[Peace-discuss] Reminder: Joe Biden campaigned for Michigan Republican ahead of midterms

[David Johnson]

DETROIT METRO TIMES

 

Reminder: Joe Biden campaigned for Michigan Republican ahead of midterms 

Posted By  <https://www.metrotimes.com/author/tom-perkins> Tom Perkins on
Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 10:48 AM 

 
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Joe Biden made it official yesterday: He's running for president. 

His announcement also put an end to the speculation about whether he would
run as a Democrat or Republican - he's running as a Dem. We are, of course,
kidding about that last part. Biden has always been a Democrat, but we made
the joke because he
<https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2019/01/23/new-york-times-joe
-biden-campaigned-for-michigan-republican-ahead-of-midterms> campaigned for
a Republican in October in Michigan, just ahead of the midterms. 



 
<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/us/politics/joe-biden-democrats-2020.htm
l> The New York Times reported that Biden was paid $200,000 to speak at a
rally in Benton Harbor, and he and the GOP were successful in their efforts,
as incumbent Fred Upton edged Democrat Matt Longjohn by four points. 

>From The New York Times: 

Mr. Biden stunned Democrats and elated Republicans by praising Mr. Upton
while the lawmaker looked on from the audience. Alluding to Mr. Upton's
support for a landmark medical-research law, Mr. Biden called him a champion
in the fight against cancer - and "one of the finest guys I've ever worked
with."

Mr. Biden's remarks, coming amid a wide-ranging discourse on American
politics, quickly appeared in Republican advertising. The local Democratic
Party pleaded with Mr. Biden to repair what it saw as a damaging error, to
no avail. On Nov. 6, Mr. Upton defeated his Democratic challenger by four
and a half percentage points.

As Mr. Biden considers a bid for the presidency in 2020, the episode
underscores his potential vulnerabilities in a fight for the Democratic
nomination and raises questions about his judgment as a party leader. Mr.
Biden has attempted to strike a balance since leaving office, presenting
himself as a unifying statesman who could unseat President Trump while also
working to amass a modest fortune of several million dollars.

But Mr. Biden's appearance in Michigan plainly set his lucrative personal
activities at odds with what some Democrats saw as his duty to the party,
linking him with a civic group seen as tilting to the right and undermining
Democrats' effort to defeat Mr. Upton, a powerful lawmaker who in 2017
helped craft a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act. 


This is also the guy who trashed Anita Hill, didn't give her an apology
until it was politically necessary (and she
<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/us/politics/joe-biden-anita-hill.html>
rejected his apology),
<https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/joe-biden-integration-schoo
l-busing-120968> opposed desegregation, previously wanted to cut Medicare
and Social Security,
<https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/03/joe-bidens-1993-crime-bill-s
peech-is-worse-than-yo.html> pushed the awful 1994 crime bill that led to a
spike in the prison population, and seems
<https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-25/biden-announces-campa
ign-his-bipartisan-pitch-is-outdated> intent on working the GOP, even if
it'll do everything it can to destroy Dem policies. OK, so maybe there's a
case to be made that he should run as a Republican. 

 

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