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BY THE MIAMI HERALD EDITORIAL BOARD
JULY 02, 2021 06:00 AM, UPDATED 4 HOURS 39 MINUTES AGO
The president called it remarkable. And, with just a touch of his hand, he showed us what remarkable really meant.
President Biden came to Florida on Thursday, Surfside, specifically, to see for himself the incredible aftermath of an unimaginable event the collapse of the Champlain Towers South. During his time in the small, stunned town, he listened to family members stories that were riddled with pain, bewilderment, resignation.
He called remarkable the cooperation between local, state and federal agencies, all working together to find all the victims of the collapse and in the longer term find out why this structure fell.
After almost 18 months of a highly politicized response or maybe non-response to the deadly coronavirus, in this state and others across the nation, it is breathtaking to see Floridas Republican Gov. DeSantis standing shoulder to shoulder with political rival, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz one day, and Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava on another both Democrats.
But a photo of our governor, sitting next to our president who, as he talks to local leaders, lightly places his hand on DeSantis arm, is the most moving of all.
Its an unconscious and uninhibited show of a shared humanity. Its a natural, but still remarkable, gesture that we hope will set tone for the challenging steps ahead.
https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article252523898.html
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)and he isn't pretending
underpants
(182,769 posts)Thats an old saying that goes a long way.
Mysterian
(4,585 posts)I'm getting a bit cranky as I get older.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Diamond_Dog
(31,979 posts)Even people who (gasp) didnt vote for him. And it not an act.
The difference between him and TFG cannot be described. How so many people in this country prefer a narcissistic criminal buffoon to Biden just defies explanation.
mcar
(42,302 posts)It shows through in everything he does.
maxsolomon
(33,310 posts)Zero faith in the GQP or their voters to see Dems as anything but illegitimate.
Tommy Carcetti
(43,173 posts)He learned well.
There's a certain line to be drawn even in politics when it comes to tragedies.
Biden gets that. Trump obviously never did.
BlueNProud
(1,048 posts)He never made any pretense of trying to be everyone's president because such an emotion is completely alien to him.
LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)Response to mcar (Original post)
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Phoenix61
(17,002 posts)Bidens hand but he didnt. He sat there with his hands clenched being the repuke ass hes always been.
Biophilic
(3,645 posts)3catwoman3
(23,973 posts)Real F***Deal.
Decent to his core.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)That hug killed Crist's chances of any future in the Republican Party. I can wish that Biden's touch of humanity will do the same for DeSantis since Desantis did not shake off Biden's hand in disgust.
rurallib
(62,406 posts)Amaryllis
(9,524 posts)Cha
(297,144 posts)Amaryllis
(9,524 posts)empathetic self.
madinmaryland
(64,931 posts)most likely his political career.
Cha
(297,144 posts)mcar!
You are welcome.