by Robert Reich
Tribune Content Agency
Trump swiftly reacted to President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 election–with typically nasty vitriol. Biden was “not fit to run,” “he wasn’t capable of being President,” “the Worst President, by far, in the History of our Nation,” who “just quit the race in COMPLETE DISGRACE!”
We all know that Trump projects himself onto his opponents. It is Trump who is not fit to run, isn’t capable of being president, is the worst president in the history of our nation, and is a complete disgrace.
No presidential candidate in American history has ever before rejected the outcome of an election on the basis of no evidence, sought to strong-arm state officials to change voting counts, or orchestrated a violent attack on the U.S. capitol to overturn an election, or charged prosecutors, judges, and juries seeking to hold him accountable with acting at the behest of the president who replaced him.
No goal is more important than making sure Donald Trump never again comes close to the Oval Office.
Now that Biden has endorsed Kamala Harris as the party’s nominee, we must all unite behind her. She is the logical choice, given that she is Biden’s vice president. If he were to become incapacitated between now and Jan. 20, she would automatically become president.
Trump and his Republicans already are claiming that Biden’s endorsement of Harris violates democratic norms because voters in the primaries chose Biden. Nonsense. For all practical purposes, voters chose the Biden-Harris ticket.
Nor is Biden dictating to his delegates that they support Harris. By endorsing her, he is showing his support for her. They may support someone else, although I do not believe they should.
Besides, if any party has violated democratic norms it’s the Trump Republican party, most of whose members of Congress continue to support Trump’s big lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him, and who voted against certifying the results of the 2020 election.
Trump and Republicans can be expected to mount or encourage legal challenges to Harris’ access to funds donated to the Biden campaign, or independent expenditures made on behalf of Harris that had been earmarked for Biden.
Democrats should not be sucked into this distraction. Nor should the media. The litigation has no merit. Again, Harris was already on the ticket.
Meanwhile, it’s vitally important that Democrats remain united.
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