Hillary 2.0. The most popular democrat candidate Joe Biden announced participation in the election of the US president

Former US Vice President Joe Biden announced that he was going to participate in the president’s election for the third time. In his video message, the 76-year-old Biden said that he decided to run in 2020 to fight "for the soul of the people."

“If we give Donald Trump for eight years in the White House, he will fundamentally change the character of the people at all and forever - will change who we are. I can’t stay away and just look at what is happening, ”said Bayden. In his opinion, “the main values ​​of our nation, our position in the world, our democracy, all that made America in America are put on the map.”

Trump called Bayden a "sleepy Joe" who will have to deal with "unhealthy ideas"

In the video message, Joe Biden focused on the riots in Charlottsville in August 2017, when a woman died during the clashes of ultra -right activists and their opponents. He recalled that after what happened, Donald Trump said that “very good people” were on both sides. With these words, Biden believes, the US president put an equal sign between those who “spread hatred”, and those who confront him. At the same time, he did not mention that then Trump opposed the "supporters of the idea of ​​the superiority of the white race and other xenophobes."

Donald Trump through Twitter greeted Joe Biden's nomination. “Welcome to the race, sleepy Joe,” Trump wrote. - I just hope that you have enough intelligence, - and this has long been in question - in order to successfully hold the primary elections. It will be disgusting - you will have to deal with people whose head is clogged with truly unhealthy and crazy ideas. But if you succeed, see you at the starting gate. "

Bayden for eight years was a vice president at Obama. His main rival is Bernie Sanders

From 2009 to 2017, Biden was vice president in the Barack Obama administration, but he did not directly support his nomination. The press secretary of the 44th President Katie Hill made a restrained statement: “President Obama said long ago that Joe Biden’s choice as a candidate for the post of vice president in 2008 was one of the best decisions that he had ever made.” The Politico publication recalls that in 2016, Obama also did not support any of the democrats during the presidential primaries, among the candidates of which was Hillary Clinton, who worked under him the head of the State Department in 2009-2013.

Biden announced his participation in the presidential campaign after several womenaccused him of “inappropriate touches” in March and April (but not sexual harassment or sexual violence). The former Vice President claimed that his touch, which women complained, were gestures of support. He promised that in the future he would be very respect for someone else's personal space.

According to surveys , Joe Biden is the most popular of the possible candidates from the Democrats. His main opponent in party primaries can be a senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders, who was nominated in the 2016 elections and is considered a representative of the extreme left camp in the Democratic Party.

In total, Biden notes the Associated Press, will have to compete with at least twenty democrats . Among his rivals is the mayor of the city of Saut-Bend in Indiana, the open gay Pete Buttijige , who declares himself as a defender of Christian values, the senator from Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren, defending the interests of the middle class in the fight against corporations, and the California Senator Kamal Harris, known for the tough manner of leading political Debatov. Trump hinted at all these politicians in his tweet, saying that they have “crazy ideas”.

Biden is known for a tough line against Russia and Putin personally

Biden previously opposed the construction of the wall on the border with Mexico, which remains one of Trump's main declared targets. According to him, the United States needs borders, but not a wall between countries. At the same time, in 2006, being a senator from the state of Dalaver, he voted for the law providing for the construction of an 1125-kilometer fence on the border with Mexico, recalls Business Insider.

He is also known for a tough position in relation to Russia, which he occupied as a vice president. Foreign Policyrecalls that he advocated personal sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin, who, in his own words , "did not see his soul." In February 2019, at the Munich Security Conference, Baiden criticized Trump's foreign policy, saying that the United States should remain faithful to its allies, and under the current administration the country "came off the world and its leadership duties."

In 2016, Biden’s refusal to nominate the president was allowed by Hillary Clinton to become the main candidate from the Democratic Party. Now some media outlets call Bayden “Hillary Clinton 2.0”, believing that he will become a convenient target for Trump and will not be able to attract a radical part of democratic voters, set up against the establishment on his part. VOX and The Intercept publications indicate that Biden and Clinton advocated the war in Iraq and had close ties with companies with Wall Street. In addition, both nominated for presidents and played the internal party elections - Clinton in 2008, Biden in 1987 and 2008.

Alexander Baklanov