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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Which of our candidates, other than Harris, have made statements defending Joe Biden by name? [View all]emmaverybo
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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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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
I'd expect Biden to speak up for any other candidates being attacked this way, too.
highplainsdem
Sep 2019
#4
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
THIS. These candidates represent our party. It is fair for us to have expectations of them as a
emmaverybo
Sep 2019
#35
No, it wasn't. And you can tell by the replies here that others understood why I felt it was
highplainsdem
Sep 2019
#23
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
No, it's a primaries issue. I'd like to see our candidates willing to defend one another from
highplainsdem
Sep 2019
#11
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
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
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
There were replies here agreeing with me before I edited it. I had not meant to offend anyone here.
highplainsdem
Sep 2019
#28
Why wouldn't you want your candidate to show some unity and why, if for whatever reason your
emmaverybo
Sep 2019
#32
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
Some of us think this, the need to stand for each other against Trump's unlawful interference and
emmaverybo
Sep 2019
#39
If it came straight from Trump begging a foreign nation to criminally intervene, I hope we would ...
Hekate
Sep 2019
#45
If Trump were doing something like this to Bernie and his son, of course.
highplainsdem
Sep 2019
#50
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