Pete Buttigieg has not been far behind. Up until April 25th however, one of the top candidates hadn’t even announced.
Since the start of the 2020 election cycle Joe Biden has been consistently among the leaders in the early polls, and was welcomed to the race with open arms by the media when he released the long anticipated announcement video.
Instead of highlighting particular policy proposals like other candidates, Joe Biden used his campaign announcement video to launch a fierce attack against Donald Trump’s message, and the emboldening of racism and bigotry that has accompanied his Presidency. Biden discussed the violence that resulted in the death of a counter-protester in Charlottesville, Virginia at a white supremacist rally a couple years back, and cited the President declaring there were very…
