I hope to see all of them speak up in the next few days. If they don't hang together in the face of (Reply #16)

In the discussion thread: Which of our candidates, other than Harris, have made statements defending Joe Biden by name? [View all]

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Fri Sep 20, 2019, 09:36 PM

Hekate (67,041 posts)

16. I hope to see all of them speak up in the next few days. If they don't hang together in the face of

...Trump, they will surely hang separately.

Trump's MO is to pick off opponents one at a time -- that is how he got to be nominee in the first place. No one should delude themselves that Trump will not come for them if they fail to speak out -- all that will happen is that there will be no one left to speak for them.

Senator Harris is just the first one to recognize this in its fullness.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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69 replies	Author	Time	Post
Which of our candidates, other than Harris, have made statements defending Joe Biden by name? [View all]	highplainsdem	Sep 2019	OP
They should be circling the wagons. Anything can happen and one of them become the next target.	emmaverybo	Sep 2019	#1
Oh geez. Now you are SEEKING a way to attack other candidates	blm	Sep 2019	#2
I'd expect Biden to speak up for any other candidates being attacked this way, too.	highplainsdem	Sep 2019	#4
Baloney. And it may have escaped your notice that this is a GD issue	blm	Sep 2019	#8
No.. this should be in Democratic Primaries.	Cha	Sep 2019	#10
No, this was an attempt to squeeze primary strife out of	blm	Sep 2019	#12
See reply 11. And drop the personal attacks.	highplainsdem	Sep 2019	#13
It was an accurate description of your post.	blm	Sep 2019	#15
Some of us feel the other candidates should defend Biden by name. Deal with that.	highplainsdem	Sep 2019	#17
Personalized attack. "Deal with it," certainly conveys an attitude. Were you attacked? No candidate	emmaverybo	Sep 2019	#33
No, as democrats, we should care about each other, this is what	Iliyah	Sep 2019	#14
THIS. These candidates represent our party. It is fair for us to have expectations of them as a	emmaverybo	Sep 2019	#35
Nope still belongs in Democratic Primaries.	Cha	Sep 2019	#19
Her OP was insultingly disingenuous in its original form	blm	Sep 2019	#21
No, it wasn't. And you can tell by the replies here that others understood why I felt it was	highplainsdem	Sep 2019	#23
What's with the 'by name' goal post? Attacking Trump for what he did	blm	Sep 2019	#26
I'm surprised you don't understand the importance of defending fellow candidates by name when	highplainsdem	Sep 2019	#52
Yes, because it involves an alleged attempt to meddle in the primaries by inflicting damage on	emmaverybo	Sep 2019	#29
Exactly.. Thank you, emmaverybo!	Cha	Sep 2019	#36
No, it's a primaries issue. I'd like to see our candidates willing to defend one another from	highplainsdem	Sep 2019	#11
Uh, I agree this is latest news more so than a Dem Primary	sprinkleeninow	Sep 2019	#54
Hope every candidate will follow @SenKamalaHarris's lead.	Cha	Sep 2019	#64
also Biden doesn't need to be defended as much as trump needs to be called out for what he is doing	JI7	Sep 2019	#5
Exactly. But that truth doesn't fit the agenda.	blm	Sep 2019	#27
No agenda. Asking them to be stand up candidates and follow Harris's gutsy and righteous lead.	emmaverybo	Sep 2019	#40
I have deleted the last two sentences of my OP. But I do want to know if other candidates are	highplainsdem	Sep 2019	#6
Thanks for deleting the last two sentences of your post. That changes the whole tone of the post.	Bongo Prophet	Sep 2019	#55
I think her intent is pretty clear, based on recent history.	Bongo Prophet	Sep 2019	#7
".. swarming.."? Do tell us more about this	Cha	Sep 2019	#20
Sure thing Cha! It is not an accusation, but an observation of human behavior	Bongo Prophet	Sep 2019	#57
LOL at the ludicrous idea that asking if any other candidates (besides Harris) defended Biden by	highplainsdem	Sep 2019	#22
I had no "outrage" faux or otherwise.	Bongo Prophet	Sep 2019	#59
They aren't swarmers. They just didn't feel its tone as some of us	blm	Sep 2019	#24
There were replies here agreeing with me before I edited it. I had not meant to offend anyone here.	highplainsdem	Sep 2019	#28
It's ok if she wants to be VP too. That's on the way to president. :D	NCLefty	Sep 2019	#44
Why not address the OP directly?	emmaverybo	Sep 2019	#30
It is funny, isn't it?	Drunken Irishman	Sep 2019	#31
Great point!	highplainsdem	Sep 2019	#34
USA Today article on how the other candidates defended Harris then:	highplainsdem	Sep 2019	#37
Thanks for the reminder of Biden's	Cha	Sep 2019	#56
Why wouldn't you want your candidate to show some unity and why, if for whatever reason your	emmaverybo	Sep 2019	#32
Damn straight!	Mme. Defarge	Sep 2019	#3
I love my candidate's response	BeyondGeography	Sep 2019	#9
I hope to see all of them speak up in the next few days. If they don't hang together in the face of	Hekate	Sep 2019	#16
+1,000,000	highplainsdem	Sep 2019	#18
And another +1000 for your wise comment.	emmaverybo	Sep 2019	#38
Well Done, Hekate!	Cha	Sep 2019	#47
On the mark!	peggysue2	Sep 2019	#66
zzzz	jcgoldie	Sep 2019	#25
Some of us think this, the need to stand for each other against Trump's unlawful interference and	emmaverybo	Sep 2019	#39
Beto probably others stood by his statement . Not sure what you want	lunasun	Sep 2019	#41
Mahalo, lunasun, for Beto's statement!	Cha	Sep 2019	#48
+1	dalton99a	Sep 2019	#49
Biden / Harris	world wide wally	Sep 2019	#42
Pretend it's Bernie's son. Would you be so loud?	JoeOtterbein	Sep 2019	#43
If it came straight from Trump begging a foreign nation to criminally intervene, I hope we would ...	Hekate	Sep 2019	#45
We don't have to "pretend".. trump is	Cha	Sep 2019	#46
If Trump were doing something like this to Bernie and his son, of course.	highplainsdem	Sep 2019	#50
By the way, what is Senator Sanders' response?	Hekate	Sep 2019	#58
Trump has attacked many democratic candidates, including Warren, Sanders, O,Rourke...	33taw	Sep 2019	#51
This attack is several orders of magnitude worse than anything else he's done in this election.	highplainsdem	Sep 2019	#53
We need to defend all of the candidates as soon as the abusive behavior starts.	33taw	Sep 2019	#61
Biden should be able to defend himself.	Tipperary	Sep 2019	#60
Hope every candidate will follow @SenKamalaHarris's lead	Cha	Sep 2019	#63
Your conclusion does not follow from your premise.	LanternWaste	Sep 2019	#68
"...no is arguing one way or another."	Tipperary	Sep 2019	#69
Biden doesn't need defending.	aikoaiko	Sep 2019	#62
Julian Castro is a class act-see how he defend Biden	Gothmog	Sep 2019	#65
I'm not sure vigorous Biden defense helps us.	thesquanderer	Sep 2019	#67

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