The Democratic Party was listless, confused worried, and in a bit of desperate straits regarding the upcoming election with Biden vs Donald Trump there was gloom and doom within the party and the prospect was not bright at all, but then over the past weekend Joe Biden took a most courageous and patriotic step by removing himself as the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party and in short order endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the candidate for the presidency. In a statement on his Social Media accounts, Biden said, “It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President. And while it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term,” .
Shortly after that statement, he put all his support towards Harris. “Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year…Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump.”
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That announcement changed the dynamics of politics in the United States and the party went from weariness to great energy, excitement and engagement.
Within four hours just from the efforts of black women who got on a, quickly arranged, zoom call and organized 44,000 black women to come together we are told more were trying to get on the call but could not. Still, they immediately up their stake in the game and within 4 hours raised over $2.5 million, demonstrating the power of the grassroots and the excitement and energy that the candidacy of Vice President Harris brought to the table.
The Democratic Party realized more than $50 million within the first 24 hours of the candidacy making this the most ever raised by any candidate within 24 hours. This was certainly a demonstration of the hunger for an alternative to a Biden/Trump.
There was a remarkable show of unity among Democrats to the Kamala Harris nomination started of course with the grassroots reaction but following quickly were endorsements from many of the political leaders and right after state after state pledging their delegates to Kamala Harris. The response so far to Kamala Harris candidacy is overwhelming and it signals to the nation that people truly want engagement and the candidacy that brings that engagement will bring success.
Kamala Harris, once a professional prosecutor said in her opening remarks to the campaign staff that she was prepared for Trump because she knew Donald Trump’s type she has prosecuted them throughout her years and she knew how to handle them but what was even more impressive was her vision for the future where she talks about the future of the country going forward and what her candidacy represents as opposed to that of Trump who is only looking backward and backward is not the direction American people are looking to go.
It won’t be an easy matter because we are all familiar with Donald Trump and is megabase Donald Trump’s problem with the truth and he’s always lying and will continue to lie, he is already attacking Kamala Harris but she seems prepared for that, and look forward to engaging him and who has and better performance in bringing the truth to the American voters.
We all have a lot of work to do and we need to take Kamala Harris’ position `when she said when we fight we win’ so we should be prepared for the fight.
There is a special movement afoot to organize Caribbean people for Kamala and it is being encouraged to get out the vote, to give grassroots contributions and to energize and ring bells speak to neighbors and develop a whirlwind of activities for Kamala Harris.
We are proud of her Caribbean roots and so is she and so we have a special stake in bringing victory to a person with a black immigrant background both from India and the Caribbean and we need to play our part, meaning readers of Carib News, to be a part of this fight to be a part of this movement this opportunity to put the United States of America on a path of progress, a part of going forward and away from the repressive policies and we know repressive they are of Donald. Anti-immigrant policies of Donald Trump, the deportation policy of Donald Trump and it is an opportunity for us all to be engaged fully in this battle in this experience of supporting Kamala Harris in this upcoming election.
President Biden has shown true leadership and his action could very well save this democracy of the United States and spare it from a disaster. We are all grateful to him for his statesman-like position and this huge opportunity to make their voices heard by supporting Kamala Harris. Going to the polls, spreading the word to our friends and neighbors and for those of us who can provide whatever contribution we can make, because we know the billionaires and the privileged rich folks will be pouring money into Donald Trump’s camp because those are the persons that he cares for and they are the ones who he will support but the voice of the people can be heard we all working together as Vice President Harris says let us all get to the polls and let us all fight for democracy and in this case where winning is a must.
